[Bristol-Birds] Re: facing reality with father time

  • From: Michele Sparks <navigate48@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Wallace Coffey <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>, Bristol-Birds <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 20:53:47 -0400

Wallace,
Congratulations to you on this grand anniversary and many 
thanks to you for your dedication and service to others in the birding 
community. I would not have the scope or understanding of birding that I
 have today without your selfless time and many, many contributions to 
my birding endeavors. For it was you and Carolyn who allowed me to 
understand just what birding was all about in my own time. That was 
truly a great gift to receive. I shall always be grateful and indebted 
to both of you for that joy  . . .  and other life lessons that came with it.

Michele Sparks
Bluff City, TN

From: jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx
To: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Bristol-Birds] facing reality with  father time
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 18:09:12 -0400

While prowling amongst some old field recordsthis afternoon I found that today, 
is the anniversaryof my 56th year of birding. I have been a member of the 
Bristol Bird Club for 55 years. And this year is my 53rd  year as a US Fish & 
WildlifeService licensed bird bander.  My permit is inactiveat the present.  I 
have lived every year in Bristol and birded Northeast Tennessee and Southwest 
Virginiaall along the way.  Wallace CoffeyBristol, TN                           
             

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