Talking with a neighbor I just found out about this...Kinki and I were best of buds for well over a decade before he just seemed to disappear. I know a number of you will remember him well. He was well known locally as a great birder that knew almost nothing about birds in the beginning to a very astute birder within just a couple of years. He also help Richard Obermiller collect tower killed birds at the Balcones Research Center (ARL) now called J. J. Pickle research center in Austin during migration....Many have asked what became of him and I had no answers. He was a skilled machinist, mechanic and nature lover in Bastrop Co. I had wished to re-connect but did not know how...We spent many hundreds if not thousands of hours together at one time. I am sad I did not have the chance to re-connect with him before his passing. http://archive.bastropadvertiser.com/2013/04/02/zoltan-f-kinki-koi/ ********************************************************************** Brush Freeman 503-551-5150 Cell 120 N. Red Bud Trail. Elgin, Tx. 78621 http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/ Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner