[TN-Bird] Rufous Hummingbird Day 85

From: eyesew@xxxxxxxxx (Virginia Curtis)
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 07:03:33 -0600
Willie almost met me at the door this morning as I carried the feeder
and placed it under the heat lamp at 6:05 a.m.  I had hardly gotten
inside until he buzzed into the light and began drinking deeply and we
began drinking in his beauty once more.  

I was a bit later than normal in putting out his feeder because I did
not sleep well last night after being publicly charged with misleading
people about the way to care for winter hummingbirds.  We are deeply
discouraged that the birding elite seem determined to embarrass us with
public postings about matters that should and could have been privately
addressed and would not have even been necessary if they had obtained
all the facts before posting.  And what motivation is there for posting
private communication on a public forum like this as was done this
morning ? We're not so dumb - I have 20 years of formal education - that
we haven't been aware of the little "digs" from the elite that our
postings are not deep or serious enough and take up too much space on
tn-bird.  But we've tried to share about Willie the observations we
think you would have had, and the questions we think you would have
asked, and the emotions we think you would have felt if he had been at
your feeder these 85 days. Thanks to the dozens of you who have written
to encourage us to continue and we will.  

Willie is well and so are we and we're going to continue making
decisions about him that we feel are best for him.  If you don't agree
with what we're doing, please have the decency to reply offline to
educate us, not online to humiliate us.  
AND LET'S PLEASE DECLARE THIS MATTER CLOSED AND NOT FLOOD TN-BIRD WITH
PRO AND CON POSTINGS WHICH WILL DO NOTHING TO CHANGE MINDS BUT WILL ONLY
INFLAME EMOTIONS.  What a shame it would be if a beautiful little hummer
became the reason for us acting ugly.    

TOMMY and Virginia Curtis
Smithville, TN
DeKalb County

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