[texbirds] Re: Bob Sargent
- From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <Texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2014 17:13:32 -0500
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I for sure did not know Bob well, only met him a few times. Great guy with
a good sense of humor. At one interface I asked him something in Rockport
and he said something like "Don't trust what I tell you, just refer to my
initialsf" It took a bit for that to sink in....I remember him letting a
lady hold a hummingbird he had just banded. As the the lady held the
hummer in her open palm, she totally broke down into steady tears at the
wonder of that small fleck of life being in her hand, to the point that Bob
came around the banding table to hug her tight..It brought us to near tears
seeing this lady so overwhelmed. I could well see the others there with
very restrained wet eyes...I won't any mention names, mine
included......Bob changed lives.
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Brush Freeman
503-551-5150 Cell
120 N. Red Bud Trail. Elgin, Tx. 78621
http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/
Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas
On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Kelly Bryan <kelly.b.bryan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I would like to inform the Texbirds community that Bob Sargent passed away
> this morning at 2 am in Alabama from post-surgical complications. Bob had
> gall bladder and open heart surgery in June and seemed to be on the road to
> recovery when he was hit by a bacterial infection that blinded him. That
> and an aneurysm near his heart valve replacement discovered recently were
> his end.
> Bob left a legacy of hummingbird banders and lovers all across the US.
> This was especially true in Texas, a state that he loved dearly. Please
> join me is a personal moment of silence for Bob (except for a rubythroat
> chirping!). KBB
> --
> Kelly B Bryan
> Fort Davis, Texas
>
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