California Watchable Wildlife Photo Contest March, 2011-February, 2012

12 months, over 850 images more than 250 photographers…

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The simple rules: • Image taken at California Watchable Wildlife viewing site or of

a California native species • Submit up to 3 images per month The goals: • Populate Viewing Sites with quality images • Populate species database with images • Raise visibility of website

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1st Place, March 2011: Lyle Madeson, Kelseyville Red-tail Hawk stealing a Hitch from an Osprey, Clear Lake State Park

2nd Place, March 2011: Mike Warner, El Sobrante Anna’s Hummingbird

3rd Place, March 2011: Doug Froning, Roseville "Jackson Five“, Lower Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge

1st Place, April 2011: Mike Warner, El Sobrante Bumble Bee Flying near Honeysuckle Flowers

2nd Place, April 2011: Harvey Abernathey, Novato Western Sandpiper, Abbotts Lagoon, Point Reyes National Seashore

3rd Place, April 2011: Doug Froning, Roseville Double-crested Cormorant with Trophy

1st Place, May, 2011: Jessica Weinberg, Sausalito Snowy Plovers in footprints, Ocean Beach, Golden Gate National Recreation Area

2nd Place, May, 2011: Jim Duckworth, Redding American White Pelicans, taken from sea kayak at Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park.

3rd Place, May 2011: Gary Davis, Westlake Village Juvenile Elephant Seals

1st Place, June 2011: Thomas Roach, Lincoln Blue Dasher Dragonfly

2nd Place, June 2011: Max Allen, Covelo Marbled Godwit, Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Preserve

3rd Place, June 2011: Lyle Madeson, Kelseyville Osprey Family & Lunch, Clear Lake State Park

1st Place, July 2011: Jay Gaskill, Groveland Humpback Whale Close Encounter, Channel Islands National Park

2nd Place, July 2011: Jim Duckworth, Redding Raccoon, taken from kayak at Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park.

3rd Place, July 2011: Pete Warden, Lafayette Oak Titmouse

1st Place, August 2011: Thomas Roach, Lincoln Black-crowned Sparrow

2nd Place, August 2011: Cathy Navarro, Livermore Great Blue Heron breakfasting on Bullfrog

3rd Place, August 2011: Phil Robertson, Lincoln Ducks and Geese cross full moon, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge

1st Place, September 2011: Carole Haskell, Lincoln American Bittern, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge

2nd Place, September 2011: Lyle Madeson, Kelseyville Male Pileated Woodpecker feeding chicks

3rd Place, September 2011: Cindy Tucey, Los Gatos Sea Otter and pup, Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Preserve

1st Place, October 2011: Matt Knoth, San Francisco Bobcat, Marin Headlands, Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

2nd Place, October 2011: Larry Whiting, Citrus Heights Horned Lizard, Echo Canyon, Death Valley National Park

3rd Place, October 2011: Jack Ferrante, Lincoln Hooded Merganser and chicks

1st Place, November 2011: Tory Kallman, San Francisco Great Blue Heron and Vole, Tennessee Valley, Golden Gate National Recreation Area

2nd Place, November 2011: Matt Knoth, San Francisco Anise Swallowtail Larvae, Tennessee Valley, Golden Gate National Recreation Area

3rd Place, November 2011: Jack Booth, Ukiah Sandhill Cranes at sunrise, Modoc National Wildlife Refuge

1st Place, December 2011: Deanna Madeson, Kelseyville Clark’s Grebes presenting weed mating ritual

2nd Place, December 2011: Lyle Madeson, Kelseyvlle Male Hooded Merganser displaying, Clear Lake State Park

3rd Place, December 2011: Jack Booth, Ukiah Rock Wren, Lake Mendocino

1st Place, January, 2012: Tim Torell, Sunvalley, NV Mountain Bluebird, Martis Valley

2nd Place, January 2011: Dave Keeling, Morro Bay Kit Fox family, Carrizo Plain National Monument

3rd Place, January, 2012: Richard Fitzer, Long Beach Reddish Egret chases Snowy Egret, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

1st Place, February, 2012: Cathy Cooper, Fairfield Green Heron at Yolo Basin Wildlife Area

2nd Place, February, 2012: Jacqueline Deely, San Jose Egrets in Surf

3rd Place, February, 2012: Charl Steyn, Clovis Snowgeese at Dusk, Merced NWR