Resume | Noah K. Strycker

Telephone: 541.206.7314
email: birdboy AT bkpix.com
35995 E. Wills Road
Creswell, OR 97426

Specialties

Avian research, photography, writing, and illustration

Education

October 2009              North American Banding Council Certification, PRBO Conservation Science
June 2008                   Bachelor of Science, Fisheries and Wildlife Science; minor in Arts Oregon State University; GPA: 3.81 (magna cum laude)

Experience/Service

Mar 2010-Aug 2010     Field assistant, Purple-crowned Fairy-Wren project, Kimberley, Australia
Aug 2009-Nov 2009     Point Reyes Bird Observatory banding internship
Nov 2008-Feb 2009      Adélie Penguin Population Ecology internship, Antarctica
Jul 2008-Oct 2008        Keauhou Bird Conservation Center internship, Hawaii
Jan 2006-present          Associate Editor, Birding magazine; Department Editor, The Birding Interview
Jan 2005-present          Columnist, WildBird magazine
Jan 2004-present          Field notes editor, Oregon Birds journal
2001-present                Freelance avian writer, photographer, and illustrator
2007-2008                   Volunteer surveyor, East Cascades Bird Conservancy Winter Raptor Survey Project
February 2008             Presenter, SMILE (Science & Math Investigative Learning Experiences) workshop
Nov-Dec 2007             Reviewer, Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America (Collins, 2008)
Nov-Dec 2007             Student Subcommittee of the Promotion and Tenure Committee, OSU Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Jun-Jul 2006                      Research assistant, Project Puffin, Gulf of Maine, National Audubon Society
Apr-Jun 2006               Course teaching assistant, Systematics of Birds, Oregon State University
Jun-Jul 2005                Field researcher, Oregon State University nest monitoring project, W. K. Kellogg Biological Station, Hickory Corners, Michigan
May 2004-Sept 2005    Illustrator, Bird Coloration Vols. 1 and 2 (Harvard University Press, 2006)
Mar-July 2004             Field researcher, Oregon State University nest monitoring project, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Gamboa field station, Panama
Sept-Nov 2003             Volunteer, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, eastern Oregon
Mar 2002-2003            Park ranger, Willamette Valley Projects, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
May-July 2002             Field monitor, Western Oregon Snag-Nesting Purple Martin Monitoring Project

Awards, Scholarships, and Exhibitions

2008                           Burlingham Undergraduate Student of Excellence Award, OSU College of Ag. Sciences
2008                           Culture In Writing Award, OSU Writing Intensive Curriculum Program
2008                           Senior Leadership Award, Dawg Brawl tennis club championship, Univ. of Washington
2008                           Carl and Lenora Bond Scholarship, OSU Dept. of Fisheries & Wildlife
2007                           Marshall Scholarship Finalist
2007 and 2006             Morris K. Udall Undergraduate Scholarship, The Morris K. Udall Foundation
2007                           Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, The Goldwater Foundation
2007                           Mentors Scholarship, OSU Department of Fisheries & Wildlife2007                           Munson Leadership Award, OSU Department of Fisheries & Wildlife
2007                           Multnomah Anglers and Hunters Club Scholarship, OSU Dept. of Fisheries & Wildlife
2007 and 2006             Vivian Schriver Thompson Scholarship, OSU Department of Fisheries & Wildlife
2006                           Mike and Kay Brown Scholarship, OSU Department of Fisheries & Wildlife
2006                           E.R. Jackman Scholarship, OSU College of Agricultural Sciences
2005                           Waldo-Cummings Outstanding Student Award, Oregon State University
2005                           Cape May Bird Observatory, NJ Young Artists Show (photographs and painting)
2005                           OSU Undergraduate Research, Innovation, Scholarship and Creativity award
2005                           2004 Young Birder of the Year, 14-18 yrs., American Birding Association-Leica
2005                           Henry Mastin Memorial Scholarship, OSU Department of Fisheries & Wildlife
2004-2008                   OSU Presidential Scholarship
2004-2007                   American Ornithologists’ Union Student Scholarship
2003                           National Merit Scholar (SAT score = 1500)
2003                           Outstanding Senior Project, International High School, South Eugene High School
2001-2002                   Outstanding in All Subjects, International High School, South Eugene High School
2001-2003                   Most Valuable Player, South Eugene High School Men’s Tennis Team
2001                           University of Oregon Museum of Natural History Scientific Illustrators (drawings)
1999, 2000, 2002-03     Finisher, Portland Marathon
1999                           2^nd Place, Math Skills Fair, Lane Community College
1998                           1^st Place, American Mathematics Competitions

Synergistic Activities

American Ornithologists’ Union (student scholarship)
Western Field Ornithologists (field trip leader at 2004 annual meeting)
Oregon Field Ornithologists (author/editor of OFO special publications #14 and #18)
American Birding Association (2004 Young Birder of the Year; attendee, Young Adult Birders’ Conference, Tandayapa Valley, Ecuador, August 2005; Birding magazine associate editor)
Cornell Lab of Ornithology (contributing author/photographer to Living Bird magazine)
Study abroad: Ecuador/The Galapagos Islands, 2006; Australia/Fiji 2007
Commentator, Living On Earth national radio program, May 18, 2007: “Birding … with an iPod?” Archived: http://www.loe.org/shows/shows.htm?programID=07-P13-00020