Some in this birding community may have known Charles (Chuck) Hetzel from Philadelphia who was an expert Birder & champion for good bird habitats Chuck, age 90, died early this morning near Media, Pennsylvania where he was in assisted care near his daughter’s home.
In the 1990s Chuck, his wife, Karen, and I found a Cerulean Warbler at the Salmon Creek Rd. Preserve just as we walked up into the tall trees near Brooks Hill Road. He was also studying Swamp Sparrows at Niemi Rd. Later, I asked him how he learned all the birds and their calls so well, and in his quiet, terse way, he replied “the Hard Way”. Chuck was a man of few words but many talents. Donna Scott Lansing Sent from my iPhone -- 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/ --
