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LEIF'S WRITINGS

6/4/2018

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Though he could be an atrocious speller (yet perfect when it came to grammar), Leif wrote quite a bit outside of work, whether in his journal or letters (later emails) to family and friends. I'm going to start by posting a few emails, which he sent to family to update us about something he'd seen (and sometimes caught on camera) or a project. I may transcribe some journal entries in the future, along with other emails. If Leif sent anything to you that you'd like to share on here, feel free to email me at [email protected]

The emails are mostly pithy and usually included a couple photos. If you knew Leif, you'll recognize his humor.
(Note: if he gave the photo file a descriptive name, that will be reflected in the photo's caption.)

     - Mark
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Email: Babies (May 18, 2012)

9/5/2017

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to Susan, Robin, and Mark

talk about beautiful babies...
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Cardinal babies
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Email: Retired (April 9, 2012)

9/1/2017

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to Robin and Mark

found object (gully treasure) and IKEA hooks
 
ok so I'm retired...

dad
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Email: Trip to the salt marsh (October 10, 2010)

8/5/2017

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to Robin and Mark. The "salt marsh" is the Wading River salt marsh where he and we would often go to paddle.

a trip to the salt marsh this noon. But the most curious - not documented - was a pair of probably black ducks and a significantly smaller duck who insisted on flying together, circling the march, though that seemed to require constant tuning given that they were quite different ducks. Perhaps an interesting history.
     dad  (leif)
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Snow goose and friends
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Email: Just playing (July 30, 2010)

8/3/2017

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to Mark, Robin, and Susan

just playing - with the flash and with the bits
    dad
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Onion
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Onion (edited)
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Hummingbird
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Cardinal flower
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Email: Foxglove flowers (July 11, 2010)

8/1/2017

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to Mark

the tallest fox glove has worked through to the tip. The others are not playing.
The butterfly milkweeds came and went in between.
 
dad
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Email: Seventeen year cicada (June 20, 2008)

7/3/2017

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to Susan, Robin, and Mark

cute little fella. These cicadas are locally thick at the lab. Make quite a diffuse but intense noise.
           dad
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Email: Mystery pond visitor (June 7, 2008)

7/1/2017

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to Susan, Robin, and Mark

Newest member of the pond club. We heard this guy coming through the gully today - but from it's distinctive call I identified it as a yellow-billed cuckoo, dead on as usual. At least the identification was not based on a visual. Really uncomfortably loud close up.
 
dad (and leif)
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a follow-up email to provide details to Susan's brother David:

our toad visitor. The stem to which he clings is just under 1 inch in diameter. Now this may not look like your usual yellow-billed cuckoo but ... I think as I become more skilled in my "by sound" identifying, great strides are expected. Confusing a pilliated with an osprey is now small potatoes.

And there were two similar but slightly different calls (slightly different pitches) coming from the pond before the noise ceased for the night - which occurred just after I turned off the creek pump. I didn't go out to try and find the second. Must be a drag traveling cross country if you are a toad, but communicating over long travel distances - that they have mastered.
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If you would like to be notified of any major updates, or have photos and/or memories to contribute, please email Leif & Susan's younger son, Mark, at [email protected]
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