Alex Burdo – President Emeritus

Age: 20

Banding Name: Almighty Bunting

Favorite Warbler: Cerulean Warbler

Birding since: Age 5

Best Scientific Name: Torreornis inexpectata

 

Brendan Murtha -President Emeritus

Age: 17

Banding Name: Brilliant Murrelet

Favorite Warbler: Louisiana Waterthrush

Birding since: Age 9

Spark bird: Parasitic Jaeger

 

Jory Teltser – President Emeritus

Age: 19

Birding since: 9 years old

Banding Name: Jolly Tern

Favorite Warbler: Black-throated Blue

Best State Bird: Sprague’s Pipit

Best Yard Bird: Cackling Goose

Spark Bird: Northern Saw-whet Owl

 

Preston Lust 

Age: 17

Banding Name: Pacific Red-lored Umbrellabird

Favorite Warbler: Cerulean Warbler

Birding Since: Age 10

Best State Bird: Ash-throated Flycatcher

Best Yard Bird: Clay-colored Sparrow

 

Aidan Kiley – Vice President

Age: 19

Birding since: Age 12

Favorite Bird: Blue-headed Vireo

Favorite Warbler:  Chestnut-sided

Best State Bird: Sprague’s Pipit/Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Favorite Shorebird: Piping Plover

Best Town Bird: Pink-footed Goose (self-found)

 

Will Schenck

Exploits with cattails during winter birding in Bellevue, ID 

Age: 16

Birding since: 13 years old

Banding Name: Wicked Scoter

Favorite Warbler: American Redstart

Best State Bird: Pink-footed Goose

Best Yard Bird: Red-necked Grebe

Spark Bird: Bufflehead

 

James Leone

Age: 15

Birding since: 13 years old 

Favorite Warbler: Painted Redstart 

Best state bird: Roseate Spoonbill

Best yard bird: Dickcissel 

Spark bird: Great Blue Heron 

 

 

Tony Belejack

 

Eli Holton

Age: 14

Birding since: 10

Favorite Warbler: Connecticut Warbler

Best state bird: Northern Goshawk

Spark bird: Greater Roadrunner