Date: 7/8/25 6:16 am From: Dwayne Martin (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Re: Sad passing of Edith Tatum
I met Edith back in the late 90's when I first started attending Carolina
Bird Club meetings. She was always so nice and helpful. On what was likely
her last Carolina Bird Club meeting, I drove her around during one of the
field trips that I was leading. Her health was fading then, but she still
had the drive to get out there and look for birds. I will miss seeing her
at the meetings.
Dwayne
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J. Dwayne Martin
Hickory, NC
<redxbill...>
On Tue, Jul 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM Scott Hartley <carolinabirds...> wrote:
> Isabel,
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> Sad news indeed.
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> I met Edith in 1989 when I worked at Eno River State Park.
> Edith was the first person I met at the first bird walk I led there. She
> was an enthusiastic and observant birder. I am a fast walker and early in
> my birding years not very patient. Edith on many occasions would find or
> hear a bird as I was already moving on. Edith taught me to slow down! She
> introduced me to other birders and got me involved in the Durham Bird
> counts. I enjoyed many counts and walks with her and though I moved on I
> would keep up with her and her birding travels thru social media.
>
> I am grateful to have known her.
>
> Scott Hartley
>
> On Mon, Jul 7, 2025, 11:51 AM Isabel Reddy <isabel...>
> wrote:
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>> Dear fellow birders,
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>> Sadly, our beloved friend and devoted birder, Edith Tatum, Durham, NC,
>> passed early this morning, July 7, 2025
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>> Edith was one of the sunniest people I’ve ever known, and she left big
>> shoes to fill in the birding world, not only because of her wealth of
>> knowledge, which was extensive and valuable, but because of her willingness
>> to share this knowledge with inexperienced birders.
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>> For over 20 years, she volunteered at the Eno River State Park, leading
>> her Birding 101 Saturday morning walks. She always had extra binoculars,
>> and in the winter, hand warmers for the participants. I am one, as is Peggy
>> Maslow, who credit Edith for introducing us to the world of birding. She
>> began these walks by saying, “I am the rarest bird in the park, because I’m
>> an Orange County native.”
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>> Edith served on the Board of the Chapel Hill Bird Club, and every year
>> participated in the Christmas and Spring Bird Counts. In addition, she
>> traveled the world on birding trips, making numerous trips to places like
>> Alaska, and Panama, and all over the U.S.
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>> Although I am sad to lose this dear friend, I am lucky to have known her.
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>> Sincerely,
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>> Isabel Reddy
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>> Chapel Hill, NC
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>> *From: *<carolinabirds-request...> <carolinabirds-request...>
>> on behalf of KEN LIPSHY <carolinabirds...>
>> *Date: *Sunday, July 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
>> *To: *<carolinabirds...> <carolinabirds...>
>> *Cc: *KEN LIPSHY <wuzupdoc12...>
>> *Subject: *Meadowlark behavior
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>> I witnessed a new behavior from our next door meadowlark. Wondered if
>> this is usual.
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>> He was flying overhead in circles in Killdeer fashion for over 15
>> minutes.
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>> Then land in a tree and then started circling overhead again. Definitely
>> i have never witnessed this before!
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>> (Also yesterday our neighborhood turkey pair came out w their 8 chicks)
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>> https://ebird.org/atlasnc/checklist/S257440727 >>
>> https://ebird.org/atlasnc/checklist/S257089695 >>
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