Steven Davy

A ground-dwelling roadrunner bird is shown staring up at the US-Mexico border wall lined with razor wire.

Award-winning photograph illustrates the US-Mexico border wall threat to biodiversity

September 3, 2021Arts, Culture & Media

Mexican photographer Alejandro Prieto’s image of a roadrunner bird, staring up at the enormous US-Mexico border wall, was just named the grand prize winner in the Bird Photographer of the Year competition. His captivating photograph highlights the threat to the delicate biodiversity and critical animal migratory patterns that the wall poses in the US-Mexico border region.