Nature Category – Birds "Blue Heron Nest Building" by Chet Stein - NBCC"Common Tody Flycatcher" by David Kravitz - NVPS"Soft Landing" by Stan Bysshe - NVPS"Red Eyed Doves" by Thomas A Loucks - CCC"Bunting" by Jack Nevitt - MWCC"Osprey and Chick" by Michele Dandrea-Lowell - LRA"Blown off Course" by Marie Plummer - MWCC"Green Crown" by Illenia Alvarez - NVPS"Aerial Ballet" by Rena Schild - NVPS"Final Approach" by Robert Miller - LPC"Balanced Egret" by Mandy Saunders - MWCC"Owl and Prey" by Ruiqing Pamboukian - NBCC"Anybody There" by Damian Diccox - MWCC"Ah That's Good" by Jerry Koons - MWCC"Hibiscus Holiday" by Wilson Coudon - NVPS"Bluebird in the Snow" by Courtney Wilson - VPS"Blizzard Eagle" by Stan Bysshe - NVPS"Hummer" by Clark Barker - NVPS"Hoodie 1" by Charles Walker - PCC"Mother's Love" by Robert Miller - LPC"Peek a Boo" by Bill Corbett - NVPS"Marge a Military Macaw 1" by Toni Zappone - CCC"Gosling Eating Grass" by Mary Rabadan - VPS"Sandhill Crane and Ripples II" by Patricia Berry - LPC"Bombay Hook Heron at Dusk" by Beth Koller - MWCC"Hello World" by Regina Mitcho - MWCC"Snowy Eruption" by Art Cole - MWCC"Are You Mocking Me" by James Ward - MWCC"Cardinal" by Alison Powell - CCC"Ruby Throated Hummingbird" by David Terao - NIHCC"Fluffy Fledgling" by Jackie Phillips - MWCC"Sarge" by Wilson Coudon - NVPS"Spring Visitor" by Regina Mitcho - MWCC"Fish for Chick" by Michael Tran - NIHCC"Manny, Moe, and Jack" by Michele Dandrea-Lowell - LRA"Portrait of a Turkey Vulture" by Marcus Crisp - MWCC"Coming Atcha" by Lynn Gaffey - CCC"Air Chat" by My Phuong Nguyen - NIHCC"Yummy!" by Eva Lanyi - NVPS"Ruby Throated Hummingbird" by George Hogeman - NVPS"Soft Love" by Ilenia Alvarez - NVPS"The Watcher" by Damian Diccox - MWCC"Pelican Activates its Pouch" by Dick Pelroy - NBCC"Hummingbird 1" by Ken Whittaker - CCCPeople’s Choice Award (Nature): “Marching Flamingos Kenya” by Dick Pelroy from the North Bethesda Camera Club"Twisting Tern" by Bill Corbett - NVPS"Wood Storks Nesting" by Don Picard - NBCC"Goldfinch on Ice" by William Shaw - CCC"I'm Out of Here" by Jerry Koons - MWCC"Prothonotary Ballet" by Eva Lanyi - NVPS"Rose-ringed Parakeet with Milkweed Flower" by Chet Stein - NBCC"Hummer on Zinnia" by Rena Schild - NVPS"The Strike" by Deborah Rose - NVPS"Yes, I'm Blue" by Stan Bysshe - NVPS"On the Wing" by Eva Lanyi - NVPS"Snowy Egret Steps Out" by Dick Pelroy - NBCCBest in Birds: “Seeing Red” by Mike Whalen from the Northern Virginia Photographic Society"Up Close Personal 1" by S. Butch Mazzuca"Love Story" by Ruiqing Pamboukian - NBCC"Me First" by Lorraine Chickering - NBCC"Angel Wings" by Ilenia Alvarez - NVPS"Portrait of a Black Vulture" by Marcus Crisp - MWCC"Fred Astaire" by Bill Corbett - NVPS"Flying with Bee" by My Phuong Nguyen - NIHCC"Success" by John Thomas - LRA"Sanderling and Sea Shell" by Michele Dandrea-Lowell - LRA"Looking Up" by Bill Corbett - NVPS"Tree Sparrow Dispute" by Nancy Kurokawa - MWCC