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

Heading out for a winter sea watch in Chatham, MA.
Age: 17
Banding Name: Brilliant Murrelet
Favorite Warbler: Louisiana Waterthrush
Birding since: Age 9
Spark bird: Parasitic Jaeger
Jory Teltser – President Emeritus

Wrapping up a seawatch in Sydney, Australia (2018)
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


Standing on a manicured lawn.
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