Russ -
I could go into a long winded answer, regurgitatING all of the obvious in's &
out's of this issue, but bottom line, I think you did the right thing. I have
and will continue to do the same thing.
Trent Bray, La Grande.
-------- Original message --------
From: Russ Namitz <namitzr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2/9/17 10:11 AM (GMT-08:00)
To: OReBird <orebird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [orebird] Posting rarities to OBOL?
Hello all~
So, there was a COMMON GRACKLE coming to a feeder in Hines, OR back in January.
I thought about sending a message to OBOL, but refrained since it was coming
to a feeder. I declined to ask the owner about visitation and all of that.
What are your thoughts
on posting/forwarding rarities that come into our eBird que onto the general
birding public?
My own thoughts are, unless the bird is coming to a private feeder, it is
perfectly acceptable to disseminate that information. If one goes through the
effort of communicating with the land owner and gets permission, that would be
acceptable as well.
Russ
