Very sad news. Ned was an amazing birder and larger than life influence on Basin birding during his time in Ithaca. --Marty =========================================== Marty Schlabach m...@cornell.edu 8407 Powell Rd. home 607-532-3467 Interlaken, NY 14847 cell 315-521-4315 ===========================================
From: bounce-125162336-3494...@list.cornell.edu <bounce-125162336-3494...@list.cornell.edu> On Behalf Of Kevin J. McGowan Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2020 6:11 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Former Ithaca birder Ned Brinkley has passed I just got a phone call from former Cornell undergrad and super birder Adam Byrne that our good friend Ned Brinkley died today in Ecuador on a birding trip. No details except he was hiking up a trail, got short of breathe, sat down and died. For those of you who were around in the 1990s, you will remember that Ned Brinkley was an irresistible force of nature who transformed the birding community here. He was getting his Ph.D. in German, but spent all his daylight hours birding. I think he only slept about 4 hours a night. When he was in charge of the Cayuga Bird Club field trips, and they were trying to decide on whether to have them on Saturdays or Sundays, Ned decided that we would do them on BOTH days, and he would lead them. He taught the Lab's World Series of Birding team, the Sapsuckers, how to win, turning us from a middle-of-the-pack team to champions! I'm not going to do an obituary tonight. I just wanted to get the word out. I know there are people on this list that knew Ned in the day, and will be saddened to learn of his death. Kevin Kevin J. McGowan, Ph.D. Senior Course Developer and Instructor Bird Academy Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 k...@cornell.edu<mailto:k...@cornell.edu> 607-254-2452 Do you know about our other distance-learning opportunities? Visit Bird Academy<https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/courses/>, https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/courses/ to see our list of courses. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --