[wisb] Chuck Sontag
- From: Joan Sommer <jsommer2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "karen.etter.hale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <karen.etter.hale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 18:19:45 -0500
Hello,
I heartily concur.
He is so generous that when Marilyn Bontly and I found ourselves without a
field guide while chasing a rarity in his neighborhood, we felt free to knock
on his door to see if we could borrow one!!!
He, and his wife Marilyn, have always been generous, inviting, and helpful to
me and whoever I have been with.
I actually recall our Riveredge group descending on them one day. I don't
recall the specifics of why right now but they treated us to coffee and treats
and a bathroom break.
He is truly a font of wisdom and a treasure to our birding community
Joan Sommer
Fredonia
N. Ozaukee County
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> On Jun 17, 2014, at 10:29 AM, Madison Audubon
> <karen.etter.hale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello Jeanne and Curt,
> How wonderful that you ran into Chuck (actually, it would be hard not
> to, as he's out so often checking the impoundment). He's always very
> generous in pointing out special (and the more common) birds to all who
> stop.
>
> Chuck was awarded the Bronze Passenger Pigeon last month at the WSO
> Convention. Here's the brief paragraph about him from the WSO website,
> with much more at http://wsobirds.org/?pU14
> *
> Dr. Charles Sontag*, professor emeritus in biological sciences at the
> University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc and a lifelong analyst of migratory
> bird patterns along Lake Michigan, received the Bronze Passenger Pigeon,
> which honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions in
> their local communities or in the state to promote the field of ornithology.
>
> May we all be as gracious in sharing our love of birds.
>
> Karen
> Karen Etter Hale
>
> Chair, Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative
>
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>> On 6/16/2014 9:14 PM, Curt Heuer wrote:
>> This afternoon we birded up the shore of Lake Michigan, starting in
>> Sheyboygan and heading to Kewaunee. At the Manitowoc Empoundment we met
>> another birder, Chuck Sontag (sp.?) who kindly put us on to a Little Gull
>> mixed in with lots of Bonaparte’s, Herring and Ring-billed gulls. While
>> talking, he mentioned that a Franklin’s Gull had been seen up by the groins
>> along Mariner Trail, north of the Empoundment. After locating the Little
>> Gull on the breakwater leading out to the Light we decided to head up to the
>> groins to see what might be there. We didn’t see the Franklin’s but hile
>> checking out Forester’s and Common terns there, we ran into Chuck again and
>> he asked if we had seen the WESTERN GREBE? We hadn’t, but there it was, near
>> shore, with a loose group of Scaups and Redhead ducks. While getting good
>> looks at Forester’s and Common Terns on one of the groins, we had overlooked
>> this group of “unremarkable” birds until Chuck pointed out the Grebe. What
>> a nice bird to almos
> t
>> overlook. Thanks to Chuck for pointing it out!
>>
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/heuers/sets/72157645255320713/
>>
>> Jeanne & Curt Heuer
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