Showing posts with label Members gallery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Members gallery. Show all posts
Sunday, 3 July 2016
Wednesday, 27 April 2016
Friday, 9 January 2015
In Memory Jerry Gosnell 20th February 1932 - 9th January 2012
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| Jerry Gosnell & his wife Marilyn at the launch of his book 'The Beach Book' (Photo Andy Ruffle) |
Sunday, 10 February 2013
Sound advice from Sandy Olver
This photo just had to be posted!!
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| Sandy Olver the ultimate birder (Photo Claire Reid) |
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
John Marchant (Irish John) 8th January 1942 - 2nd October 2012
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| Rhodes 2011 (Photo Andy Ruffle) |
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| Rhodes 2011 (Photo Andy Ruffle) |
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| Rhodes 2011 (Photo Val Culley) |
We were sad
to hear of the untimely passing of John Marchant (aka Irish John).
John was always a
bundle of fun when he came over to visit Mike and join us on our outings.He will be greatly missed, especially by his life long friend Mike Fagan.
Although not an official member of the club, John became a welcome part of the family.
Mike arranged for a Sunday Mass on 7th October, dedicated to John, at the Sea Park Catholic Church .
Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Raymond Williamson Furniss 30th May 1920 - 11th September 2012
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| Ray at the End of Year function at Umdoni Kiosk in December 2011 (Photo Ron Whitham) |
Sadly Ray passed away on 11th September 2012 at the ripe old age of 92.
Ray was a larger than life character who will always be remembered for his many anecdotes and passion for life, right to the end.
He had just finished his memoirs and we hope to be able to make these available in the future.
Monday, 30 July 2012
Trogons at the 2012 Granny Walk
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| Some of Team Trogons (Photo Andy Ruffle) |
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
First Barry Porter Memorial Trophy Winner
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| Andy presents Elaine Whitham with the Barry Porter Memorial Trophy at the 2012 AGM (Photo Ron Whitham) |
The trophy will be presented at consecutive Annual General Meetings. The criteria for being nominated for this award will be very broad, but will most likely be restricted to club members only.
At the AGM held on 21st January 2012 at Sapper's Glen, Elaine Whitham was awarded the trophy for 2012 for her outstanding contribution to the club.
Elaine has worked wonders with sorting out the clubs outings venue contact details and her organising skills for the Away Trips and End of Year function made them truly memorable occassions. An example of the way Elaine always goes that little bit further, was when she and Ron diverted into Rhodes, whilst on one of their trips, just to do a recky for our planned Rhodes excursion. She was able to meet the owners of the Hotel face-to-face and the rest is history.
Thursday, 19 January 2012
Jerry Gosnell 20th February 1932 - 9th January 2012
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| Jerry Gosnell & his wife Marilyn at the launch of his book 'The Beach Book' (Photo Andy Ruffle) |
It's with sadness that we learn
of the death of former member Jerry Gosnell.
Jerry died on 9th January 2012.
His funeral was held at St Margaret Anglican Church, Marine Drive, Margate. He
is survived by his wife Marilyn and four children.
Although we had not seen Jerry
for a long while, due to failing health, he still remainded a member of the
club and kept in contact. He recently donated a selection of bird books for our
Lions' Show stand.
Our deepest condolences go to his wife and family.
Saturday, 23 July 2011
'The Beach Book' launched 23rd July 2011
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| Jerry Gosnell & his wife (Photo Andy Ruffle) |
Trogons member Jerry Gosnell's new book 'The Beach Book' was launched at Ramsgate Stationers on 23rd July 2011.
This delightful pocket-size (A6) guide to the common plants on the dunes and the seaweed of rock pools along the east coast of South Africa.
published by the Flora & Fauna Publications Trust.
The Rear and Fore dune plants section will particularly appeal to folk living just behind the dunes and battling with rehabilitation and gardening.
A smorgasbord of flora from beach dune to coastal forest covers dune scrub, grasses, the colourful Marguerite, Vygies, Gazania and many more, to creepers and the magnificent coastal aloes & Kniphofia, shrubs, the renowned Natal Wild Banana and the hardy coastal trees including the beautiful Coastal Redmilkwood, the Natal Guarrie and the Lagoon Hibiscus.
Seaweeds: An exciting range of the Green, Brown and Red seaweeds covering the Sub-Tidal fringe (below Low Water Spring Tide), through Lower, Mid and Upper Inter-tidal zones
to High Water Spring Tide. The role of seaweeds in the marine environment is well covered as is their reproduction and uses.
Great pleasure is to be had identifying seaweeds whilst precariously balancing on the edge of a pool ...!
Size : 152 pages : 148mm x 105mm in portrait : 150grams
ISBN no.978-0-620-50296-2
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
Barry Porter 18th Sept 1946 to 27th Apr 2011
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| (Photo Crystelle Wilson) |
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| Barry as we'll all remember him, soaking up the wonders of the big outdoors. (Photo Andy Ruffle) |
A memorial service was held for Barry at 10.00am on Monday 2nd May 2011 at the Port Shepstone Country Club.
Dress attire casual (as Barry would've liked).
A request for no flowers has come from his family.
His son feels it fitting that donations be made to Birdlife Trogons Bird Club in lieu of flowers. Account details are:-
ABSA Bank
Name: Birdlife Trogons
Branch: 46 Aiken St, Port Shepstone
A/C Number: 90 5599 6671
Account type: Active Savings
**Please comment deposits 'Barry' with your name and contact number also.
A TRIBUTE TO BARRY PORTER
FROM BIRDLIFE TROGONS BIRD CLUB
Born 18th Sept 1946. Passed away 27th April 2011
Friend Colleague Confidant Gentleman
Born in Johannesburg into a family steeped in South Coast
Educated at St Andrew’s College, Grahamstown and immensely proud of it.
Reserved, scientific and tempered with technical ability.
Environmentally possessed.
Concluded his education at Natal University
His knowledge of environmental issues was unsurpassed and covered everything from birds to frogs - from trees to grasses to game – from common names to scientific names to even Zulu names in which language he was fluent.
The use of this language in regard to Zulu tree names often led to very interesting and vigorous debates between ourselves and our Zulu speaking compatriots. To disagree with him was a complete waste of time, he would just quietly walk away, leaving one to wonder why did we even try and realising that we had not obtained an ‘A’ in that subject.
His knowledge of birds was unsurpassed and he studied avian issues with an undisclosed passion. He was a dedicated member of the Bird Rarity Committee and was always ready to give a fair judgement on all requests. As Chairman of Trogons Bird Club for a numbers of years (under duress) he never appreciated his ability being noticed and he led the club to be one of the most active and productive in Natal (if not the country) and he had the ability to motivate his committee to perform above expectations to the benefit of its members. He served on many Avian orientated committees where his knowledge was highly regarded.
Apart from his scientific knowledge, his technical ability was quite fascinating and he was adept at repairing and studying all aspects of modern engineering.
He was very computer literate and enjoyed all the advantages of its intricacies to the extreme .
The loss of his wife, Lyn, some six months ago left him tragically scarred – a scar that he bore bravely and undisclosed and no doubt had a bearing on his tragic demise.
His passing will leave a void that will be difficult to fill as there are very few people with his reserved manner and willingness to impart their knowledge to others available in this world today.
May he rest in peace.
Your civility and reservedness which endeared you to so many will not be forgotten.
TRIBUTE POSTED ON SABAP2 WEBSITE
An email sent to me by one of his friends, Carol Bosman, includes this paragraph which helps to sum up all our feelings: "Barry lived for birds and whenever I stayed with him he would take me out to record the various pentads for the Bird Atlas Project. His wife Lyn passed away only five months ago. What saddens me the most, I guess, is the loss of a 'fountain' of information as Barry was so well read in so many subjects. Your project has lost an incredibly knowledgeable observer and participant."
Barry submitted a total of 261 checklists for 77 pentads, mostly in southern KwaZulu-Natal, but extending further afield as well. His first checklist was made on 19 August 2007, right at the outset of SABAP2, and the most recent was on 27 March this year, a month ago. Over this whole period there were very few months in which Barry did not submit a checklist.
He was a regular contributor of interesting comments on fora such as SABirdnet. On 14 June last year during the World Cup he wrote this email, with the subject line "Soccer Birds": "I went birding yesterday in the normally tranquil rural tribal lands inland from Hibberdene. I struggled to fill my atlas card, very difficult to hear birds voices – 'the hills are alive with the sound of vuvuzelas!'"
The birding community and SABAP2 are poorer with the passing away of this passionate citizen scientist.
Tuesday, 1 March 2011
Members gallery
2010
2011
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| Rotary Club Granny's Walk 2010 (from left to right) thought that was Ron Whitham you know but it's not, someone walking for SPCA, Wendy Holburn, Gary Holburn, and thought this was Elaine Whitham, but it's not....spooky eh?. |
2011
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| (standing from left) Doug Butcher, Ron Whitham, Val & Stan Culley, Cathy Lee, John Marchant, Margaret Jones, Elaine Whitham, Mike Fagan, Barry Porter, Pete Williamson, Herbie Osborne, Sandy Olver, Lennart Eriksson, Evelyn Heuinis, Jeanette Osborne, (seated) Andy Ruffle, Mary Mynors, Angie Butcher and Margie Williamson. (Photo Barry Porter, Lennart Eriksson and Pete Willaimson) From the post: Rhodes Weekend Away 4th-7th March 2011 |
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