Biridng-Aus readers who know Dr Janet Kear will be saddened to hear
that she lost her battle with illness a few days ago. Thank you to
Denise Goodfellow for passing on the following information:
Dr. Janet Kear died a few days ago (on the 25th)
Dr Kear was a woman of vast intelligence who made a huge contribution
to the field of ornithology (She was Director of Centres for The
Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, author of several bird books, eg Ducks of
The World; Wildfowl (with Eric Hosking), Flamingos (with Nicole
Duplaix). She contributed to several others by authors such as Sir
Peter Scott. She was also editor of The Ibis.
Janet was a role model demonstrating that fame didn't need to go hand
in hand with arrogance. She showed great kindness, generosity of
spirit and humour. The latter I first learned about the day, some time
after I requested information on bird sex for my book 'Birds of
Australia's Top End', she sent me information in an email entitled
'Ruddy Ducks' Dicks'! She'll be missed greatly.
Kind regards
Denise
Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow
Parap, NT 0804
http://www.denisegoodfellow.com
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