In the book that inspired my birding adventure, To see every bird on earth, she was mentions.  Phoebe Snetsinger was changed that way that birding was done, Instead of going for the easy birds then the rare, she went straight for the rare ones. She survived the cancer but tragically died in a car accident.

marreka:

@guykawasaki:

The True Story of a Woman Who Had One Year to Live and Decided to See Every Species of Bird in the World staringatstrangers.typepad.com/… GR