Dear Charles
On behalf of the Birding-Aus community, I’d like to convey my condolences to you, Penny and the rest of the family.
Michael was an active part of our group for many years, providing trip reports, insightful comments and of course regular updates from his home patch in Mulgoa Valley. We will miss his contributions.
I’m pleased to hear that he encouraged you as a young birder, Charles. That’s something we should all do for our younger friends and family members.
Vale, Michael Hunter
Russell Woodford
On 24 May 2022, at 8:43 pm, Charles Hunter via Birding-Aus <> wrote:
Hi all,
My uncle Michael Hunter passed away on Sunday 22nd May at the age of 83, just shy of his birthday.
I know many of you met and also knew Michael, a unique character, nature enthusiast and bird watcher.
He traveled extensively in his pursuit of bird watching and saw several hundred Australian birds (he hated pelagic trips as he’d always get crook).
His nemesis bird was the princess parrot (numerous attempts were made to see it to no avail).
I will miss him and his Mulgoa reports.
I actually saw a Storm’s stork on Sunday morning in Borneo before I had heard the news of his passing and thought of Michael as the stork majestically flew by and then landed close. It kept eye contact as the boat drove off and we left the bird in peace.
Michael gave me my first Australian bird guide in my teen years and I’d say that got me in to birding.
For those close to him, his wife Penny has requested no flowers but rather a donation to Birdlife.
Warm regards,
Charles Hunter
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