Thank you to the Elliot Museum for hanging our entries March 4 - 28!

The staff and Executive Director, Ozzie Monzon, were very supportive and worked tirelessly to get our contest up in time. Our 106 images were hung around an entire gallery.

Awards were presented at our April 16 Program Meeting. Awards were given for Best of Show, Peoples Choice and First, 2nd and 3rd Prize in the individual catagories of A) Flora, B) Fauna, C) Wildlife - Really Close Up and D) General Landscape. All entries were judged on how well they expressed the natural environment of Florida.

Thank you also to the judges: Sheri Walker, photographer and educator, from The Pine School, Kelly Rogers of the Stuart News and Patriche Fallon, Photographer and Graphic Artist, from the Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County.

Lastly thanks to all the photographers who participated in creating our contest gallery of such outstanding quality that judges had a difficult time selecting winners. Hope to see you all again next year!

AnhingaTim Harrell

Fauna Catagory

1st: Never Mind Me Tim Stone  2nd: Family Reunion Carlotta Parsons        3rd: Racer Peggy Packer  

      1st: Big Bird Bob Carlino            2nd: Lilly Bloom Bo Chambers      3rd: Water Lilly Charles Belmont

    1st: Entwined Carlotta Parsons       2nd: Anhinga Tim Harrell         3rd: Burrowing Owl Tim Harrell        

1st: Savanna Sunrise Gene Scholler  2nd: Artist on Beach Pat Larcomb  3rd: Cypress Swamp Bo Chambers

Attention Photographers:
Audubon Magazine Announces Call for Entries for the Audubon Magazine Photography Awards: Birds in Focus In Association with Nature’s Best Photography Magazine, Awards Sponsored by Nikon. New York, NY-April 20, 2009--- Audubon magazine is launching the 2009 Audubon Magazine Photography Awards: Birds in Focus, created to celebrate the beauty and diversity of birdlife through the art of photography, and to honor the exceptional work of talented professional, amateur and youth photographers from all over the U.S.

You are invited to become a member of AoMC and have your introductory picture gallery created in our Treasure Coast Nature Gallery. You can update your images at any time and have a link to your contact and any other gallery you may create on the Internet.

For more information about the Audubon of Martin County Annual Photography Contest, contact Laurie Odlum, AoMC President, via E-mail to lodlum@att.net with "Photo Contest" in the title.