2012 Early Bird Winners Gallery

In an effort to reward the early bird, Get to Know provided added incentives and prizes for youth to enter the contest before the deadline of July 16th. Early bird winners received a ton of great prizes from contest sponsors, including Opus Art Supplies, Panasonic, National Wildlife Federation, Wildlife Forever, Canadian Wildlife Federation and Bushnell!

This gallery features winners from all of our early bird incentives, including: National Kids Outdoors Day (US), International Day for Biological Diversity (Canada), National Environment Week (Canada), National Get Outdoors Day (US), World Oceans Day and Rivers to Oceans Week (both US and Canada) Tell a Friend Promotion (Canada), Great American Backyard Campout (US) and National Pollinator Week (US)!

#6658 Rise of the Hummingbirds

By Dylan Kim, age 9, from NJ
#4668 A Summer Romance

By Joy Zhang, age 17, from GA
Inspiration: Looking at the lush trees in my neighborhood, I was reminded of the hot, cicada-filled summers in China when I was four.
#3910 Moon Emerald

By Avesta Rastan, age 16, from BC
Inspiration: I went on a road trip to Manitoba and saw a Luna Moth during the trip
#3569 Humming Birds

By Jeslyn Yu, age 7, from BC
Inspiration: Walking on the street
#3315 Grizzly Triptych

By Alice Pearson, age 14, from CO
Inspiration: Banff National Park
#3247 The White-lined Sphinx Moth (Hyles lineata) and Penstemon Linarioides

By Alice Pearson, age 14, from CO
Inspiration: Great Sand Dunes National Park , Lathrop State Park
#3220 Delicate Elegance

By Alana Reger, age 17, from AB
Inspiration: Waterton Lakes National Park
#2603 Keep an eye out of your Neighbor!

By Safa Khawaja, age 16, from TX
Inspiration: Fossil Rim, The Fort Worth Zoo, The Fort Worth Zoo, by a wooded area, Wooded areas, I observed Hawks which have the same structure, Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park
#2567 Wild Blackberries

By Saoirse and Moira P., age 8, from NC
Inspiration: Our front yard.
Global warming affects animals. Whales are moving into warmer waters, where penguins catch their favourite food: krill. Whales can eat two thousand penguins’ worth of krill in one feeding time. That is not good for penguins. Chill the krill.

#2560 Chill Krill

By Julie Krug-MacLeod, age 11, from SK
Inspiration: South Saskatchewan River
#2537 Monarch in Spring

By Jennifer Lee, age 12, from ON
Inspiration: Washington Smithsonian National Zoo National Zoo, Elizabeth Manley Park
#2480 Bald Eagle

By Taylia McKeown, age 11, from BC
Inspiration: Hiking in Monck Park