WINNING PHOTOS

 

Here are some of my award-winning photos.  More will be added soon.  If you want to see the high-res versions and/or buy a photo, please email me at Barb22030 aTy AhoOd Otc OM.

"Pop Tops"

Burrowing Owls, Tucson  

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF OWLS, 2019

Top 10 Winner

Handsome Meadow Katydid  

NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION, 2019

Honorable Mention (out of more than 20,000 entries) 

Ruby-throated hummingbird at bird banding 

BIRD PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR, 2021

Finalist, Conservation Category 

(1 of 5 photos in portfolio) 

Indigo bunting flying up toward thistle 

NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION, 2021

Honorable Mention

Also published in "Virginia Wildlife" magazine, 2021

"Snakeball" 

(Five northern watersnakes mating)

VIRGINIA MASTER NATURALISTS, 2019

1st place, Virginia Native Wildlife

"Tumbling Toads"

STATE OF MARYLAND'S DEPARTMENT 

OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 2021

Fan Favorite Finalist for 2022 nature calendar

Green Treefrog, Western Honey Bee & Handsome Meadow Katydid
(Woodbridge, VA)
VIRGINIA HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY
1st Place, 2021

BEST OF SHOW

1st Place, BIRDS  

1st Place, WILDLIFE

3rd Place, WILDLIFE

1st Place, BIRDS
Burrowing Owl with Bug, Sandhill Crane "Colts," Green Anole Lizard, and American Bird Grasshopper laying eggs 
(Florida State Parks) 
OSCAR SCHERER STATE PARK
Overall Earth Day 2022 

"Best of Show" Photo Contest Winner (owl) and other awards. 

BEST IN SHOW
Male Indigo Bunting on Sunflower
(Federalsburg, MD)
MARYLAND ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Annual Convention, 2022

Cope's Gray Treefrog 
VIRGINIA HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 2022
1st Place Overall

"Rainy Day"
Salisbury University's Annual
WARD MUSEUM PHOTO FESTIVAL, 2022
Humans Category, 2nd Place  

 

 

SUMMER may be considered a "slow season" for birders -- but NOT for bird photographers.  Baby birds are EVERYWHERE.  Join our private Nature Photography DC/MD/VA Meetup to explore the babies and the boomer birds.  Questions?  Email me at Barb22030 aT yahOoD otc Om.

   https://www.meetup.com/Nature-Photography-DC-MD-VA/