'Great Northern Loon' and 'HTO' have both made some year-end 'best of 2012' lists:
http://thefieldreporter.wordpress.com/2012/12/26/retrospective-article-for-2012-part-i-213/
http://thefieldreporter.wordpress.com/2012/12/30/retrospective-article-for-2012-part-ii-214/