Date: 3/11/26 2:40 pm From: FRANK GALLO via CTBirds <ctbirds...> Subject: [CT Birds] The passing of Jim Hunter
It is with great sadness that I announce the untimely lossof my dear friend Jim Hunter. Jim and I were both students of Noble Proctor’s atSouthern Connecticut State University. Jim was a consummate naturalist andspent countless hours in the field studying birds, mushrooms, plants, and mosteverything else, and we had our share of adventures together.
New Haven Bird Club members will remember Jim first as astudent accompanying Noble on Christmas Bird Counts (CBCs) at Lake Saltonstall.After Noble’s death, Jim took-up the reins of captain and ran that area foryears. Others may know Jim as a board member of COA, from his time working atthe Fairfield Wild Birds Unlimited, or while he was a science teacher at WiltonHigh School. Many others will know him through his work at Earth Place in Westportwhere he and Grit Ardwin took students on birding/natural history adventuresaround the country.
Few get the chance, as Jim did, to touch and positivelyinfluence the lives of so many. I’m heartened to know that he made this world alittle brighter with his presence, and that his legacy and memory will live onin others…
He will be sorely missed.
Frank GalloNew Canaan
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