On 4/10/19, Shaibal Mitra <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear New York Birders, > > I learned yesterday that Bob May passed away on Monday. > > Bob was a long-time Long Island birder and a dear friend of many. It was > always a pleasure to meet him in the field--whether it was a reunion between > old friends, or, for newer birders who had never met him before, as a > positive influence and a helpful voice (with glorious New England accent!) > of experience. I know I valued his kindness to me in my first meetings with > him, when I was getting started birding on Long Island. > > From Dave Klauber and Norm Klein I learned that the wake will be at Rocky > Point Funeral Home, 603 Route 25A, Rocky Point, Suffolk County, with > visiting hours on Friday from 2-4 and 7-9. > > With sorrow but also with many warm memories, > > Shai Mitra > Bay Shore > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > >Terrible news indeed. So many fond memories meeting Bob in the field at so >many hot spots in our area - usually with Dave Klauber at his side who used to >refer to him as his "birding guru". A true gentleman. He'll be missed dearly.
Bobby Berlingeri > > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
