Richard was one of my first volunteers for Ottawa's Peregrine Falcon Watch. He certainly will be missed! Eve On 2014-12-16, at 1:40 PM, bruce dilabio wrote:
> Hello Ontbirders > > > > It is with great sadness that I report the passing of Richard Poulin of > Ottawa. He lost his battle with esophageal cancer on Saturday, December 13 > while at home surrounded by his family. Rick was a long-time and keen member > of the Ottawa birding community, starting back in the late 1960s through to > the early 1990s. Together with his birding friend Roger Foxall, he added > several new species to the Ottawa–Gatineau bird list during that period. > Rick was also far ahead of everyone else at the time in the careful study and > field identification of gulls. He was an active member of the Ottawa > Field-Naturalists’ Club during the 1970s, taking part in the spring and fall > bird counts and leading many local outings. Rick helped me start the > Dunrobin–Breckenridge Christmas Bird Count in 1981, and was the compiler of > the Ottawa–Gatineau CBC for a number of years. Bird banding became a passion > for Rick. He set up a banding station in the 1970s, just south of the Ottawa > airport, and spent countless hours there banding during the spring and fall > migration, as well as later projects on Common Redpoll, Loggerhead Shrike, > Snowy Owl and Great Gray Owl. His redpoll work gave us a better > understanding of the field identification of redpoll subspecies. He was a > founding member of the Ottawa Banding Group now called the Innis Point Bird > Observatory. Rick spent many years working in the Ornithology department of > what is now called the Canadian Museum of Nature, where he was a superb field > technician and preparator of specimens for the collections. > > Rick took me on my first birding road trip in August 1972 to Cape May, New > Jersey. Included in the group were Jim Harris, Tom Hince, Bruce Mactavish, > and Steve O’Donnell. We were all members of the ‘Ottawa Bike Gang’, a group > of teenage ‘bicycling’ birdwatchers that also included Tom Plath, Mike > Bentley and Mark Gawn. Rick was generous in sharing rarities and birding > trips, and for mentoring a group of young birders. He will be fondly > remembered, and sadly missed, by us all. > > > Rick’s family invites friends to celebrate his life at their home on > Saturday, December 20 between 1-4 p.m. at 46 Alberni St. in Barrhaven in > southwest Ottawa, Ontario. Condolences can be e-mailed to Rick Poulin’s > daughter, Angel, at [email protected] > > > Bruce Di Labio > > Carp, Ontario > > > > > > > > > Sent from Windows Mail > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial > birding organization. > Send bird reports to [email protected] > For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit > http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup > Posting guidelines can be found at > http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide > > Eve Ticknor Box 2206 Prescott, On K0E 1T0 Canada res: 613-925-5528 cell: 613-859-9545 The Blue Nest 24 Birch Ave Willsboro, NY 12996 U S A res: 518-963-7404 cell: 518-524-7377 "Change how you see, not how you look." http://aquavisions.me _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
