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Index of Subjects Yes, very sad indeed. The local birding world is diminished yet again by the untimely death of a rising star. I am reminded of the tragic passing of at least three other very promising young ornithologists from the Atlantic region. One was Robert LeBlanc, a park ranger at Kouchibouguac National Park in NB. He was electrocuted after contacting downed power lines in the park (back in the early 1980s I believe). Then there was Ian Cameron, who died in a helicopter crash in northern Labrador whilst doing some kind of bird surveys back (some 20-30 years ago?). And just two summers ago, Neal Simon (in his early 30s?) from Goose Bay, Labrador drowned after his canoe overturned and he gave his life jacket to his companion (who then made it safely to shore). One wonders what could have been... :'( Suzanne Borkowski wrote: > Hi Brian; > > Besides what was in the paper, Gareth Akerman was a > member of the Bird Society, attended some of our field > trips, volunteered to participate several times in the > Halifax-Dartmouth CBC... in fact, the last time he > helped us (2006) he rented a vehicle so he and three > other birders could make it... He was one of my > Atlassers in Region 20, recorded sightings from his > field work in remote areas of Bowater Mersey property, > and a graduate student advisor on my Ornithology > course which I took at Dal in 2005. > > I'm personally shocked and saddened to hear this news. > > > Cheers; > Suzanne > > > > --- Brian Dalzell <dalzell@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote: > > >> I just caught the tail-end of a newscast about a >> plane crash in Florida >> that apparently killed an ornithologist from Nova >> Scotia. Does anyone >> have more details? >> >> >> > > > > Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane with All new Yahoo! Mail: http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/newmail/overview2/ > > >
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