Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 16:13:11 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Les Eastman Organization: Harford Bird Club Subject: [Fwd: Fwd: Eirik A.T. Blom] Comments: To: Harford Birds MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Fwd: Eirik A.T. Blom Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 14:20:55 -0600 From: Nancy L Newfield Reply-To: Nancy L Newfield To: BIRDCHAT@listserv.arizona.edu A sad bit of news: >X-Sender: editor@mail.birdwatchersdigest.com >Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 14:00:18 -0500 >To: bt3@birdwatchersdigest.com >From: "Bill Thompson, III" >Subject: Eirik A.T. Blom > >Dear Friends and Colleagues: > >We received the deeply saddening news this morning that Rick Blom has died. > >Rick was one of North America's most highly respected and knowledgeable >bird authorities. He was a widely published author, a former editor of >Birding magazine, and a chief consultant for the first two editions of the >National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America. He was a >contributing editor and columnist for Bird Watcher's Digest and many of >our other publications. But these accomplishments don't really covey how >truly special Rick Blom was. > >He was a dear friend to me, to my family, and to all of us at Bird >Watcher's Digest. He was also a friendly and familiar "voice" to our >readers. We will have a tribute to Rick in our March/April 2003 issue. > >Rick had been battling cancer for a number of years, though he rarely let >this inhibit him in his work, in his enthusiasm for birds and bird >watching, or in his outlook on life. > >We will miss Rick so very much. It's almost impossible to imagine a world >of birders and bird watchers without him. Please keep Rick and his family >in your thoughts and prayers. > >Thank you. > >Bill > >Bill Thompson, III >Editor >Bird Watcher's Digest >editor@birdwatchersdigest.com >http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com >P.O. Box 110 >Marietta, OH 45750 USA >1-740-373-5285 *************************** Nancy L Newfield Casa Colibr? Metairie, Louisiana USA *************************** For BirdChat guidelines, go to http://www.ksu.edu/audubon/chatguidelines.html For BirdChat archives or to change your subscription options, go to http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdchat.html To contact a listowner, send a message to mailto:birdchat-request@listserv.arizona.edu -- Les =========== Les Eastman mailto:les@birdtreks.com Havre de Grace, MD Visit the Harford Bird Club Web Page at http://www.harfordbirdclub.org ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================