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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 2008
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 2008 (20th Annual) contest featured two separate competition categories:
Florida’s Avian Wonders! and Beyond Birds!
All winning images are presented below.
Category: Florida’s Avian Wonders!
First Place: The Chase—Common Moorhens
Locale where photographed: Green Cay Wetlands
Photographer: Jaime (Jay) Paredes, Coconut Creek
Member Tropical Audubon Society
Second Place: Sandhill Cranes & Chicks
Locale where photographed: Sanford
Photographer: Jim Urbach, Sanford
Member Seminole Audubon Society
Third Place: Dunlin
Locale where photographed: Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
Photographer: Robert J. Amoruso, Orlando
Member Orange Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: Sandhill Crane—Mother’s Comfort
Locale where photographed: Melbourne
Photographer: Charlie Corbeil, Melbourne
Member Space Coast Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: Great Horned Owl
Locale where photographed: Central Florida
Photographer: Diane Chenault, Orlando
Member Orange Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: Great Egret with Frog
Locale where photographed: Green Cay Wetlands
Photographer: Kevin Barry, West Park
Member Broward County Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: Homer & Bart—Black Skimmers
Locale where photographed: Daytona Beach
Photographer: Paul Rebmann, Ormond Beach
Member Halifax River Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: White-eyed Vireo
Locale where photographed: Sarasota County
Photographer: David Williamson, Sarasota
Member Manatee County Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: Black-necked Stilt
Locale where photographed: Lake Winder, St. Johns River
Photographer: Mike Brinkley, Apopka
Member Orange Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: Osprey Banking
Locale where photographed: Viera Wetlands
Photographer: Robert J. Amoruso, Orlando
Member Orange Audubon Society
Category: Beyond Birds!
First Place: Heading Out to the Sea—Loggerhead Hatchling
Locale where photographed: Ormond-By-The-Sea
Photographer: Paul Rebmann, Ormond Beach
Member Halifax River Audubon Society
Second Place: Sunrise Slice
Locale where photographed: Big Cypress
Photographer: Alison Thomas, Deltona
Member West Volusia Audubon Society
Third Place: White-tailed Deer
Locale where photographed: Wekiwa Springs State Park
Photographer: Mike Brinkley, Apopka
Member Orange Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: Green Anole
Locale where photographed: Charlotte County
Photographer: David Williamson, Sarasota
Member Manatee County Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: Sleepy
Locale where photographed: Hudson
Photographer: Paul Williams, Hudson
Honorable Mention: Dragonfly at Sunrise
Locale where photographed: Wakodahatchee Wetlands
Photographer: Kevin Barry, West Park
Member Broward County Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: Moss & Oak
Locale where photographed: Wekiwa Springs State Park
Photographer: Tony Blankenship, Maitland
Honorable Mention: Pig Frog
Locale where photographed: Viera Wetlands
Photographer: Charlie Corbeil, Melbourne
Member Space Coast Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: Foggy Morning Sunrise
Locale where photographed: Viera
Photographer: Jack Rogers, Oviedo
Member Orange Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: Chilly Morning
Locale where photographed: Hudson
Photographer: Paul Williams, Hudson
All photographs are © copyrighted by the individual photographers and may not be duplicated.
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