Re: [cayugabirds-l] Former Ithaca birder Ned Brinkley has passed

[Carol Schmitt]

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Former Ithaca birder Ned Brinkley has passed

[Tim Gallagher]

I'm so sorry to hear that, Kevin. Ned got in touch with me just three months 
ago, and I was helping him arrange a trip to the Sierra Madre Occidental in 
Mexico. I'm just amazed. He was so full of life.

Tim


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 on behalf of Kevin J. McGowan 

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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Former Ithaca birder Ned Brinkley has passed


I just got a phone call from former Cornell undergrad and super birder Adam 
Byrne that our good friend Ned Brinkley died today in Ecuador on a birding 
trip. No details except he was hiking up a trail, got short of breathe, sat 
down and died.



For those of you who were around in the 1990s, you will remember that Ned 
Brinkley was an irresistible force of nature who transformed the birding 
community here. He was getting his Ph.D. in German, but spent all his daylight 
hours birding. I think he only slept about 4 hours a night. When he was in 
charge of the Cayuga Bird Club field trips, and they were trying to decide on 
whether to have them on Saturdays or Sundays, Ned decided that we would do them 
on BOTH days, and he would lead them. He taught the Lab’s World Series of 
Birding team, the Sapsuckers, how to win, turning us from a middle-of-the-pack 
team to champions!



I’m not going to do an obituary tonight. I just wanted to get the word out. I 
know there are people on this list that knew Ned in the day, and will be 
saddened to learn of his death.



Kevin



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Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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Ithaca, NY 14850
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RE:[cayugabirds-l] Former Ithaca birder Ned Brinkley has passed

[Marty Schlabach]

Very sad news.  Ned was an amazing birder and larger than life influence on 
Basin birding during his time in Ithaca.
--Marty
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From: bounce-125162336-3494...@list.cornell.edu 
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Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2020 6:11 PM
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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Former Ithaca birder Ned Brinkley has passed

I just got a phone call from former Cornell undergrad and super birder Adam 
Byrne that our good friend Ned Brinkley died today in Ecuador on a birding 
trip. No details except he was hiking up a trail, got short of breathe, sat 
down and died.

For those of you who were around in the 1990s, you will remember that Ned 
Brinkley was an irresistible force of nature who transformed the birding 
community here. He was getting his Ph.D. in German, but spent all his daylight 
hours birding. I think he only slept about 4 hours a night. When he was in 
charge of the Cayuga Bird Club field trips, and they were trying to decide on 
whether to have them on Saturdays or Sundays, Ned decided that we would do them 
on BOTH days, and he would lead them. He taught the Lab's World Series of 
Birding team, the Sapsuckers, how to win, turning us from a middle-of-the-pack 
team to champions!

I'm not going to do an obituary tonight. I just wanted to get the word out. I 
know there are people on this list that knew Ned in the day, and will be 
saddened to learn of his death.

Kevin

Kevin J. McGowan, Ph.D.
Senior Course Developer and Instructor
Bird Academy
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
k...@cornell.edu<mailto:k...@cornell.edu>
607-254-2452



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[cayugabirds-l] Former Ithaca birder Ned Brinkley has passed

[Kevin J. McGowan]

I just got a phone call from former Cornell undergrad and super birder Adam 
Byrne that our good friend Ned Brinkley died today in Ecuador on a birding 
trip. No details except he was hiking up a trail, got short of breathe, sat 
down and died.

For those of you who were around in the 1990s, you will remember that Ned 
Brinkley was an irresistible force of nature who transformed the birding 
community here. He was getting his Ph.D. in German, but spent all his daylight 
hours birding. I think he only slept about 4 hours a night. When he was in 
charge of the Cayuga Bird Club field trips, and they were trying to decide on 
whether to have them on Saturdays or Sundays, Ned decided that we would do them 
on BOTH days, and he would lead them. He taught the Lab's World Series of 
Birding team, the Sapsuckers, how to win, turning us from a middle-of-the-pack 
team to champions!

I'm not going to do an obituary tonight. I just wanted to get the word out. I 
know there are people on this list that knew Ned in the day, and will be 
saddened to learn of his death.

Kevin

Kevin J. McGowan, Ph.D.
Senior Course Developer and Instructor
Bird Academy
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
k...@cornell.edu
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