Name Our Newsletter!
After years of promises, promises, promises, we have finally created a Rocky Point Newsletter for our volunteers and supporters. We hope you find our first installment informative and interesting! But we're still missing is a clever name. "Dendroica" (the genus of our logo bird) is one suggestion, but we're interested in hearing yours. If you have an idea for a name for our seasonal newsletter, an idea for an article, or if you'd like to submit an article for the newsletter, please drop us a note at rpbo@rpbo.org.
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David Allinson Named
RPBO President Emeritus
You can't really talk about Rocky Point Bird Observatory without mentioning David Allinson. He is a co-founder of RPBO and has volunteered with us since the organization began in 1994, serving as its President from inception until 2004 and remaining on the Board as Past-President until 2008. He is still very much involved with RPBO as its data manager, an area near and dear to his heart, as he is a licenced bird bander and holds the observatory's master permit. When David left the Board last spring, the remaining Board members struggled to find a way to recognize his huge contributions to our organization. We hope that bestowing the title of "President Emeritus" demonstrates our gratitude and respect for his work over the years. Although David's role at RPBO is well known, he rarely talks about himself. We managed to ferret out a bit about David "behind the scenes". more...
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Gone But Not Forgotten
This summer, Rocky Point Bird Observatory lost three important people to illnesses. For a small organization to lose even one is difficult, so 2008 has been challenging for us in this regard.
Past President David Kelly lost his battle with multiple myeloma on July 1st, and a few weeks later, our Honourary President, Fenwick Lansdowne passed away. Despite these losses, the families of both David and Fenwick volunteered at RPBO this fall. Volunteer Susan Karens, (Ed Pellizzon's sister and Chris Harris's wife) also lost her life to cancer in October. In previous years we have mourned the passing of other RPBO contributors Bev Glover and Michael Porter. To commemorate the lives of RPBO members who have gone, we are launching a Gone But Not Forgotten page on our website. more...
David Kelly's family at RPBO. Son Evan was not able to attend due to the birth of a new baby. (L-R Marilyn Lambert, Sharon Kelly, Jane Kelly, Ann Nightingale, Jason Kelly, Cheryl Mackie, Gabe David)
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Watch The Birdie! RPBO's Flickr Site
http://flickr.com/groups/rpbo/
Long-billed Dowitcher photo by Robin Robinson
Over the years, many volunteers and bander have taken thousands of wonderful photos our our activities, but we haven't always received copies of them for our files. If you have RPBO pictures you would like to share with us, we now have a Flickr Group where you can post them. The photos will be available for the world to see on the Flickr site, and some may even make their way into publications and presentations featuring RPBO. If you have any questions, please contact Ann Nightingale (motmot@shaw.ca) or simply request to become a member of our Flickr group from our page.
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