[Tweeters] Summer Tanager issue

[Robert O'Brien via Tweeters]

P.S. it was thus known to be a Herring x Glaucous-winged hybrid. Now called
Cook Inlet Gulls. Bob

On Sunday, January 5, 2025, Robert O'Brien <baro at pdx.edu> wrote:


>

> Ha!   But not necessarily. I once photographed a banded gull down here,

> sent it in and learned the year it was banded in the nest on the Kenai

> peninsula

>  It was indeed a teenager. Ha!

>

> Bob obrien portland

>

> On Saturday, January 4, 2025, Tom Benedict via Tweeters <

> tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

>

>> I’d also suggest that anyone considering chasing this bird take a moment

>> to reconsider how important ticking another bird on your life list really

>> is. It might be very important, for many reasons, and you should go ahead

>> and make a gracious visit. But it’s more ephemeral and simply a ’nice to

>> have’ experience, maybe give it a miss.

>>

>> BTW, I read an amusing post about this bird where it was described as a

>> “Teenager”. Or maybe that was spellcheck.

>>

>> Tom Benedict

>> Seahurst, WA

>>

>> > On Jan 4, 2025, at 19:19, Doug Santoni via Tweeters <

>> tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

>> >

>> > Randy / Tweeters —

>> >

>> > It’s unfortunate but understandable that the resident living in the

>> Summer Tanager feeder location would be perturbed by the number of visiting

>> birders.

>> >

>> > One thought for this and similar situations…bring a bag of birdseed or

>> suet to the resident, consider giving the resident a modest gift card,

>> bring some packaged chocolate or cookies. Offering some tangible (even

>> modest) expression of gratitude might smooth some ruffled feathers

>> (deliberate analogy!).

>> >

>> > Doug Santoni

>> > Dougsantoni at gmail dot com

>> > Seattle, WA

>> >

>> >

>> >> On Jan 4, 2025, at 1:42 PM, Randy Robinson via Tweeters <

>> tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

>> >>

>> >> I just received an email from the people who live at the house where

>> the Summer Tanager is being seen. They are very upset with the number of

>> people showing up to view the feeders.

>> >>

>> >> I am the author of Birder's Dashboard. Apparently, a birder told them

>> that the sighting was posted on the dashboard, and that's why they

>> contacted me. All the sightings on the dashboard come from eBird.

>> >>

>> >> Randy Robinson

>> >> Seattle

>> >> rwr dot personal at gmail dot com

>>

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