This is taken from the mdbirding group email, and posted by Jane Fallon who
I would like to thank for keeping us informed. I don't think she'd mind if
I shared it with Virginia birders. Anyone can access mdbirding.com to read
posts:
It is with sadness that we report that Chandler Robbins, our world famous
ornithologist, passed away on Monday March 20th. He was a member of the
Patuxent Bird Club since its beginning and a founder of MOS.
Attached is a link to a tribute from the National Audubon Society
http://www.audubon.org/news/in-memory-chandler-s-robbins.
His obituary appeared in the Washington Post earlier this week:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/
chandler-robbins-friend-to-birds-and-birdwatchers-dies-
at-98/2017/03/23/d7c331b0-0f44-11e7-9b0d-d27c98455440_story.html?utm_term=.
f7b9325e21e0
There will be a memorial service on April 15 at the First United Methodist
Church in Laurel. Details will be announced later. Also a Life
Celebration is being planned by the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center where
Chan worked for 70 Years, date to be announced.
Bobbi Reichwein
Davidsonville, MD
