Orange Audubon Society meetings are normally held the 3rd Thursday of every month (Sept. - June) at 7 pm in the Camellia Room at:

Harry P. Leu Garden
1920 North Forest Avenue
Orlando, FL 32803-1537

For directions
call: 407-246-2620

Be sure to check out our Event Calendar
for a complete listing of upcoming Programs!

Speakers Bureau

Orange Audubon Society has a list of speakers who are willing to address schools and organizations on subjects such as birds, plants, the environment, and Florida outdoors. Call or email Deborah Green, 407-553-0028.

22nd Annual Chertok Photo Contest            Winners Announced!

Orange Audubon Society's 2010 (22nd Annual) contest featured two separate categories:

Actions and Interactions

1st Place - Kathy Urbach "Osprey with Youngster on Nest"

2nd Place - Jim Urbach "Red-shouldered Hawk and Juveniles"

3rd Place - Jim Urbach "Least Terns Mating"

Honorable Mention
Jack Rogers "Flippin' Crab"
Jeffri Moore "Great Egret Parent and Chick"
Vince Lamb "Limpkin Feeding Chick"
Myrna Erler-Bradshaw "Sandhill Cranes-Checking on the Babies"
John Wise "Cattle Egret with Hungry Family"

Youth Category

1st Place - Megan Authement "Florida Scrub Jay"

Honorable Mention
Alessa Craner "In the Moment"
Shaw Frederick "Limpkin Chicks

Close Encounters

1st Place - Ruth Pannunzio "Gnatcatcher and Insect"

2nd Place - Paul Hennessy "Outside the Shell"

3rd Place - Michael Libbe "Ruby-throated Hummingbird"

Honorable Mention
Alan Dart "Bug Eyed Dragon"
Jim Urbach "Osprey Feeding Week Old Chick"
Mary Atwood "Curls"
Ruth Pannunzio "Osprey and Two Fish"
Kathy Urbach "Grasshopper on Flower"

Youth Category

1st Place - Shaw Frederick "Limpkin Chick"

Honorable Mention
Chelsea Kasper "Bird's Eye View"
Alessa Craner "I See You"
Ian Gregorchik "Purple Gallinule"



Orange Audubon Society's 2010 (22nd Annual)
Kit and Sidney Chertok
Nature Photography Contest

OBJECTIVES: To promote interest and concern for preserving the native fauna and flora of Florida, and to encourage nature photography.

TWO CATEGORIES: Actions and Interactions
                           Close Encounters

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all photographers of all ages (however, people 17 years of age and under may want to enter the ‘Youth’ competition using the form for that contest).

ENTRY DEADLINE: May 20, 2010 (received by date); April 15, 2010 (received by date for OPTIONAL pre‐screening)

For a complete listing of the rules and regulations regarding the 2010 Chertok Photography Contest download the contest entry form PDF file below.

2010 (22nd Annual) Chertok Open Nature Photo Contest Entry Form (open to all photographers)

2010 (22nd Annual) Chertok Youth Nature Photo Contest Entry Form (for participants 17 and younger)

Audubon is concerned with conservation and education about all wildlife and wild environments. Orange Audubon Society’s (OAS) mission, like the contest objectives, seeks to foster interest in all of Florida's wildlife and natural areas.

21st Annual Chertok Photo Contest            Winners Announced!

Orange Audubon Society's 2009 (21st Annual) contest featured two separate categories:

Florida Vertebrates and/or Scenics

1st Place - James Urbach "Snowy Plover and Newborn Chick"

2nd Place - Mary Keim "Storm Over Palms"

3rd Place - Myrna Erler "Preening Pair—Great Egrets"

Honorable Mention
Diane Chenault "Skimmer Doing Head Stand"
Eileen Fuchs "Alligator"
Karen Peron "Little Raccoon in Oak Tree"
Mike Cruz "Blue-headed Vireo"
Gordon White "Gopher Tortoise"

Florida Invertebrates and/or  Wildflowers

1st Place - Larry Brooks "The Pollinator "

2nd Place - Vince Lamb "Great Southern White"

3rd Place - Bill Wohlfart "Grasshopper"

Honorable Mention
Jake Paredes "Cassius Blue"
Kevin Barry "Dewy Dragon"
Brett Miley "Pine Lily—Rising Up"
Ursula Dubrick "Blue Land Crab—Don't Come Any Closer"
Paul Rebmann "Small Butterwort "

2010 (22nd Annual)

2009 (21st Annual)



2008 (20th Annual)



2007 (19th Annual)



2006 (18th Annual)

Special thanks to Colonial Photo & Hobby for co-sponsoring our Photo Contests!