Thanks for your hard work at arranging this, Glenn. It illustrates how when it works well, our interest in birds and rarities can be non-confrontational.
George On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 6:17 PM Glenn Coady via ONTBIRDS < birdalert@ontbirds.ca> wrote: > Ontbirds subscribers, > > As of 4:00 p.m. today public access to see the Calliope Hummingbird in > Goderich has now closed. Congratulations to Linda Johnston and her amazing > support team of Deborah Johnston, David Lavigne and Liz Black-Petrie on > hosting one of the most universally positive birding events in Ontario > history. You can rest assured that you have earned the profound thanks and > respect of the Ontario birding community for the many hours invested on > their behalf. > > Linda has lived up to every promise made to the Ontario birding community > and now the onus is on us to repay her in kind by letting her revert back > into her normal life. Please note that no further visitation will be > possible, and no winter listers will be permitted access. Please do not > even bother Linda with such requests. > > With the cessation of visitors, things also can only improve for the > Calliope Hummingbird itself, which will now have less pressure on it when > coming in to feed and presumably will make great use of a predicted mild > period now to really layer on the fat and store lots of protein as muscle > mass to enable its successful exodus from Ontario. The 14-day forecast for > Goderich is for temperatures with daytime highs ranging from 2C to 7C and > nighttime lows of 2C to -2C and there is no large storm predicted in this > period. This is the best that could be hoped for and with luck the bird > will attain a good condition to make its escape sometime prior to December > 8th. > > Thank you to the more than 700 visitors who came to see this bird and > demonstrated for all to see an exemplary level of respect and courtesy, and > to the many media outlets interested in a solid demonstration of the > economic clout of birders and birding in this province. > > We will keep you updated on the fate of this little dynamo of a bird. > > All the best to all of you as the holiday season approaches, > > Glenn Coady > Whitby > > > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the > provincial birding organization. > Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca > For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit > http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup > Posting guidelines can be found at > http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide > Visit the OFO Facebook page > https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists > > _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
