Discover Nature Photo Contest Winners

By | December 16, 2014
From Missouri Conservationist: Jan 2015

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From January through November of 2014, Missourians responded to our Discover Nature Photo Contest with hundreds of images. At the end of every month, we scrolled through our photo stream to choose that month’s winning image. It wasn’t easy. The photos were diverse, but they all portrayed a moment of discovering nature or enjoying Missouri’s great outdoors — dramatic or funny wildlife shots, scenic views, proud hunting and fishing moments, and close-ups of tiny insects.

The grand prize for winning the Discover Nature Photo Contest? Bragging rights for getting a great nature photo published in this issue of the Conservationist.

Congratulations to our 11 contest winners, and thanks to everyone who participated in helping others get outside and discover nature!

Want to see all the contest entries? Visit mdc.mo.gov/node/26255.

Winter Sunset
Rob Tweddle snapped this dramatic winter sunset at August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area in St. Charles County.
Rob Tweddle
1/11
white-throated sparrow
Derek Eisenhart got a crisp shot of this white-throated sparrow at Forest 44 Conservation
Area in St. Louis County.
Derek Eisenhart
2/11
gray squirrel
Sharon Chambers caught this gray squirrel peeking out of a hollow tree in Parkville in Platte County.
Sharon Chambers
3/11
yellow morel mushroom
Ten-month-old Simon helped mom, Rosalie Dear, scout out this 9-and-a-half inch yellow morel in Warrensburg in Johnson County.
Rosalie Dear
4/11
Red Fox
Mary Knaebel snapped this red fox catching her scent on the air in Randolph County.
Mary Knaebel
5/11
two young barred owls
Shirley Scrivner of Russellville in Cole County photographed these two young barred owls, who she thinks may have been discussing dinner.
Shirley Scrivner
6/11
mourning cloak butterfly
Crystal Shoults of Osage County photographed this mourning cloak butterfly in her backyard.
Crystal Shoults
7/11
two male great egrets fighting for territory
Christina Laws took this dramatic shot of two male great egrets fighting for territory at Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge in Pike County.
Christina Laws
8/11
spider
Lisa Hostetter saw this spider’s work below her deck in Waverly in Lafayette County just in time to avoid walking into it.
Lisa Hostetter
9/11
chorus frog
Doug Mitchell photographed this chorus frog perched on a hickory leaf in fall color near the University of Missouri’s Southwest Research Center.
Doug Mitchell
10/11
groundhog
This groundhog stopped in its tracks when it saw John Foehner with his camera near Lake of the Ozarks in Camden County.
John Foehner
11/11
Winter Sunset
white-throated sparrow
gray squirrel
yellow morel mushroom
Red Fox
two young barred owls
mourning cloak butterfly
two male great egrets fighting for territory
spider
chorus frog
groundhog

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This Issue's Staff

Editor In Chief - Nichole LeClair Terrill
Art Director - Cliff White
Staff Writer/Editor - Bonnie Chasteen
Staff Writer - Jim Low
Photographer - Noppadol Paothong
Photographer - David Stonner
Designer - Stephanie Thurber
Circulation - Laura Scheuler