[obol] New ECBC Hawk Watch coordinator

[khanh tran]

Hi Obolers!

I wanted to thanked Chuck Gates and ECBC for giving me the wonderful 
opportunity to serve as the ECBC migrating raptor director for two years in 
a row.  It was a very fun, rewarding, and an enriching experience. I had a 
blast!

We had two successful and fun years with the Greenridge hawk migration 
survey. I would like to take a moment to thank all the volunteers for their 
generous time and contribution from fall of 2005 and 2006.

East Cascade Bird Conservancy has a fine caliber of generous individuals and 
volunteers, whose passion, enthusiasm and generosity, is quite infectious.  
I really think you have something very special and wish we had something 
here in Portland with the same purpose and vision.

Besides having a great balance of talented, and skilled birders helping out 
the beginners or recreational birders, the organzation's focus on local bird 
conservancy is strongly evident through the many on-going project, year 
round. This is why I support such a wonderful organization and cause.

I hope you will consider in taking part with one of the many projects to 
help out.

A special thanks to the following volunteers:

Kim Boddie
Peter Low
Greg and Dana Boyce
John and Marlene Weber
William Proebsting
Steve Nord
Sharon Burchett
Marie Bandaveer
Bill Price
Sylvia Shaw
Kevin Smith
Stach and Nancy Esperancilla
Karen Sharples
Diane Horgan
Jill Hubbard,
Judy Meredith
Ben and Chau Young
Chuck and Dorothy Gates
Kim Owen
Floyd and Mary Shrock
Diane Pettey
David Stone
Don Sutherland
Laura McCoy
Val and Dan Close
Miriam Lipsitz
Alice Weigel
Steve Shunk
Cort Vaughan
Craig and Marilyn Miller
Eva Eagle
Joanne Bernt
Steve Dougill
Jim Anderson
Tom Shanley
Diane Kook

I wish Karen Sharples (aka Ms. “Sharpeyes”), the very best.  I have total 
confidence that she will excel and carry the project to a new height.

Thanks for the good memories. I will miss you but will continue to help out 
in some sort of capacity.

Khanh Tran (Portland, Oregon)