I guess we can call this a hat trick.  I thought I had a couple of strong contenders this year.  I am happy to say that this one made the cut and was granted a spot in the 2024 Audubon Top 100. 

Bucking the every-other-year trend, I was happy to receive notice that I had made the Audubon Top 100 for 2023.  Still working on winning, but it is good to have goals.

I was totally caught off-guard when I arrived at the gallery.  Not only did I make the cut, I was co-winner of first place in my category!  Totally surprised I had even made it.  The category was "yellow", and not a nature category.

Third time was not quite the charm, but I was still overjoyed to claim a spot in the Audubon Top 100.  My image of a Brown Creeper made their cut for the 2022 Photography Awards.  

I was surprised to be contacted about one of my bat photos.  I have always liked them and was happy to have a chance to have one published; especially for such a good cause.  You can see it here!

I was pleased to have a photo selected for the Friends of Goose Pond 2021 calendar.

I was fortunate, again, to have a photo selected for the 2021 Gallery Night hosted by Robert's Camera.

Smithsonian Magazine picked one of my contest entries as the POTD on 11/12/2020.  You can see it here!

I did not think that I would make it again, but my image of a pair of Greater Prairie Chickens fighting was selected as one of Audubon's Top 100 images submitted for their 2020 competition.

After missing the entry deadline last year, I was excited to have this Prothonotary Warbler selected for display in the 2020 Robert's Camera Gallery Night.

This American Goldfinch perched on a Redbud branch appeared in the April/May 2020 edition of Birds and Blooms Magazine.

My shot of an Anhinga was chosen as photo of the day by Outdoor Photographer Magazine.

My shot of a LeConte's Sparrow was chosen for publication in the 2020 Friends of Goose Pond calendar for the month of October.  

My photo of a Fox Sparrow was chosen as photo of the day by Outdoor Photographer Magazine.

While Indiana may not be the best place for Milky Way shots, my photo of GP11N at Goose Pond was chosen for the cover of the 2019 calendar.

This King Rail shot was chosen for publication in the 2019 Friends of Goose Pond calendar for the month of June.

In 2018, my House Finch photo was chosen for display during their annual Gallery Night exhibition.

In 2018, I was overjoyed to have my Sedge Wren photo chosen as a Top 100 image in the National Audubon Photography Awards competition.

I was happy to have a photo chosen for publication in the 2018 Friends of Goose Pond calendar.  It's great to help out an organization that supports such a awesome site in Indiana.

In 2017, I was delighted to have my Short-eared Owl photo chosen for display during Robert's Camera annual Gallery Night exhibition.

In what I hope continues to be an annual experience, I had another photo chosen for publication in the 2017 Friends of Goose Pond calendar.

I was happy to have a photo published in the April/May 2017 edition of the magazine.  I was even happier several months later when a nice woman tracked me down and asked to purchase a copy of the photo.

In 2016, my Blue Grosbeack was also chosen as the People's Choice winner for the Cardinalidae category. 

My Blue Grosbeack was chosen for publication in the 2016 Friends of Goose Pond calendar.