Category: Awards

Dr. Dan Klem The Awards Committee is happy to announce that the winner of the 2008 PSO Conservation Award is Dr. Dan Klem in recognition of his decades of pioneering […]

Jack Holcomb The Awards Committee is pleased to announce that Jack Holcomb of West Reading is the winner of the Earl Poole Award. Birding would not be the vibrant, growing […]

Margaret Higbee The 2006 winner of PA Society for Ornithology’s Earl L. Poole Award is Margaret Higbee of Indiana, PA. The Poole Award is given annually to an individual, amateur […]

Paul Hess The PSO recognizes, on a annual basis, ornithologists and/or amateur birders who have made outstanding contributions to Pennsylvania ornithology. The Earl Poole Award was established in 1995 and […]

Franklin and Barbara Haas Franklin and Barbara Haas have always had a special interest in birding in Pennsylvania. When they pursued a “Big Year” in 1986, they created a network […]

Gregory Grove Long-time Pennsylvania birder Greg Grove is the recipient of the 2018 Earl Poole Award. The award was presented by President Mike Fialkovich at the PSO banquet during the […]

Doug Gross The Earl Poole Award for outstanding contributions to ornithology in Pennsylvania was presented to Doug Gross on May 19, 2007, at the PSO annual meeting in Harrisburg. Doug […]

Laurie Goodrich Laurie Goodrich is the Senior Monitoring Biologist at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association in Kempton, Pennsylvania and recently also served as the Interim Director of Education for Hawk Mountain. […]

Golden Eagle Project The Conservation Award for 2011 was awarded to the Golden Eagle Project at the Annual Meeting of PSO in Bedford. The project goals are to monitor the […]

Edward Fingerhood Edward Fingerhood was the individual who was responsible for the Atlas of Breeding Birds of Pennsylvania. It was Ed who called Frank and Barb Haas one evening in […]