2020-24 Awards:

  • 2025 Member of the Year: Lisa Lukawicz
  • 2024 Member of the Year: Annette Pasek
  • 2023 Member of the Year: Anthony Zemba
  • 2022 Member of the Year: Roberta Gowing
  • 2021 Member of the Year: Marcia Reno
  • 2021 President’s Award: Fred Nowak
  • 2021 Golden Grebe: Gillian Smits
  • 2020 Member of the Year: Doug Beach
  • 2020 President’s Award: Ernie Harris
  • 2020 Golden Grebe: Maggie Peretto

Annual Photo Contest Winners 

  • 2024:
  • Best Overall – Brown Creeper (Jason Scavotto)
  • Rare Bird – Orange-crowned Warbler (Austin Loewen)
  • Bird Behavior – Belted Kingfisher (Barbara Scavotto)
  • Funniest – Northern Cardinal and Downy Woodpecker (Barbara Scavotto)
  • 2023:
  • Best Overall – Glenn Berger
  • Bird Behavior – Barbara Scavotto
  • Rare Bird – Maggie Peretto
  • Birders in the Field – Joan Heffernan
  • Oops (the one that got away) – Joan Heffernan
  • Funniest – Joan Heffernan
  • 2022:
  • Best Overall – American Crow (Martin Kaehrle)
  • Bird Behavior – Joan Heffernan
  • Rare Bird – Joan Heffernan
  • Oops (the one that got away) – Joan Heffernan
  • Birders in the Field – Joan Heffernan
  • Funniest – House Finch (Tom Fuller)

Big January Competition:

  • 2024: Jamie Meyers – 106 species
  • 2024: Sophie Chen (teen) – 51 species
  • 2024: Golden Grebe Award – Debbie Bishop
  • 2023: tie between Jamie Meyers & Jay Kaplan – 96 species
  • 2022: Jamie Meyers – 101 species
  • 2021: Jamie Meyers – 95 species
  • 2020: Jamie Meyers – 97 species

 Hartford Audubon Spring Banquet held in May every year!
Celebrating special awards such as Member of the Year, and President’s Awards – A good time was had by all!

Golden Grebe Trophy – John Weeks and Chris Chinni – for most unusual bird during the Big January with the sighting of a Vesper Sparrow.

Trip Leader of the year – Peter Stefan (2023) and Paul Desjardins (2022) have won this award for their decades of leading trips for HAS.

Bird Finder (Trip Leader) Winners –

2024 – Chris Fisher
2023 – Peter Stefan
2022 Paul Desjardins
2021 Jon Ward

Daylight Savings Winners –

2023 Daylight Savings Competition & Golden Grebe – Maggie Peretto
2023 Jumpin Jimini Jubilee Jays:   Lukawizc, Pasek and Yoder = 96 total points / 54 species total 2021-22 Roger’s Tee Birds
Doug and Shirley Beach and Mike Labossiere 2019 Awards:
John Weeks, Big January Trophy for most birds
Maggie Peretto, Golden Grebe Trophy for the “best” bird of January
Paul Cianfiglione,  President’s award
Tom Robben, Member of the Year

Members Anniversaries:
Four of our long-standing members: Paul Desjardins (60 years), Paul Carrier (50 years), Gil Kleiner (50 years) and Suzanne Davis (50 years) were presented with certificates honoring their long term memberships and birding years/contributions with the Hartford Audubon Society. We all appreciate their support and dedication to HAS!

Celebrating Hartford Audubon’s 110 Anniversary!
January 11, 2019
Patrick Comins, as guest speaker, at the Wood Memorial Library.

HAS Sanctuary Benches – October, 2018
Keeping their memories alive and celebrating their many contributions.
Betty /Gil Kleiner, Roger Preston and Jon Smalley – installed at Lewis farm.