Two coyotes pass in the night on a street in Ontario. An amateur photographer was there to capture the moment, earning top honors in a wildlife competition.

Andrew Interisano won the inaugural Urban Wildlife Photography Awards with his image “Date Night,” above.

Interisano shared the story behind his winning image:

The competition was organized by Picfair, a London-based photography platform, to highlight photographing city creatures, a pastime that became especially prevalent during pandemic lockdowns.

More than 6,000 photographers submitted images from every continent. Subjects included birds, foxes, and squirrels that were snapped in cities such as San Francisco, Toronto, Melbourne, and London. All Picfair profits on print sales will benefit global conservation non-profit Re:wild.

Here are the winners in each category, as well as some compelling finalists.

Nightlife Winner

“Life Beyond The Sewer” by Austin Montero (USA)

A photo of a rat surfacing from a sewer in Mexico taken by Austin Montero, an American biologist, won the nightlife category.

Montero says:

Daylight Winner

“Window to the salt pan" by Mano Aliczki (Hungary)

Hungarian zoologist Mario Aliczki snapped this image of a greater flamingo feeding in an artificial salt pan, seen through a kind of window on the levee. Taken when Aliczki was on vacation in Italy, it won the daylight category.

Aliczki says:

Fancy Seeing You Here Winner

“Trash Panda” By Jill Finney (Canada)

For this category, anyone could vote on social media. Canadian photographer Jill Finney captured this photo of a raccoon near a subway station.

Finney says:

Here are some finalists from the competition:

“Oh Snap!”

Barak of Kingston, Jamaica, was a finalist in the daylight category for this monkey caught mid-bite.

Barak says the animal was “watching the sunrise from the top of Mount Batur, followed by observing the monkeys rush and take all the leftover breakfasts. I tend to like to photograph monkeys in particular as they are very photogenic in my opinion because of their human like nature.”

“Man You Scared Me”

Another daylight finalist, professional photographer Kim Borg of Queensland, Australia, photographed rainbow lorikeets on a rail overlooking the ocean.

“Tanning in Style”

Professional photographer and videographer Nicolas Bamberski of the U.S. was a finalist in the people’s choice category with this image of a ground squirrel in the sun with San Francisco in the background.

“Foggy Late Night Walk”

This nighttime finalist by amateur photographer Doug Wallace of the U.K. was shot on a foggy night by the River Cam in Cambridge.

“What’s Up Human”

Jozef Kovalík of Sabinov, Slovakia, is a daylight finalist with this image of a bird peeking in the window.

“Free Kick”

Cheryl Rogers of Australia was a people’s choice finalist for this photo of a high-kicking brolga bird.