COA Award Winners

Mabel Osgood Wright Award

Mabel Osgood Wright Award is presented annually to a person or persons in Connecticut who have made a significant contribution to the knowledge, study, and conservation of birds.

YEAR	RECIPIENT	PRESENTER	DATE
1991	Ann Gaylord	Julie Zickefoose	March 16, 1991
1992	Roland C. Clement	Milan Bull	March 28, 1992
1993	George A. Clark, Jr.	Betty Kleiner	March 27, 1993
1994	Donald A. Hopkins	Neil Currie	March 26, 1994
1995	Robert A. Askins	Thomas Baptist	March 25, 1995
1996	Fred C. Sibley	Milan Bull	March 23, 1996
1997	Gordon Loery	Milan Bull	March 29, 1997
1998	Roger Tory Peterson	Milan Bull	March 28, 1998
1999	NO AWARD
2000	Mark Szantyr	Betty Kleiner	March 18, 2000
2001	Betty Kleiner	Jay Kaplan	March 17, 2001
2002	Noble S. Proctor	Fred C. Sibley Wayne Petersen	March 9, 2002
2003	Dwight G. Smith	Milan Bull	March 15, 2003
2004	Jay Kaplan	Milan Bull	March 20, 2004
2005	Neil Currie	Betty Kleiner	March 26, 2005
2006	Louis R. Bevier	Betty Kleiner	March 25, 2006
2007	Patrick Comins	Steve Mayo	April 14, 2007
2008	Milan G. Bull	Frank Mantlik	March 29, 2008
2009	Greg Hanisek	Steve Mayo	March 21, 2009
2010	Joseph D. Zeranski	Patrick Comins	March 20, 2010
2011	Buzz Devine	Steve Mayo	April 9, 2011
2012	Florence McBride	Ken Elkins	March 24, 2012
2013	Dennis Varza	Milan Bull	March 23, 2013
2014	Thomas Baptist	Patrick Comins	March 22, 2014
2015	David Allen Sibley	Frank Gallo	March 21, 2015
2016	Robert Dewire	Phil Rusch	March 19, 2016
2017	Julie Victoria	Steve Broker	March 18, 2017
2018	Ted Gilman	Patrick Comins	March 24, 2018
2019	Jeffrey A. Spendelow	Steve Broker	March 23, 2019
2020	George Zepko	Steve Broker	March 21, 2020
2021	Kathy Van Der Aue	Chris Loscalzo	March 20, 2021

President's Award

The President's Award is given in recognition of service to the Connecticut Ornithological Association.

YEAR	RECIPIENT	PRESENTER	DATE
1999	Carl J. Trichka	David Provencher	March 20, 1999
2005	Betty Kleiner	Steve Oresman	March 26, 2005
2010	Roy Harvey Dori Sosensky	Patrick Comins	March 20, 2010
2011	Patrick Dugan Richard English Mike Moccio Dave Winston	Patrick Comins	April 9, 2011
2015	Renee Baade Charles Barnard, Jr. Ken Elkins Fred Schroeder Jack Wells	Tina Green	March 21, 2015
2016	John Coggins	Kathy Van Der Aue	March 19, 2016
2017	Patrick Comins Jim Dugan Tina Green Roy Harvey Chris Loscalzo	Kathy Van Der Aue	March 18, 2017
2018	Bob Dixon Frank Mantlik Larry Reiter Sara Zagorski	Steve Broker	March 24, 2018
2019	Scott Kruitbosch Gina Nichol	Steve Broker	March 23, 2019
2020	Christine Howe Tom Robben	Chris Loscalzo	March 21, 2020
2021	Steve Morytko Terry Shaw	Chris Loscalzo	March 20, 2021

Betty Kleiner Memorial Award

The Betty Kleiner Memorial Award honors the memory of Betty Kleiner, whose name is synonymous with The Connecticut Warbler, COA’s flagship publication. The award recognizes a deserving author or artist in the field of ornithology.

YEAR	RECIPIENT	PRESENTER	DATE
2007	Greg Hanisek	Steve Mayo	April 14, 2007
2008	Julian Hough	Steve Mayo	March 29, 2008
2009	Glenn Williams	Steve Mayo	March 21, 2009
2010	Mark Szantyr	Patrick Comins	March 20, 2010
2011	Steve Broker	Patrick Comins	April 9, 2011
2012	Scott Kruitbosch Nick Bonomo	Steve Mayo	March 24, 2012
2013	Paul Carrier		March 23, 2013
2014	Paul Cianfaglione	Patrick Comins	March 22, 2104
2015	Andrew Dasinger	Tina Green	March 21, 2015
2016	Frank Gallo	Kathy Van Der Aue	March 19, 2016
2017	Kathy Van Der Aue	Steve Broker	March 18, 2017
2018	Nick Bonomo		April 7, 2018
2019	Chris S. Wood	Denise Jernigan	March 23, 2019
2020	Bruce Stevenson		March 21, 2020
2021	Alexander Lin-Moore	Chris Loscalzo	March 20, 2021

Zepko Audubon Camp Scholarship

Zepko Audubon Camp Scholarship is awarded annually to a young birding enthusiast through a written application process and provides full one-week tuition for a deserving teen at Audubon's Hog Island Summer Camp in Maine.

YEAR	RECIPIENT	PRESENTER	DATE
2018	Nicolas Main	Steve Broker	March 24, 2018
2019	Cayleigh Goberman	Tina Green	March 23, 2019
2020	Eli Holton		March 21, 2020
2021	Sebastian Killin		April 11, 2021