I was a little worried as well when I read John's email. I quickly googled Bob Janssen, and a link came up to an article in the Strib in Friday's (today) Outdoors section on getting his bird #225 in the county. So I assumed that's why John wrote what he did.
Here's the article http://www.startribune.com/an-avocet-spotting-makes-birder-s-day-and-list-225-birds-in-every-minnesota-county/508758832/ Jonathan Beck On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 7:39 AM Sue Keator <chickadeede...@gmail.com> wrote: > Bob is alive and well! > > On Fri, Apr 19, 2019, 7:25 AM Halle O'Falvey <halleofal...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Sounds like a tribute to me. I met him for the first time at Carpenter > > Nature Center, March 29, 2019. He changed the way I’m looking at > navigating > > my retirement with his stories. To contribute, to teach, to learn and > get a > > few chuckles. > > > > Halle > > > > On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 7:11 AM Doris Rubenstein < > theonlydo...@hotmail.com > > > > > wrote: > > > > > Did I miss something? I hope this is not an elegy for Bob and that > he's > > > still enjoying looking at birds from THIS side of the heavenly divide. > > > Doris Rubenstein > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Minnesota Birds <MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU> on behalf of John > Hockema > > < > > > jhock...@hotmail.com> > > > Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2019 9:40 PM > > > To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU > > > Subject: [mou-net] Birding with Bob Janssen > > > > > > Greetings All: > > > > > > You know, I can't remember the last time I wrote something to post on > > > mou-net. A sign of the times perhaps or a sign of changes in me, but > > what > > > hasn't changed is my love for birds, birders, and birding. In 2014, my > > > childhood friend of rural Spring Valley, Darin Ness, sent me a photo > of a > > > Summer Tanager. That bird was Bob Janssen's 225th species in Fillmore > > > County, a moment shared with he and Dave Cahlander in the very township > > > where my birding began. My mentor was the late Dr. Alden F. Risser > and I > > > once wrote on this very same listserv about the impact that he had on > my > > > life. > > > > > > My very first memory of Bob Janssen was over the telephone. I was an > > > awkward teenage birder with tons of novice questions for an already > > > legendary birder operating a birding hotline. The voice on the other > end > > > of the line always had time for me, was patient and kind, and > eventually > > > helped unravel the mystery of this strange bird heard calling from my > > > grandparents' farm which turned out to be my very first Upland > Sandpiper. > > > > > > Many years later, I became involved with North House Folk School in > Grand > > > Marais, where Bob and I were both instructors. I fondly recall > > co-leading > > > a trip with Bob; assisting us was the wonderfully jubilant Josh Watson > > who > > > remains a birder to this day, and both he and Bob will be guiding > > together > > > at North House Folk School this very June. It's been those > > relationships, > > > from my adolescence on, that inspired me to call Bob sometime during > the > > > summer of 2017. > > > > > > I called Bob and told him I wanted to help him get his last six > counties > > > to 225. I'm not sure I ever got to tell Dr. Risser how much he had > > > impacted my life and help build my identity as a young man. I think > that > > > reaching out to Bob somehow helped me do that. The journey that began > in > > > Cass County with Alex Burchard, Shawn Conrad, Becca Engdahl, Chris > > Hockema, > > > Bob Janssen, and Josh Watson has also shaped my life. These fine > friends > > > played huge roles in helping Bob reach 225 in Red Lake and Wadena > > counties; > > > and with Kimberly Emerson in Koochiching, and this amazing trip to Rock > > > County, where her planning was key to the trip's success! > > > > > > I told the group in an emotional speech last Saturday night that I was > so > > > proud of the way that the group reacted after Bob relished the view of > > the > > > avocet. It was with joy that we embraced a man who has given us all a > > life > > > of "good birding." > > > > > > I wish that to all of you.... > > > > > > John Hockema > > > Rochester, MN > > > > > > > > > > > > ---- > > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > > > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > > > > > ---- > > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > > > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > > > > -- > > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > > > ---- > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
