Very much a part of my birding education on Southern Nassau CBCs. If memory serves me correctly, I got my life Fox Sparrow in his backyard. Condolences to his friends and family.
--Fred-- Fred Baumgarten Haydenville, MA 860-671-0168 fredbee.ea...@gmail.com Pronouns: He/him On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 1:47 PM <rc...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > Thanks, Shai, very sorry to hear. Rick > > -----Original Message----- > From: bounce-125314520-3714...@list.cornell.edu > <bounce-125314520-3714...@list.cornell.edu> On Behalf Of Shaibal Mitra > Sent: Monday, January 18, 2021 1:43 PM > To: NYSBIRDS (NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu) <NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu> > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Sad News for the NY Birding Community > > Seymour (Sy) Schiff passed away on Thursday, January 14, at the age of 93. > I > learned this from his dear friend Joe Giunta, who had been in touch with Sy > regularly and made inquiries when he couldn't be reached. I understand that > a service has already been held, but I will discuss with Joe how we birders > might join in honoring him. > > From his years writing the Kingbird seasonal reports for New York City and > Long Island, to his gentlemanly and erudite omnipresence around Jones > Beach, > to his more wide-ranging birding adventures later in life in Joe's company, > Sy touched New York's birding community deeply. He will be missed deeply by > many, many people. > > I know that Sy saw at least 402 species of birds in New York State, and > just > this morning I was thinking of encouraging and helping him to try for the > Spotted Towhee, very near his home in Baldwin. That will never happen, but > I > will spend some time tonight with my memories of many birds I saw with Sy. > > Shai Mitra > 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/ > > -- > -- 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/ --
