(This message approved by M. Cranford) Last week, my father, Franklin H. Folemsbee died in his 73rd year. He was a longtime birder/bander with the Ontario Bird Banding Association from the mid 1960s to the mid 1980s and participated in several projects at Long Point and Point Pelee. In particular, he and his wife , Mavis, spent many years banding fall migration raptors at Point Pelee. He established and operated the Niagara District Banding Station in the Niagara Peninsula for many years. One of his more significant projects was an overview of wintering raptor populations of the Niagara Peninsula, using balchatris and bow traps to band wintering hawks and owls. He was a past president of the Niagara Falls Nature Club. His avid appreciation of the environment is left behind with his wife, Mavis and children, Meryl, Corinne and Michael. Soar with the " Sharpies", Dad!
Meryl McGrath Janetville, Ontario Meryl Mcgrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
