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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 2010
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 2010 (22nd Annual) contest featured two separate competition categories:
Actions and Interactions
and Close Encounters
All winning images are presented below.
Category: Actions and Interactions
First Place: Osprey with Youngster on Nest
Locale where photographed: Winter Park
Photographer: Kathy Urbach, Sanford
Member Seminole Audubon Society
Second Place:
Red-shouldered Hawk and JuvenilesLocale where photographed: Lake Sylvan Park
Photographer: Jim Urbach, Sanford
Member Seminole Audubon Society
Third Place: Least Terns Mating
Locale where photographed: Sanibel
Photographer: Jim Urbach, Sanford
Member Seminole Audubon Society
Honorable Mention:
Flippin' CrabLocale where photographed: Ft. De Soto
Photographer: Jack Rogers, Oviedo
Member Orange Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: Great Egret Parent and Chick
Locale where photographed: Gatorland Rookery
Photographer: Jeffri Moore, Orlando
Member Orange Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: Limpkin Feeding Chick
Locale where photographed: Viera Wetlands
Photographer: Vince Lamb, Merritt Island
Member Space Coast Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: Sandhill Cranes—Checking on the Babies
Locale where photographed: Citrus County
Photographer: Myrna Erler-Bradshaw, Bushnell
Member Hernando Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: Cattle Egret with Hungry Family
Locale where photographed: Gatorland Rookery
Photographer: John Wise, Orlando
Member Orange Audubon Society
Category: Close Encounters
First Place: Gnatcatcher and Insect
Locale where photographed: Arthur R Marshall Loxahatchee NWR
Photographer: Ruth Pannunzio, West Palm Beach
Member Everglades Audubon Society
Second Place:
Outside the ShellLocale where photographed: Gatorland
Photographer: Paul Hennessy, Orlando
Member Orange Audubon Society
Third Place: Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Locale where photographed: Casselberry
Photographer: Michael Libbe, Casselberry
Member Orange Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: Bug Eyed Dragon
Locale where photographed: Starke Lake, Ocoee
Photographer: Alan Dart, Orlando
Honorable Mention: Osprey Feeding Week Old Chick
Locale where photographed: Winter Park
Photographer: Jim Urbach, Sanford
Member Seminole Audubon Society
Honorable Mention:
CurlsLocale where photographed: Silver River State Park
Photographer: Mary Atwood, Jacksonville
Honorable Mention: Osprey and Two Fish
Locale where photographed: Wakodahatchee, Boynton
Photographer: Ruth Pannunzio, West Palm Beach
Member Everglades Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: Grasshopper on Flower
Locale where photographed: Lake Sylvan Park
Photographer: Kathy Urbach, Sanford
Member Seminole Audubon Society
Category: Youth competition - Actions and Interactions
1st Place: Florida Scrub Jay
Locale where photographed: Oscar Scherer State Park
Photographer: Megan Authement, St. Petersburg
Member Orange Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: In the Moment
Locale where photographed: Crystal River
Photographer: Alessa Craner, Orlando
Honorable Mention: Limpkin Chicks
Locale where photographed: Viera Wetlands
Photographer: Shaw Frederick, Merritt Island
Member Orange Audubon Society
Category: Youth competition - Close Encounters
1st Place: Limpkin Chick
Locale where photographed: Viera Wetlands
Photographer: Shaw Frederick, Merritt Island
Member Orange Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: Bird's Eye View
Locale where photographed: Maitland
Photographer: Chelsea Kasper, Maitland
Member Orange Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: I See You
Locale where photographed: Orlando
Photographer: Alessa Craner, Orlando
Honorable Mention: Purple Gallinule
Locale where photographed: Green Cay Nature Center, Boynton Beach
Photographer: Ian Gregorchik, Lantana
All photographs are © copyrighted by the individual photographers and may not be duplicated.
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