Honorable Mention: Flora and fauna

Photographer: Alan Estep, Shoreline

Photo taken: Dec. 31, 2007 (published Jan. 10, 2008), Discovery Park, Seattle

Photographer's description: "I caught this coyote going after small prey in the south bluff meadows. I waited and watched from a distance at first. He moved closer while he was hunting, and I [got] this shot as he dove for his breakfast. Taken with a Canon 40D and 300 mm lens."