ABA Young Birders

2004 Young Birder of the Year Contest Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the 2004 ABA/Leica Young Birder of the Year Contest, and thanks to all who participated in the event!

Young Birder of the Year Grand Prize

10-to-13-year-old category

First Place:
Neil Gilbert
Beverly Hills, MI

Second Place:
Luke Seitz
Falmouth, ME

Honorable Mention:
Elise M. S. Becker
Colorado Springs, CO

14-to-18-year-old category

First Place:
Noah Strycker
Creswell, OR

Second Place:
Thomas Johnson
Hummelstown, PA

Honorable Mention:
Adam Nisbett
St. James, MO

Lauren Thead
Macon, MS


Field Notebook Module

10-to-13-year-old category

First Place:
Luke Seitz
Falmouth, ME
- Notebook Sample

Second Place:
Neil Gilbert
Beverly Hills, MI
- Notebook Sample

Honorable Mention:
Elise M. S. Becker
Colorado Springs, CO
- Notebook Sample

14-to-18-year-old category

First Place:
Thomas Johnson
Hummelstown, PA
- Notebook Sample

Second Place:
Lauren Thead
Macon, MS
- Notebook Sample

Honorable Mention:
Noah Strycker
Creswell, OR
- Notebook Sample


Writing Module

10-to-13-year-old category

First Place:
Elise M. S. Becker
Colorado Springs, CO
- Hummingbirds
- The Falcon

Second Place:
Anna Therese Wiker
Hopedale, OH
- Observations on House Sparrows

Honorable Mention:
Davie Rolnick
Rupert, VT
- The Various Foods of Warblers of the Genus Dendroica

14-to-18-year-old category

First Place:
Claire Curry
Greenwood, TX
- It's a Bird-Eat-Bird World Out There
- A Summary of the Field Identification and Natural History of the Nonbirds (Absurdiformes)

Second Place:
Saraiya Ruano
Colorado Springs, CO
- He's a Yellowthroat, Not a Cowbird

Honorable Mention:
Hilary Turner
Townsend, MT
- American Dipper or Water Ouzel


Illustration Module

10-to-13-year-old category

First Place:
Luke Seitz
Falmouth, ME
- Northern Wheatear
- American Robin
- Black-backed Woodpecker

Second Place:
Neil Gilbert
Beverly Hills, MI
- Chipping Sparrow
- American Goldfinch

Honorable Mention:
Davie Rolnick
Rupert, VT
- Eastern Meadowlark

Anna Therese Wiker
Hopedale, OH
- House Sparrow

14-to-18-year-old category

First Place:
Adam Nisbett
St. James, MO
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck
- Sparrows
- Barred Owl

Second Place:
Noah Strycker
Creswell, OR
- American Redstart
- Northern Hawk Owl

Honorable Mention:
Claire Curry
Greenwood, TX
- Grasshopper Sparrow


Photography Module

10-to-13-year-old category

First Place:
Neil Gilbert
Beverly Hills, MI
- Bank Swallow
- Great Blue Heron

Second Place:
John Garrett
Pasadena, CA
- Western Scrub-Jay
- Brown Pelican

Honorable Mention:
Elise M. S. Becker
Colorado Springs, CO
- Rufous Hummingbird

14-to-18-year-old category

First Place:
Noah Strycker
Creswell, OR
- California Quail
- Broad-billed Motmot

Second Place:
Thomas Johnson
Hummelstown, PA
- Purple Sandpiper
- Rufous Hummingbird

Honorable Mention:
Claire Curry
Greenwood, TX
- Grasshopper Sparrow

Sean Fitzgerald
Burlington, WI
- Semipalmated Plover

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