Many kudos indeed. In addition to what has already been mentioned, Harry was
the Oregon Birds Record Committee Secretary for many years. He was always able
to keep discussion on pace and thankfully kept meetings from dragging into the
night. I moved to Portland in 1983 and Harry was the face and voice of birding
to me. I'm not sure how many years he took care of the RBA but it was a long
time and he somehow did it week after week. He is iconic and I congratulate him
for his many years of service to the birding community. I still remember his
phone number from listening to his RBA so many times over the years and I know
others do, too. "If you have anything to add, call ---/----". (I won't give his
number as I'm sure it's still active).
Gerard Lillie
Portland, OR
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Subject: [obol] Re: Portland Audubon's weekly Rare Bird Alert
Many kudos to Harry Nehls for his many years of service. In addition to the
weekly audio tape available at Audubon, Harry provided those who wrote
quarterly Field Notes for Oregon Birds with a tabulation of all the reports
he'd received.
Good luck to Brodie Cass Talbott who is stepping into big shoes.
Paul Sullivan
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Subject: Portland Audubon's weekly Rare Bird Alert
Date: Thu Mar 26 2020 13:47 pm
From: sjaggers280 AT gmail.com
I have just learned that Harry Nehls who was the voice of our local and
statewide RBA for 55 years retired from that position last September. I
missed the mention in the Warbler but want to recognize his huge
contribution to information sharing long before the web and associated leaps
and bounds in information sharing.
For you newer folks it may be hard to imagine how limited our access to
information was 30 or more years ago.
Harrry recorded a list of rare and/or unusual sightings in the state on a
weekly basis that was accessed by dialing a number at Audubon and listening
to his discourse. It was Harry that most of us shared our sightings with and
he got them out-only once a week mind you. His summaries were printed in the
Audubon Warbler monthly and he reported similarly in the monthly Birder's
night meetings at PDX Audubon.
One other way we shared sighting information was a phone tree where one
called the people around you on an established grid. Owen was the father of
that?
I am sure lots of other birders of a certain age will comment, we all have
memories of Harry's recordings and comments.
I will also appreciate that Brodie Cass Elliot is taking on the Audubon RBA
duties and understand he is working out a method for us to get to his
summaries.
Best and health to us all.
Steve Jaggers
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