Dr. Ronnie Marie Sidner was killed in a car accident on August 2, 2014 while returning from a birding and nature festival in Arizona where she had been educating participants about bats by using night vision equipment to show them foraging at hummingbird feeders. She obtained a Bachelors degree from Kansas State University and later attended the University of Arizona where she earned Masters and PhD degrees in Mammalogy.
Sources: EIN News; www.obitsforlife.com