George Peck
George Peck has been a prominent ornithologist in Ontario for over 50 years. He is recognized for his work at the Royal Ontario Museum with the Ontario Nest Records Scheme, which he built into a major monitoring system of the…
Ivor Williams
2001 Certificates
Maris Apse for completing 10 consecutive years of Baillie Birdathon and raising over $9,000, of which $3,000 came back to OFO. Rod Barr Stella, Ontario for maintaining habitat for wintering owls in The Owl Woods, Amherst Island, and for providing…
Murray Speirs
Murray Speirs was a leading ornithologist in Ontario for over 65 years. He is known for his meticulous recording of ornithological information. His primary interests were bird censusing and studies of American Robins, Black-capped Chickadees, Lincoln’s Sparrows and Evening Grosbeaks.…
2000 Certificates
Stephen Davis of Fishers Glen near Long Point for welcoming birders to his home to see the male Mountain Bluebird, November, 1999 to March, 2000. The bird may have been present as early as the summer of 1999. The Delaware…
1999 Certificates
Edge and Betty Pegg, Claremont for welcoming birders on the occasion of the Harris’s Sparrow December 1998 to May 1999. Algonquin Provincial Park Visitor Centre Staff for their contribution to our knowledge of birds and their hospitality to the Ontario…
Ross James
Ross James was Associate Curator of Ornithology at the Royal Ontario Museum before retiring in 1997. He continues to make significant contributions to the scientific study of birds and bird conservation in Ontario. Ross is the author of numerous scientific…
1998 Certificates
Jack & Dawn Christilaw, Kilbride Varied Thrush Magnus & Isobel Huber, Harmony Spotted Towhee. John Carley For his Efforts to Protect the Leslie Street Spit in Toronto. Harry Kerr, Toronto Keeping the Phone Lines Open to Inform Birders about Rare…
Earl Godfrey
Earl Godfrey, dean of Canadian ornithologists, was the first recipient of OFO’s Distinguished Ornithologist Award in 1997. In his early years, Earl studied under Robie Tufts in his home province of Nova Scotia and then with noted taxonomist Harry Oberholser…
1997 Certificates
Presqu’ile Provincial Park Managing the Habitat for Shorebirds by Creating a Natural Beach. The Town Of Blenheim Providing Access to the Blenheim Sewage Lagoons. Larry & Linda Budreau 10 Years of Welcome to OFO Birding Tours at Oak Grove Camp…
1996 Certificates
Howard Doellel, Lac Dore Ivory Gull, 12 November 1995. Norma & Victor Mowat, Selkirk Least Tern, 5 December 1995. Lorraine & Bill Hatch, Hanover Harris’s Sparrow, November 1995-January 1996. Howard Nussey, Big ‘O’ Incorporated Comber Division Providing Access to Comber…