Due to the incredible fundraising efforts of our Giving Tuesday campaign in 2025, WFO has been able to expand support of the next generation of

Catching Up with 2012 Scholarship Recipient Ioana Seritan We recently reached out to one of WFO’s past scholarship recipients, Ioana Seritan (she/they),  to learn about

Jake Xia has been fascinated by the natural world since childhood. A lifelong naturalist, he lives in Irvine, California, and credits his love of nature

Oscar Enrique López Bujanda is a PhD student at the University of Sonora, whose work focuses on the ecology of bird populations in arid zones.

Song Han Ngo is a 17-year-old junior at Interlake High School in Bellevue, Washington with a passion for birding and ornithology. Currently Song Han is

Based in El Paso County, Colorado, David Tønnessen likes to describe himself as a “life-long naturalist.” He is currently finishing a master’s research project focusing

Calvin Bonn, a 17-year-old birder from Redondo Beach in Los Angeles County, has been busy since he started birding a decade ago. He serves as

Braden Collard, who grew up in Missoula, Montana, is an undergraduate at the University of Maine in Bangor. As of 2024, he says, “I have

A 17-year-old senior at the University of California, Berkeley, Sierra Glassman is majoring in Integrative Biology with an emphasis in Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology.

Konshau Duman grew up in Phelan, California, in the western Mojave Desert. He was always drawn to birds but did not become a serious birder

Lara Tseng, at 16 years old, is a junior in college through the Early Entrance Program at Cal State Los Angeles. She is majoring in

In the five years since Asher Perla became passionate about birding, he has been busy. He did a record-breaking big year in Yuba County where