UNDERGRADUATES

KARL FAIRCHILD

I am majoring in Fisheries and Wildlife Science with a specialization in avian conservation and management. I have had a lifelong passion for birds and birding. I am also very interested in Spanish and I am fairly proficient in the language. I plan to incorporate Spanish with my specialization in avian conservation and management, with a career goal  to promote bird conservation in Latin America. I plan on going to graduate school and getting my Ph.D. in ornithology or a related field. In addition to being interested in birds, I am also very interested in the native flora and fauna of the Pacific Northwest, and have a working knowledge of many species of mammals, herps, insects, fungi, and plants

In the summer of 2006, I worked a field research assistant on Eastern Kingbirds in
Frenchglen, Oregon for the first half, and snorkel surveyed juvenile
salmonid populations in small rivers in the Coast Range. My past work
experience also includes point count surveys to assess bird response to
the willow regrowth trophic cascade in Yellowstone National Park, and
bird and mammal surveys in the Biscuit Fire area.

I have received recognition for my past academic successes including the Oregon State University Dean's List, Waldo-Cummings Outstanding Student Award Honorable Mention in 2005 and 2006, and the Who's Who Among American High School Students Scholarship. I was also Valedictorian at Philomath High School, part
of the 2003 Philomath High School state cross-country championship team,
recognized in Who's Who Among American High School Students and National
Honor Roll, and won the United States Achievement Academy's National
Science Merit Award.

In addition to watching birds, I enjoy photographing birds and
writing about them. I have been active with the Audubon Society of
Corvallis for many years and have held the species record for Audubon's Big
Days every year since their inception in 2000. Together with my co-captain Noah Strycker, we have broken the historical Big Day records in Benton and
Lane Counties. For my high school senior thesis, I inventoried the birds of a new
Benton County Park, Beazell Memorial Forest, and learned how to estimate species richness based on field surveys.

NOAH STRYCKER

I am a junior majoring in Fisheries & Wildlife Science and minoring in Fine Arts at Oregon State University. I am passionate about birds. In addition to observing birds, I enjoy researching, drawing, painting, photographing, and writing about birds (see my web site). I am associate editor of Birding magazine, field editor for Oregon Birds journal, and author of the Birdboy column for WildBird magazine. I have published a number of magazine articles, many of which were illustrated with my own photographs), and I have edited two books about field ornithology in Oregon. My bird artwork has appeared in local, regional, and national publications. I was named the grand prize winner in the 2004 ABA-Leica Young Birder of the Year competition for the 14- to 18-year-old age group, received OSU’s prestigious Waldo-Cummings Outstanding Student Award in 2005, and was awarded an OSU Undergraduate Research, Innovation, Scholarship and Creativity (URISC) award in 2005 to support research related to the life history of birds.

Publications:

Strycker, N. 2005. iLove my iPod! Birding Nov/Dec: in press.

Strycker, N. 2005. Avian art. WildBird Nov/Dec: 10-11.

Strycker, N. 2005. Will work for life birds. WildBird Sep/Oct: 10-11.

Strycker, N. 2005. Birding in burns. Bird Watcher’s Digest Jul/Aug: 32-35.

Strycker, N. 2005. Rich in written detail: historical field notes about
southeastern Oregon bring the past to life. WildBird Jul/Aug: 52-55.

Strycker, N. 2005. The gap year. WildBird Jul/Aug: 10-11.

Strycker, N. 2005. Secrets of a big day addict: how to find more birds in 24 hours in your state than anyone in history–and have fun doing it. Birder’s World Jun: 34-39.

Strycker, N. 2005. Home on the refuge. WildBird May/Jun: 10-11.

Strycker, N. 2005. Blind date. WildBird Mar/Apr: 10.

Strycker, N. 2005. I never met a vulture I didn’t like. WildBird Jan/Feb: 11.

Strycker, N. 2004. A backyard checklist. Bird Watcher’s Digest Jul/Aug: 98-99.

Strycker, N. 2004. Far afield: Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Bird Watcher’s Digest Jan/Feb: 104-113.

Strycker, N. 2003. San Blas, Mexico: Big-time birding in a small tropical town. Birding Aug: 368-374.

Strycker, N. 2003. Five best places to find birds. Oregon Coast Jul/Aug: 64-65.

Strycker, N. 2003. Gearing up for the ABA convention: birdfinding in Eugene, Oregon. Birding Apr: 146-154.

Strycker, N. 2003. Black-capped Chickadee. In Birds of Oregon: A general reference. Marshall, D., Hunter, M., and Contreras, A. (Eds.). Oregon State University Press, 438-440.

Strycker, N. 2003. Mountain Chickadee. In Birds of Oregon: A general reference. Marshall, D., Hunter, M., and Contreras, A. (Eds.). Oregon State University Press, 440-441.

Strycker, N. 2003. Green Heron. In Birds of Oregon: A general reference. Marshall, D., Hunter, M., and Contreras, A. (Eds.). Oregon State University Press, 68-69.

Strycker, N. 2003. Cedar Waxwing. In Birds of Oregon: A general reference. Marshall, D., Hunter, M., and Contreras, A. (Eds.). Oregon State University Press, 501-502.

Strycker, N. 2003. Miniature artwork. WildBird Jan/Feb: 48-51.

Strycker, N. 2003. Backyard birder. Oregon Coast Jan/Feb: 30-31.