Thank you for letting us know...and sharing a few memories. Judy Thurber Liverpool NY
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 26, 2019, at 7:25 PM, Shaibal Mitra <shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu> wrote: > > Dear New York Birders, > > We learned today that Miriam Levine passed away yesterday, peacefully at home. > > For more than 70 years, Mickey was an sharp observer of birders, scoring > their strengths and flaws with an inimitable wit. Her husband Manny forged a > prominent role in the New York birding community, starting young before World > War II, then taking an active role in Long Island birding after his return > from service and during the post-war blossoming of birding culture. > > Generations of birders have known Mickey. An accomplished sculptress, she > fashioned many memorable pieces in many media. Her bronze Kingbird sculptures > have for decades been a ceremonial means of honoring the presidents of the > Federation of New York State Bird Clubs and the New York State Ornithological > Association. Her incisive sociological observations, covering more than a > half century of meetings of the Linnaean Society of New York, and the > inception of world birding, could fill volumes. Often related to the Baldwin > team during afternoon breaks from the Southern Nassau County CBC for > cocktails at the Levine home, her stories surely helped to shape our views of > the world. > > We celebrated Mickey's 96th birthday with her just last week, at that home, > with her aide Anna and longtime friend Joan Quinlan. We are saddened at > losing her; there are so many things we will never learn, or never again be > coaxed into remembering--dependent now forever on our own fragile memories. > > Her life was a great one, and she shared so much with so many of us. > > Shai Mitra & Patricia Lindsay > 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ > > -- > -- 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
