Very sad indeed. I knew Ken Quite well and met him a couple of times, out
birding of course.
Tony Russell.
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From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
David Clark
Sent: Friday, 11 July 2014 9:51 PM
To: brian fleming
Cc: birding-aus
Subject: Ken Simpson
Very sad news indeed!
I knew Ken in a very different context; his fieldwork on Aboriginal sites in
the area that was to be flooded by the construction of the Chowilla Dam.
That's the Murray River floodplain around the Victoria-New South Wales-South
Australia borders.
He was a very good teacher, a very competent technician and a good person to
boot.
Cheers
David
On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 9:05 PM, brian fleming <>
wrote:
> I am very sad to hear of the recent death of Ken Simpson, on Wed.
> 9th July. I first met him when we were both a lot younger, at a BOC
> study meeting - he was, I think, speaking about petrels and other
sea-birds.
> Most of us have a copy of Simpson and Day - mine has been
> well-used, and replaced at least once after some watery catastrophe.
> I also have "Birds in Bass Strait," an early book produced I think for
> BHP. In 1998 he and Zoe Wilson produced "Birdwatching in Australia
> and New Zealand" - it's well worth finding a copy if you can.
> I always found him very helpful with answers to my queries when I
> was a relative beginner, and later, until his birding days were
> interrupted by illness.
> My sympathies and best wishes to Zoe.
>
> Anthea Fleming
>
>
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