Photographer Dougherty wins Audubon Award

Published 1:30 am Thursday, July 16, 2020

Red Chair Gallery artist Sue Dougherty won an Audubon Award for this photo of a magnificent frigatebird, taken in the Galapagos Islands. The male bird is displaying its red gular sac in order to attract a female mate.

Red Chair artist lands award — Wildlife photographer Sue Dougherty, a member of Red Chair Gallery in downtown Bend, has won the professional category of the 2020 Audubon Photography Award. Dougherty snapped her prize-winning photograph of a male magnificent frigatebird in the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador. The giant bird has a wingspan up to 8 feet. To see Dougherty’s photos of birds and wildlife from around the world, visit the gallery, located at 103 NW Oregon Ave. in downtown Bend.

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