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Last update:
07/16/2007 02:52 PM -0400
All text and photography Copyright © Milton Heiberg Studios unless otherwise noted
Presenting the Winners of
Orange Audubon Society's 2007
Kit & Sidney Chertok Nature Photography Contest
Co-sponsored by Colonial Photo & Hobby
All photographs are © copyrighted by the individual photographers and may not be duplicated.
Orange Audubon Society's 2007 (19th Annual) contest featured two separate competition categories:
Florida's Birds! and No Birds Allowed!
All winning images are presented below.
Category: Florida’s Birds!
First Place: Purple Gallinule
Locale where photographed: Wakodahatchee Wetlands
Photographer: Jake Paredes, Boca Raton
Second Place: Roseate Spoonbill
Locale where photographed: Viera Wetlands
Photographer: Diane R. Brannon, Leesburg
Member Oklawaha Valley Audubon Society
Third Place: Great Horned Owl / Don’t Mess with My Chicks
Locale where photographed: Ormond Beach
Photographer: Paul Rebmann, Ormond Beach
Member Halifax River Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: Least Bittern on the Hunt
Locale where photographed: Viera Wetlands
Photographer: Jack Rogers, Oviedo
Member Orange Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: Pileated Woodpecker
Locale where photographed: Boynton Beach
Photographer: Kathleen Fosselman, Boynton Beach
Member Audubon Society of the Everglades
Honorable Mention: My, What Big Feet You Have!
Locale where photographed: Wakodahatchee Wetlands
Photographer: Jamie (Jay) Paredes, Coconut Creek
Honorable Mention: Eagles Mating
Locale where photographed: Orlando, FL
Photographer: Candy Perkinson, Orlando
Honorable Mention: Burrowing Owl at Sunrise
Locale where photographed: Cape Coral, FL
Photographer: Rebecca Jackrel, San Francisco
Category: No Birds Allowed!
First Place: Ocean Spray
Locale where photographed: Washington Oaks Gardens, FL
Photographer: Bruce Brough, Orange Park
Second Place: Gator Tail Sandwich
Locale where photographed: Gatorland
Photographer: Paul Hennessy, Orlando
Member Orange Audubon Society
Third Place: Predator and Prey
Locale where photographed: Wakodahatchee Wetlands
Photographer: Jaime (Jay) Paredes, Coconut Creek
Honorable Mention: Zebra Swallowtails
Locale where photographed: Orlando Wetlands Park
Photographer: Randy Snyder, Orlando
Member Orange Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: Dragonfly in Flight
Locale where photographed: Hudson, FL
Photographer: Paul Williams, Hudson, FL
Honorable Mention: Double Trouble
Locale where photographed: Emeralda Marsh, Lake County
Photographer: Peg Urban, Leesburg
Member Oklawaha Valley Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: St. Lucie Sunrise
Locale where photographed: Port St. Lucie
Photographer: Wesley Brown, Orlando
Honorable Mention: Dragonfly
Locale where photographed: Lake Waunatta, Orlando
Photographer: Raida Woll Gomez, Orlando
Member Orange Audubon Society
All photographs are © copyrighted by the individual photographers and may not be duplicated.
Click here to see the 2006 winners