[Tweeters] Summer Tanager issue

[Tom Benedict via Tweeters]

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:

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> Randy / Tweeters —

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> It’s unfortunate but understandable that the resident living in the Summer Tanager feeder location would be perturbed by the number of visiting birders.

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> 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!).

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> Doug Santoni

> Dougsantoni at gmail dot com

> Seattle, WA

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>> On Jan 4, 2025, at 1:42 PM, Randy Robinson via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

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>> 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.

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>> 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.

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>> Randy Robinson

>> Seattle

>> rwr dot personal at gmail dot com