More Late Ontario Sightings/Passing of Ken Brugger

Mark Walker MWalker at gensym.com
Tue Dec 15 07:31:38 EST 1998


Never mind my earlier post.  Thanks for the info Don.  The report was that
he died last Friday.

Mark Walker.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Donald A. Davis [SMTP:donald.davis at utoronto.ca]
> Sent:	Tuesday, December 15, 1998 3:06 AM
> To:	leps-l at lists.yale.edu
> Subject:	More Late Ontario Sightings/Passing of Ken Brugger
> 
> Temperatures continue to fluctuate greatly in Southern Ontario and as a
> result, there are more late leps sightings.
> 
> On Sunday, December 13th, record late sightings of eastern comma and
> orange sulpher were made at Point Pelee National Park near Windsor,
> Ontario. This is the southern most point of Canada, and is on a latitude
> with northern California.
> 
> Sorry to read of the passing of Ken Brugger in Austin, Texas. You may
> recall seeing Ken's picture in the August 1976 issue of National
> Geographic, in the cover story written by Dr. Fred Urquhart. Ken and his
> wife travelled the mountains of Mexico to find the overwintering sites
> of the monarch butterfly. Ken's wife appears on the cover of this issue.
> Apparently the Saturday, December 12th New York Times carried an
> obituary. Ken died in late November. Fortunately, we had the opportunity
> to talk on the telephone for the first time just a few months ago.
> 
> Don Davis
> Toronto, ON


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