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Date: 2/6/26 1:12 pm
From: Rob Blye <rwblye...>
Subject: Re: Peter Robinson |
I bought my first good binoculars used from Peter at a PSO meeting. B&L I
believe. Nice guy.
*better living through birds*
*Rob*
Robert W. Blye
34603 Doe Run
Lewes DE 19958-3332
302 945-8618
610 213-2413 mobile
On Sat, Feb 7, 2026, 6:33 AM Grove, Deborah Shuey <dsg4...> wrote:
> Thanks Andy. I was trying to remember the last time I ran into him and
> can’t remember if it was the Flamingos or Gray Flycatcher.
> Deb
>
> Deborah S. Grove
>
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> To: Grove, Deborah Shuey <dsg4...>
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> Subject: Re: [PABIRDS] Peter Robinson
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> Thanks for sharing this, Deb. Peter Robinson was one of the giants of York
> County birding as I was growing up here. As far as York county ticks, he
> had the disadvantage of living in Hanover, tucked into the extreme
> southwest corner, on the border with Adams. But that was a distinct
> advantage being close to 3 of the best lakes in York Co. (Marburg, Long
> Arm, and Sheppard-Myers). Deb’s right, Peter was a great aficionado of the
> rarity-chasing too. I can’t remember how many times I’d be looking a great
> bird in my scope and I’d instantly recognize Peter’s voice asking if I was
> on the bird. I can still hear his voice in those memories. And if my memory
> serves, I think he had one of those Questar mirror-based scopes that always
> got rave reviews for optical quality, but it was quirky because the image
> was flipped left-right. We’ve exhanged scope views of rarities over the
> years, as birders do. He was just one of those folks that you always love
> to see because that meant we were both chasing an awesome bird.
>
> I think that one of the best things we do as birders is mourn the loss of
> our own.
>
> Take care, everyone.
> Andy McGann
> York County
>
> > On Feb 6, 2026, at 8:24 AM, Grove, Deborah Shuey <dsg4...> wrote:
> >
> > We lose another in the Pennsylvania birding community. He was a very
> active birder that you can see in the obituary. One thing in my memory was
> that he was next to us on the old telephone list to call people when a
> rarity showed up. Back in 80s?? He also maintained the Pennsylvania
> Birdlists for people’s numbers in the state, counties and my favorite,
> county ticks, that were published in the PSO journal. I know that others
> can contribute stores as well.
> > Losing so many.
> >
> >
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