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 York

2nd place      Green Heron by Bonnie Watt of Rumson, New Jersey

3rd place      Green Heron by David Marshall of Fort Myers, Florida

4th place      Tricolored Heron by Robert Pailes of Sanibel, Florida

5th place      Little Blue Heron with frog by Kurt A. Oblaender of Kemen, Germany

6th place      Brown Pelicans by Joan Marshall of Fort Myers, Florida

7th place      Mockingbird by Margarethe L. Allen of Bellingham, Washington

8th place      Roseate Spoonbill by Ronald J. Addison of Fort Myers, Florida

9th place      Red-shouldered Hawk by Steve McKenna of Westford, Massachusetts

10th place    Red-shouldered Hawk by W.T. Drennan, Jr. of Wilmington, Delaware

11th place    Tricolored Heron by Paul E. Rice of Tampa, Florida

12th place    White Pelicans by Barbara Moll of Heidelburg, Germany