Today our birding community here in the Northwest, lost a great birder and a friend to many of us, particularly at Pilchuck Audubon. W. Darryl Thompson died this morning after a long battle with a terrible debilitating lung disease. Anyone who ever met Darryl will certainly remember him as he was always a "larger then life" person (or character). He was never boring and often controversial. He provided many years of leadership at Pilchuck Audubon as well as serving in many capacities in bird conservation before that.
His family is planning a memorial service but we at PAS do not have any details yet. We will have information on our Website www.pilchuckaudubon.org . In addition PAS had already scheduled The Second Annual Darryl Thompson Birding Week June 6 - 14. Again we will have information about that on our website too. Darryl's wife Mary has requested that in lieu of flowers that donations can be made to Pilchuck Audubon
1803 Hewitt Ave #108
Everett, WA 98201.
Darryl will be greatly missed by me personally and his many friends.
Susie Schaefer
Edmonds
Susie.Schaefer at verizon.net