NATURE COMPETITION WINNERS
​2022 - 2023

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Nature 4 - March 22, 2023
There were 40 images presented by 15 members.
​The competition judges were: David Suliteanu, Maria Korab-Laskowska, and Missy Mandel.
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ZOOLOGY:

• © 2023 – Caribou, by Patrik Marier (Winner - Class A - Zoology - Top Mark Nature 4)

NATURE – GENERAL:

• © 2023 - Erosion and Deposition Creating Rugged Badlands – Utah, by Lyne Brissette (Winner - Class A - Nature General)
• © 2023 - Evergreens on Rocky Mountains – Banff National Park, by Diana Bruno (Winner - Class B - Nature General - Top Class B Mark Nature 4)

BOTANY:

• © 2023 - Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), by Norm Weinstein (Winner - Class A - Botany)
• © 2023 - Marguerite des montagnes, by Roch Martineau (Winner - Class B - Botany)

ORNITHOLOGY:

• © 2023 - Wood Duck (Aix sponsa), by Heather Loewenhardt (Winner - Class A - Ornithology)

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Nature 3 - March 1, 2023
There were 52 images presented by 17 members. The competition judges were: Marianna Armata, Missy Mandel, and Scott Joshua Dere.

ZOOLOGY:

• © 2023 - Renard roux en mue (Adaptive) by Louise Asselin (Winner - Class A - Zoology)
• © 2023 - Lion, Sibuya Private Game Reserve – South Africa by Diana Bruno (Co-winner - Class B - Zoology)
• © 2023 - Lioness and Friend in the Grass, Sibuya Private Game Reserve – South Africa by Diana Bruno (Co-winner - Class B - Zoology)

BOTANY:

• © 2023 - White Ash Fruit with Frost by Lyne Brissette (Winner - Class A - Botany - Honours)
• © 2023 - Honey Locust Pods (Gleditsia triacanthos) by Maxianne Berger (Winner - Class B - Botany)

ORNITHOLOGY:

• © 2023 - Japanese White-eye (Zosterops japonicus) (Adaptive) by Heather Loewenhardt (Winner - Class A - Ornithology - Honours - Top Mark Nature 3)
• © 2023 - Red-tailed Hawk (Adaptive) by David Chaitman (Winner - Class B - Ornithology - Top Class B Mark Nature 3)

GENERAL NATURE:

• © 2023 - Soft Sediment Deformation – White Pocket, Arizona by Michael Folinsbee (Winner - Class A - Nature General)
• © 2023 - View of Graaff-Reinet Valley of Desolation, Camdeboo National Park – South Africa by Diana Bruno (Winner - Class B - Nature General)

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Nature 2 - January 11, 2023
There were 62 images presented by 22 members. The competition judges were: Bill Hall, Guy Larin, and Richard Shapka.

​ZOOLOGY:

• © 2023 - Praying Mantis (Mantodea), by Heather Loewenhardt (Winner - Class A - Zoology)
• © 2023 - Coccinellidae, by Roch Martineau (Winner - Class B - Zoology)

BOTANY:

• © 2023 - Common Milkweed pod, seeds, and floss, by Lyne Brissette (Winner - Class A - Botany - Honours - Top Mark Nature 2)
• © 2023 - White Pasqueflower (Pulsatilla occidentalis), by Diana Bruno (Winner - Class B - Botany)

GENERAL:

• © 2023 - Moonlit Eroded Entrada Sandstone, by Lyne Brissette (Winner - Class A - Nature General)
• © 2023 - Giant's Causeway – Antrim Coast, Northern Ireland, by Marla Rapoport (Winner - Class B - Nature General)

ORNOTHOLOGY:

• © 2023 - Sibling Protection Young Great Horned Owls, by Heather Loewenhardt (Winner - Class A - Ornithology)
• © 2023 - Breakfast for juvenile black-crowned night heron, by Richard Chan Yu Tin (Winner - Class B - Ornithology - Top Class B Mark Nature 2)

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Nature 1 - October 12, 2022
There were 66 images presented by 24 members. The competition judges were: Allen Bargen, Francine Duquette, and Ilana Block

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ORNITHOLOGY:

• © 2022 - Great Gray Owl, by Phillip H. Shapiro (Winner - Class A - Ornithology)
• © 2022 - Greater Yellowlegs, by Danielle LaPointe (Winner - Class B - Ornithology)

NATURE GENERAL:

• © 2022 - Jurassic Soft-Sediment Lithification – White Pocket, AZ by, Michael Folinsbee (Winner - Class A - Nature General - Honours - Top Mark Nature 1)
• © 2022 - Champs d'oliviers sauvages, by Roch Martineau (Winner - Class B - Nature General)

ZOOLOGY:

• © 2022 – Lionness, by Carole Pelletier (Winner - Class A - Zoology)
• © 2022 – Spider, by Roch Martineau (Winner - Class B - Zoology - Top Class B Mark Nature 1)

BOTANY:

• © 2022 - Queen Anne's Lace, by Danielle Charron (Winner - Class A - Botany)
• © 2022 - Scille de Sibérie au printemps, by Catherine Saint-Denis (Winner - Class B - Botany)

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