![A male Rufous Hummingbird in profile perched on the tip of a budding branch.](https://media.audubon.org/image/engagement-cards/rufous_hummingbird_boebatyapa_1200x657.jpg?width=345&height=219&auto=webp&quality=10&fit=crop&enable=upscale&blur=100)
The Carolina chickadee powered through Monday's Soaring Sixteen, Round #7, winning nearly 75 percent of the vote. What kind of competition will today's round inspire?
Photo: Michael Rosenbaum
Photo: Patrick Dennen
Voting for this round ends Saturday afternoon, December 15, 2012.???
Wondering what’s going on? From mid-November 2012 until early January 2013, we’re pitting some of the entries from this year’s Photo Awards (selected in no particular order) against one another. Then you get to vote. We’ll feature the winner on our website, along with an article about how she or he captured the shot.?
In our January-February 2013 issue, we’ll also feature the official winners of the awards, selected by our panel of judges.
*This poll was updated at around 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Previous Winners
Round 1 (Photo: Hector Astorga)
Round 2 (Photo: Rolland Swain)
Round 6 (Photo: Bernard Friel)