Hello Dennis and Tweeters,

Yes indeed this is a real shocker to everyone that ever had contact with Kevin and a big loss for the community,since he was so dedicated for all the projects what he was doing.He was one of the easiest person in character I ever know.But he loved what he was doing and nothing seems hard for him to be doing.I was fortune to knowing Kevin,true Kris.The first day I met Kevin in my house to pick up a pair binoculars what Kris left behind.It took only once to know what Kevin stands for and what was important in his life.We all lost a friend who tireless done what mean something in life.I say my condolence especial to Kris who was a close partner and good friend to Kevin,the lost is so great to her.We all will support her in one of the darkest days she encountered.Kevin lived a full meaningful life and we also should celebrate his life not his passing.This is the second person I lost in the last two years.As I remember Todd Thornton from Astoria who passed quietly three years ago.I was happy to fulfill his wish by giving him a photo of the Hudsonian Godwit that was at Tokeland during October 2003. When I met him his mother drove him just to see this bird and I believe this was his last birding trip.

With best regards Ruth and Patrick Sullivan


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Paulson" <dennispaulson at comcast.net>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 11:16 AM
Subject: [Tweeters] very sad news


> Hello, tweeters.
>
> I've been asked to convey this news to the birding world.
>
> Yesterday Kevin Li passed away. He was scuba diving in Puget Sound
> and may have had a heart attack. He and Kris had just returned from
> Hawaii, where they did a lot of snorkeling, and Kevin wanted to try
> diving again after a 20-year hiatus.
>
> Kevin pushed himself as hard as anyone I know, active outside
> throughout the year in skiing and bicycling and kayaking and hiking
> and windsurfing, and he always had a minor injury somewhere to attest
> to those activities, but it never stopped him. He lived a good life.
> More important, he was in every way a good person, as easy-going and
> helpful as a friend as he was intense and focused on his interests.
> While the rest of us were out there being edified by birds, Kevin
> found a way he could return the favor. He was best known to most of
> us through his unflagging efforts to provide nest boxes for Purple
> Martins to get them to return to this region. He had help from many
> others, but I think Kevin, by his enthusiasm and many hours of hard
> work, can be single-handedly credited for turning around the decline
> of that charismatic species.
>
> His life should be an inspiration to all of us to give back to nature
> just as it gives so much to us.
>
> All of us who knew him will really miss Kevin, and the world will
> miss him too.
>
> Dennis Paulson
>
> P. S. No further details are available at this time.
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