2021 Refuge Photo Contest

All photos and graphics are under copyright by photographers and the Friends of RNWR. Please do not use photos, graphics, layout without written permission from the copyright holders.

2021 Birds Category

Fred Kerr

1st Place (Four Tree Swallow chicks being fed by an adult)

Steve Pickering

Hnorable Mention (Red-winged Blackbird, singing, holds itself aloft by two grass stems)

2021 Plants Category

Rebecca Rubash

1st Place (dried out Teasel against a grey day)

Jeff Fagan

Honorable Mention (Ladybug on a green Teasel plant)

2021 Landscape Category

Angela Vogel

1st Place (River S Auto Tour in early morning mist)

Catherine Elizalde

Honorable Mention (A raincloud on the horizon on the River ‘S’ Unit Auto Tour Route)

Jim Maul

Honorable Mention (Cathlapotle Plankhouse in the snow)

2021 Wildlife Category

Yu Liu

1st Place (Deer looking towards camera from tall grasses)

Anne Coulter

Honorable Mention (Columbian White-tailed deer fawn looks at the camera)

2021 Youth Category

Jackson Wolfe

1st Place American Bittern hiding in the grass)

Shalaka Deshpande

2nd Place (Geese flying towards the camera on the River ‘S’ unit Auto Tour Route)

Nayami Abraham

3rd Place (Honeybee on Wild Carrot flower)

Thank you to our amazing judges for the 2021 contest:

John Krause (Refuge Photographer)
Jim Nindel-Edwards (Board Member)
Ken Pitts (Refuge Photographer and Volunteer)
Susan Setterberg (Refuge Volunteer)
Samantha Zeiner (Friends of RNWR Admin Coordinator)
Tommy Spencer (Pro Photo Supply)

2020 Refuge Photo Contest Winners »

Upcoming Events

Mon
13

Board Meeting
January 13
Mon
10

Board Meeting
February 10
Mon
10

Board Meeting
March 10

View More →

Support While You Shop

When Amazon removed AmazonSmile, we lost our Amazon Wishlist access. Now, we have finally started one back up! Shop for items that the Friends and the Refuge Complex need to help with everything from habitat restoration to events like BirdFest & Bluegrass, and help support wildlife in little and big ways.

Learn More »

Sign up for the Community Rewards program by linking your Fred Meyer Rewards Card to Friends of Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge (PK822). For more information, please visit the link below.