NATURE COMPETITION WINNERS
​2023-2024

Nature 4 - April 10, 2024
There were 45 images presented by 15 members.
There were 8 winning images.
The competition judges were: Gilles Vezina, Ilana Block, and Maria Korab-Laskowska.

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BOTANY:

• © 2024 - St Lucia Water Lily (Nymphaea rubrun), by Cheryl Bramble (Winner - Class A - Botany)
• © 2024 - Nature Divisiocopying Calla Lily, by Suzanne Pelland (Winner - Class B - Botany)

NATURE GENERAL:

• © 2024 - Mesquite Flat Dunes – Death Valley, by Lyne Brissette (Winner - Class A - Nature General)
• © 2024 - Facing Glacier Ice, by Abe Medawar (Winner - Class B - Nature General - Top Class B Mark Nature 4)

ZOOLOGY:

• © 2024 - Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta), by Cheryl Bramble (Winner - Class A - Zoology)
• © 2024 - Portrait of a Vervet Monkey, by Abe Medawar (Winner - Class B - Zoology)

ORNITHOLOGY:

• © 2024 - Turkey Vulture, by Ron Gesser (Winner - Class A - Ornithology - Honours - Top Mark Nature 4)
• © 2024 - Green Heron (Butorides virescens), by Louis Schlomowitz (Winner - Class B - Ornithology)

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Nature 3 - February 28, 2024
There were 63 images presented by 22 members.
There were 8 winning images.
The competition judges were: Allen Bargen, Leah Gray, and Sunchie Yang.

BOTANY:

• © 2024 - Chanterelles at the Foot of a Linden by Maxianne Berger (Winner - Class B - Botany)
• © 2024 - Fly Agarics (Amanita mascara) by Heather Loewenhardt (Winner - Class A - Botany)

NATURE GENERAL:

• © 2024 - Eroded Mancos Shale – Utah by Lyne Brissette (Winner - Class A - Nature General - Honours - Top Mark Nature 3)
• © 2024 - Sawtooth Mountains by Sheldon Cwinn (Winner - Class B - Nature General)

ZOOLOGY:

• © 2024 - Praying Mantis (Mantodea) by Heather Loewenhardt (Winner - Class A - Zoology)
• © 2024 - Whales by Abe Medawar (Winner - Class B - Zoology)

ORNITHOLOGY:

• © 2024 - Razorbill by Patrik Marier (Winner - Class A - Ornithology)
• © 2024 - Snake Bird (Anhinga) by Louis Schlomowitz (Winner - Class B - Ornithology - Top Class B Mark Nature 3)

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Nature 2 - November 15, 2023
There were 77 images presented by 26 members.
There were 8 winning images.
The competition judges were: Diane Moon, Francine Duquette, and Marianna Armata.

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ORNITHOLOGY:

• © 2023 - Pacific Wren Sings His Heart Out, by Jake B. Levin (Winner - Class A - Ornithology)
• © 2023 - Pygargue à tête blanche (Bald Eagle), by Suzanne Pelland (Winner - Class B - Ornithology)

NATURE GENERAL:

• © 2023 - Petrified Dune Pothole with Rainwater – Snow Valley, UT, by Lyne Brissette (Winner - Class A - Nature General - Honours)
• © 2023 - Black Sand Dunes at Vestrahorn, by Abe Medawar (Winner - Class B - Nature General)

BOTANY:

• © 2023 - Campanule ponctuée (Dotted Bellflower), by Maria Teresa Garavito (Winner - Class A - Botany)
• © 2023 - Japanese Maple – Japan, by Suzanne Pelland (Winner - Class B - Botany - Honours - Top Mark Nature 2)

ZOOLOGY:

• © 2023 – Iguana, by Louis Schlomowitz (Winner - Class B - Zoology)
• © 2023 - Renard roux (Red Fox), by Louise Asselin (Winner - Class A - Zoology)

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Nature 1 - October 4, 2023
There were 62 images presented by 22 members.
There were 8 winning images.
The competition judges were: David Suliteanu, Harvey Corn, and Maria Korab-Laskowska

NATURE – GENERAL:

• © 2023 - La mer ronge le littoral – Îles de la Madeleine, by Suzanne Pelland (Winner - Class B - Nature General - Top Class B Mark Nature 1)
• © 2023 - The Three Sisters, by Ron Gesser (Winner - Class A - Nature General)

ZOOLOGY:

• © 2023 - Garter Snake, by Norm Weinstein (Winner - Class A - Zoology - Top Mark Nature 1)
• © 2023 - African Leopard, by Abe Medawar (Winner - Class B - Zoology)

BOTANY:

• © 2023 - Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca L.), by Maria Teresa Garavito (Winner - Class A - Botany)
• © 2023 - Purple Clover, by Margaret S. White (Winner - Class B - Botany)

ORNITHOLOGY:

• © 2023 - Wood Stork, by Louis Schlomowitz (Winner - Class B - Ornithology - Top Class B Mark Nature 1)
• © 2023 - Arrow-marked Babblers, by Ron Gesser (Winner - Class A - Ornithology)

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