NATURE COMPETITION WINNERS 2021 - 2022

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Nature 5 - March 16, 2022
There were 47 images presented by 17 members
The competition judges were: Allen Bargen, Michael Easton, and Richard Shapka

​ORNITHOLOGY:

•  Great Grey Owl by Phillip H. Shapiro (Co-Winner - Class A - Ornithology)
• Male and Female Spotted Sandpiper by Carole Pelletier (Co-Winner - Class A - Ornithology)
• Buses à Épaulettes (Red-shouldered hawk) by Louise Asselin (Winner - Class B - Ornithology)

BOTANY:

• Emerging Fremont's Leather Flower (Clematis fremontii) by Lyne Brissette (Winner - Class A - Botany - Honours)
• Senna Didymobitrya by Judy Yelon (Winner - Class B - Botany)

GENERAL:

• Foggy Rainforest in the Cameron Highlands by Allison Haggarty (Winner - Class B - Nature General)
•  Mancos Shale Mesa and Emery Sandstone Butte by Michael Folinsbee (Winner - Class A - Nature General)

ZOOLOGY:

• Dragonfly (Libellulidae) by Heather Loewenhardt (Winner - Class B - Zoology - Honours - Top Mark Nature 5)
• Sciurus Vulgaris by Jean Gouin (Winner - Class A - Zoology - Honours)

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Nature 4 - February 16, 2022
The competition judges were: Lance Gitter, Pierre Gauthier, and Scott Joshua Dere

​ORNITHOLOGY:

• Podilymbus Podiceps, by Jean Gouin (Winner - Class A - Ornithology - Honours)
•  Atlantic Puffins, by Louise Asselin (Winner - Class B - Ornithology - Honours)

BOTANY:

• Bloodroots (Sanguinaria Canadensis), by Lyne Brissette (Winner - Class A - Botany)
• Milkweed (Asclepias Syriaca), by Heather Loewenhardt (Winner - Class B - Botany)

GENERAL:

• Moon, by Phillip H. Shapiro (Winner - Class A - Nature General)
  
• Bands of Gold – Vancouver Island, by Heather Loewenhardt (Winner - Class B - Nature General)

ZOOLOGY:

• Cricket, by Carole Pelletier (Winner - Class A - Zoology - Honours)
• Tiger Longwing Butterfly, by Heather Loewenhardt (Winner - Class B - Zoology - Honours - Top Mark Nature 4) 

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Nature 3 - January 12, 2022
The competition judges were: Danielle LaPointe, Phillip H. Shapiro, and Michael Folinsbee

​ORNITHOLOGY:

• Mergus Merganser Americanus, by Michael Folinsbee (Winner - Class A - Ornithology)
• Sturnus Vulgaris Family, by Cheryl Bramble (Winner - Class B - Ornithology)

BOTANY:

• Common Milkweed, by Sonja Klapper (Winner - Class A - Botany)
• Kale, by Judy Yelon (Winner - Class B - Botany)

GENERAL:

• Altocumulus Lenticularis Sunset, by Lucie Lacava (Winner - Class B - Nature General)
• Mount Chicon, Andes, Peru, by Ron Gesser (Winner - Class A - Nature General)

ZOOLOGY:

• Polyommatus Icarus, by Jean Gouin (Co-Winner - Class A - Zoology - Honours)
• Cricket, by Carole Pelletier (Co-Winner - Class A - Zoology - Honours)
• Dragonfly (Libellulidae), by Heather Loewenhardt (Winner - Class B - Zoology - Honours - Top Mark Nature 3)

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Nature 2 - November 10, 2021​

​ORNITHOLOGY:

• Great Blue Heron by Shelley O'Connell (Winner - Class A - Ornithology - Honours - Top Mark Nature 2)
• Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis) by Michael Folinsbee (Honours)
• Gyrfalcon by Amir El Etr (Winner - Class B - Ornithology - Top Class B Mark Nature 2)

BOTANY:

• Blooming Prairie Trillium (Trillium recurvatum) by Lyne Brissette (Winner - Class A - Botany)
• Silène Enflée by Suzanne Pelland (Winner - Class B - Botany)

GENERAL:

•  Lenticular Cloud near Jökulsárlón by Lyne Brissette (Winner - Class A - Nature General)
• Maligne Canyon by Petra Niederhauser (Winner - Class B - Nature General)

ZOOLOGY:

• Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) by Norm Weinstein (Winner - Class A - Zoology)
• Capybara dans Un Étang Boueux by Catherine Saint-Denis (Co-Winner - Class B - Zoology)
• Chrysemys Picta by Cheryl Bramble (Co-Wi© 2021 - Winner - Class B - Zoology)

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Nature 1 - October 6, 2021

​ORNITHOLOGY:

• Acorn Woodpecker by Jake B. Levin (Winner - Class A - Ornithology - Top Mark Nature 1)
• Canard Branchu by Louise Asselin (Co-Winner - Class B - Ornithology - Top Class B Mark Nature 1)
• Common Puffin Île aux Perroquets by Louise Asselin (Co-Winner - Class B - Ornithology - Top Class B Mark Nature 1)

BOTANY:

• Milkweed (Asclepias Syriaca) by Maria Teresa Garavito (Winner - Class A - Botany)
• Cornflower by Petra Niederhauser (Winner - Class B - Botany)

GENERAL:

• The Majestic Granite Peak of Mount Fitz Roy, Patagonia by Ron Gesser (Winner - Class A - Nature General)​
• Effects of Global Warming Greenland by Danielle LaPointe (Winner - Class B - Nature General)

ZOOLOGY:

• Red Fox by Jean Gouin (Winner - Class A - Zoology)
• ​Red Milkweed Beetle by Cheryl Bramble (Winner - Class B - Zoology)