NOTE: This page was archived from the Ding Darling Wildlife Society website, because each year the contest photos are replaced with the new contest winners.
1998 Annual Photo Contest
The judges in the "Ding" Darling Wildlife Society annual photo contest selected the following photographs as the winners out of 90 entries submitted this year. All entries portrayed wildlife, scenery and/or circumstances found in the J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge.
1998 Photo Contest Winners
1st place — Tricolored Heron by Stephen Wise of Jamestown, New York2nd place — Green Heron by Bonnie Watt of Rumson, New Jersey3rd place — Green Heron by David Marshall of Fort Myers, Florida4th place — Tricolored Heron by Robert Pailes of Sanibel, Florida5th place — Little Blue Heron with frog by Kurt A. Oblaender of Kemen, Germany6th place — Brown Pelicans by Joan Marshall of Fort Myers, Florida7th place — Mockingbird by Margarethe L. Allen of Bellingham, Washington8th place — Roseate Spoonbill by Ronald J. Addison of Fort Myers, Florida9th place — Red-shouldered Hawk by Steve McKenna of Westford, Massachusetts10th place — Red-shouldered Hawk by W.T. Drennan, Jr. of Wilmington, Delaware11th place — Tricolored Heron by Paul E. Rice of Tampa, Florida12th place — White Pelicans by Barbara Moll of Heidelburg, Germany