Local Photographers Win National Wildlife Federation Photo Contest

Photo: Prothonotary Warbler, Randy Streufert

ASNV member Randy Streufert has won the Grand Prize in the National Wildlife Federation’s “Garden for Wildlife” photo contest.  Randy’s photo of a Prothonotary Warbler cooling off in water was the top photo out of nearly 5000 submissions from all over the world.  Randy and his wife Barbara’s property, where the photo was taken, is a Certified Wildlife Sanctuary in ASNV’s Audubon at Home program.        

Randy also won an Honorable Mention for his photo of a Cope’s Gray Treefrog tadpole and froglet.

Copes Gray Treefrog Tadpoles, Randy Streufert

Copes Gray Treefrog Tadpoles, Randy Streufert

Local wildlife enthusiast Arthur Hass’s photo of an Eastern Tailed-Blue won the top prize in the category Close-up Native Plants and their Wildlife Visitors, and Fairfax resident Sherry Schellenger Parker’s photo of her son in his grandmother’s garden won in the category People in the Wildlife Garden. The Category Winners and Honorable Mentions showcase a wonderful array of photos of plants, wildlife and people enjoying them.