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Last update:
07/02/2022 12:25 PM -0400
All text and photography Copyright © Milton Heiberg Studios unless otherwise noted
Presenting the Winners of
Orange Audubon Society's 2009
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 2009 (21st Annual) contest featured two separate competition categories:
Florida Vertebrates and/or Scenics
and Florida Invertebrates and/or Wildflowers
All winning images are presented below.
Category: Florida Vertebrates and/or Scenics
First Place: Snowy Plover and Newborn Chick
Locale where photographed: Sanibel
Photographer: Jim Urbach, Sanford
Member Seminole Audubon Society
Second Place:
Storm Over Palms
Locale where photographed: Tosohatchee Wildlife Management Area, Orange County
Photographer: Mary Keim, Orlando
Member Orange Audubon Society
Third Place: Preening Pair—Great Egrets
Locale where photographed: Gatorland (Orlando)
Photographer: Myrna Erler-Bradshaw, Bushnell
Member Hernando Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: Skimmer Doing Head Stand
Locale where photographed: West Coast
Photographer: Diane Chenault, Orlando
Member Orange Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: Alligator
Locale where photographed: Everglades
Photographer: Eileen Fuchs, Kissimmee
Honorable Mention: Little Raccoon in Oak Tree
Locale where photographed: Apopka
Photographer: Karen Peron, Apopka
Honorable Mention: Blue-headed Vireo
Locale where photographed: Orlando
Photographer: Mike Cruz, Orlando
Member Orange Audubon Society
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Honorable Mention: Gopher Tortoise
Locale where photographed: Not Provided
Photographer: Gordon White, Apopka
Member Orange Audubon Society
Category: Florida Invertebrates and/or Wildflowers
First Place: The Pollinator
Locale where photographed: Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
Photographer: Larry Brooks, Casselberry
Second Place: Great Southern White
Locale where photographed: Merritt Island
Photographer: Vince Lamb, Merritt Island
Member Space Coast Audubon Society
Third Place: Grasshopper
Locale where photographed: Near Lake Apopka
Photographer: Bill Wohlfart, Orlando
Member Orange Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: Cassius Blue
Locale where photographed: Boca Raton
Photographer: Jake Paredes, Boca Raton
Honorable Mention: Dewy Dragon
Locale where photographed: Big Cypress National Preserve
Photographer: Kevin Barry, West Park
Member Broward County Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: Pine Lily—Rising Up
Locale where photographed: Avon Park Air Force Range
Photographer: Brett Miley, Frostproof
Honorable Mention: Blue Land Crab—Don't Come Any Closer
Locale where photographed: Melbourne Beach
Photographer: Ursula Dubrick, West Melbourne
Honorable Mention: Small Butterwort
Locale where photographed: Heart Island Conservation Area
Photographer: Paul Rebmann, Ormond Beach
Member Halifax River Audubon Society
All photographs are © copyrighted by the individual photographers and may not be duplicated.
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