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Date: 2/15/26 2:57 pm From: Lorrie Klosterman <loklosterman...> Subject: Re: [MBBIRDS] Todd Newberry
About 10 years ago, Todd was leading a bird walk for docents at Año Nuevo State Park. I was delighted at the opportunity to learn from a master, eager to learn which birds we might see while guiding a tour. He was surprisingly (to me at that time) casual about needing to identify everything. "You can always figure that out," he counseled, and instead encouraged us to enjoy the ecosystem and it's greater ecology. I think of that periodically, and sometimes give myself permission to not identify whatever flits by when I'm on a walk (you know how tempting/addictive that is). "It's a bird," I declare, and let it disappear into the landscape. Thanks for posting, Lorrie Klosterman Berkeley and Santa Cruz On Sun, Feb 15, 2026, 14:25 'Elizabeth Van Dyke' via mbbirds < <mbbirds...> wrote: > If you have not heard yet, Todd Newberry, a legend in the birding and > other communities, passed away on Monday, February 9, 2026. > > I had the honor of being the Conservation Officer way back when Todd was > President of the Santa Cruz Bird Club. He kindly and generously shared his > time, knowledge and philosophy with many in the community. As I write this > and hear the birdsong in my yard, I thank Todd for opening the doors to > understanding each of these voices. > > He was a founding faculty member in biology when UC Santa Cruz opened in > 1965. > > If anyone has a Todd story I’m sure others will appreciate hearing about > it. > > Here is a link to the UC Santa Cruz Regional History Project titled "Todd > Newberry: Professor of Biology”. It is an oral history by Randall Jerrell > with contributions by Irene Reti. > > escholarship.org <https://escholarship.org/uc/item/79k9m51b> > [image: favicon.ico] <https://escholarship.org/uc/item/79k9m51b> > <https://escholarship.org/uc/item/79k9m51b> > > == > > This is a link to one of his books titled "The Ardent Birder". > [image: > 61Qyx+yEAvL.jpg_BO30,255,255,255_UF750,750_SR1910,1000,0,C_QL100_.jpg] > > The Ardent Birder: On the Craft of Birdwatching > <https://www.amazon.com/Ardent-Birder-Craft-Birdwatching/dp/1580087159/ref=sr_1_1?crid=OYX0WDER6XEZ&<dib...>&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+ardent+birder&qid=1771191970&sprefix=the+arsent+bird%2Caps%2C221&sr=8-1> > amazon.com > <https://www.amazon.com/Ardent-Birder-Craft-Birdwatching/dp/1580087159/ref=sr_1_1?crid=OYX0WDER6XEZ&<dib...>&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+ardent+birder&qid=1771191970&sprefix=the+arsent+bird%2Caps%2C221&sr=8-1> > > <https://www.amazon.com/Ardent-Birder-Craft-Birdwatching/dp/1580087159/ref=sr_1_1?crid=OYX0WDER6XEZ&<dib...>&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+ardent+birder&qid=1771191970&sprefix=the+arsent+bird%2Caps%2C221&sr=8-1> > > > Sincerely, > > Elizabeth Van Dyke > Santa Cruz > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mbbirds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to mbbirds+<unsubscribe...> > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mbbirds/<E35E2654-61CC-4E22-B83D-FA74B22F3D49...> > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mbbirds/<E35E2654-61CC-4E22-B83D-FA74B22F3D49...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mbbirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mbbirds+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mbbirds/CA%2BNotQZ6ugXz9NfLi9j0Z%2Bk9oU15TKuEwK8V0tr609%<2BgZTP7xg...>

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