2021 Refuge Photo Contest

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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)

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