# Colibri has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 25, 2021, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colibri-has-died/954921 "2021-11-25T06:42:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 217
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colibri-has-died/954921/217 "2021-12-06T00:37:33Z")
> [@In memory of Colibri (George Angehr)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memory-of-colibri-george-angehr/955066/45): > > I reached out to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and they gave their enthusiastic assent to the idea of a gift. They suggested we fund a short-term fellowship for a master’s or doctoral candidate to do fieldwork with STRI in Panama (usually). I thought this sounded like a great idea - George had begun with STRI as a research fellow. I said we could probably raise at least $5K (we raised $8K for Jenny’s memorial); they thought this was a good amount. If there is general agreement on … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colibri-has-died/954921)._