Date: 5/4/26 5:37 pm From: Monacell, Peter L. <0000078632dd2087-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: MBS 125th Anniversary Meeting--and a thank you
I’m also thrilled to add my congratulations here.
Edge, you are deeply deserving of the Rudolf Bennitt Award, and I’m glad to have seen the award so movingly presented and elegantly received.
Pete Monacell,
Jefferson City
From: Missouri Wild Bird Forum <MOBIRDS-L...> on behalf of Lisa Saffell <0000065c370fac8c-dmarc-request...>
Date: Monday, May 4, 2026 at 3:41 PM
To: <MOBIRDS-L...> <MOBIRDS-L...>
Subject: Re: MBS 125th Anniversary Meeting--and a thank you
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Congratulations Edge! I can’t think of anyone more deserving of this award. Thank you for your birding friendship and mentoring from afar!
Lisa Saffell, St. Louis
On May 4, 2026, at 1:41 PM, Sarah Kendrick <00000678351f5454-dmarc-request...> wrote:
Congratulations, my friend! Well deserved. You work so hard for Missouri birds, birders, and partnerships. Deep thanks for what you do.
Sarah
On Mon, May 4, 2026 at 1:00 PM Paul Roisen <0000077cee02babf-dmarc-request...><mailto:<0000077cee02babf-dmarc-request...>> wrote:
Way to GO!!! Edge.
Having known Edge for many years, though I am an Iowa birder, I have been blessed by knowing her. One of my early contacts was back in 2025 in North Carolina (along with Pam and Reid Allen). We have had a good number of email interactions over the years. I wish that AJ (Anna Johnson) , another incredible birding lady, was around to celebrate this well-deserved honor.
Thanks to all those who made this possible.
God Bless.
Paul O. Roisen
Sioux City, IA 51106 Woodbury County, IA
Mobile 712-301-2817 <roisenp1950...><mailto:<roisenp1950...>
On Mon, May 4, 2026 at 12:37 PM Deepa Mohan <00000661e218c360-dmarc-request...><mailto:<00000661e218c360-dmarc-request...>> wrote:
What a well-deserved honour, Wade! Congratulations. I am glad that "more than a dozen people kept the process secret for more than a year". There is usually very little that escapes your (to use a bird phrase) eagle eye!
Cheers, Deepa.
On Mon, May 4, 2026 at 9:42 AM Edge Wade <00000631c0031214-dmarc-request...><mailto:<00000631c0031214-dmarc-request...>> wrote:
All,
I'm having difficulty finding the words describing the utter surprise of receiving the Rudolf Bennitt Award. Equal to the surprise of the award, itself, is the amazement of learning more than a dozen people were able to kept the process a secret for more than a year! 5-27, 2026, Columbia, MO
