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Memory

On Monday, February 1, 2010, we learned of the passing of our Menorcan Correspondent, Denise Martin. While I never met Denise, I simply had to consider a good friend. She joined the SongStar e-mail group back in 1999 and through her notes about the wonderful island of Menorca, its features and birds and her stories of Mr. Bumperman, Daisy and Bertie (click to see their pictures), and the Menorcan children she shared her experiences with, I felt that I really knew her. I certainly shall miss her humor and wisdom.

Later that same day, we learned that Dotty Hull, too, had passed. Unlike with Denise, I did have the pleasure of meeting Dotty and Hank in person—at the Prodigy Cape May get-togethers, when she came to New York and New Jersey to look for owls, and in Florida where she and Hank were kind enough to host us. I enjoyed reading her posts to our e-mail group; in fact, Dotty posted the first message to the group back in 1998 when the group was hosted by listbot.com. I have never met anyone with such a bright, happy outlook on life and will truly miss her.

Click to for memories from other SongStar group members.

The B.A.R.B. at SongStar Gallery

We can now post pictures to this list, but members are invited to send me their images for inclusion in the members gallery. Click on a name to see the pictures or reports.

Abbie Banks	Ed Hunter	Doreen Hughes
Ed Hunter	Art Papayanopulos	Cheri Pierce

B.A.R.B. News and Field Reports

	Sue and the Whoopers By Sue Tichy
Ed and Lyn Go East By Ed Hunter	Abbie's Costa Rican Adventure By Abbie Banks	Dotty & Hank in Search of Owls By Sylvia Alexander, Cele Deemer, and Joan & Richard Becker
Happy Hookers - Bombay Hook Trip Report By Kathie Lambert	The Red-footed Falcon OR How to Do Martha’s Vineyard in 24 hours By Kathie Lambert	Dotty's Brigantine Grass By Dotty Hull
Leucistic Junco By Clare Sleeter	Bea's Backyard Birds By Cheri Pierce	Birding with Cele By Rusty Deemer
Feeding the Cranes By Dotty Hull	Florida B.A.R.B. By Abbie Banks, Doreen Hughes, Hank Hull & Cheri Pierce	How I Spent My Summer Vacation By Kathie Lambert
My Trip to Maine 2003 By Kathie Lambert	Meeting in the Adirondacks By Emily Pugsley, Anne A. Smith & Porgy Smith	Zellwood, FL By Cheri Pierce

B.A.R.B. Pet Gallery

Joan and Richard Becker	Cele Deemer	Kathie Lambert
Denise Martin	Bea Pierce	Cheri Pierce
	Clare Sleeter

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