I just read this on John Wall's Worldtwitch site
http://worldtwitch.virtualave.net/ and thought Birding Aus subscribers may want
to know about it. I could find no date, so apologies if this is old news:
In Memorium
I was saddened to learn of the death of Phoebe Snetsinger in a bus accident in
Madagascar. After receiving a diagnosis of "terminal" cancer 15 to 20 years
ago, Phoebe set out to see as many of the world's birds as she could in the
time remaining. The disease went into remission, but she never stopped birding,
eventually accumulating possibly the largest world list, in excess of 8,000
species. We enjoyed a pleasant evening with her at the party for Tom Davis in
Howard Beach, NY in 1986, and often heard about her birding adventures. Phoebe
will be missed by her many friends around the world.
Susan Myers
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