[texbirds] Re: Bob Sargent
- From: Bron Rorex <bron@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx" <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2014 17:56:55 -0500
Indeed Bob Sargent and his wife Martha did change many lives. I adored the man
who so loved hummingbirds.
Bron Rorex
Rockport
> On Sep 7, 2014, at 5:13 PM, Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> ...
> 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
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> 120 N. Red Bud Trail. Elgin, Tx. 78621
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>> 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
>>
>> To follow the progress of my hummingbird project go to:
>> http://westtexashummingbirds.com/
>> To support this project, other bird projects and our educational outreach
>> in west Texas go to: http://www.westtexasavianresearch.org/
>>
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