Hello Geneseebirders and Cayugabirders, I received a call this afternoon from Ann McMican about her experience visiting a Canandaigua home where a sizable flock of Evening Grosbeaks have been feeding for several days. The home is at 5340 South Hill Road in Canandaigua, and is listed on eBird.
Apparently birders have worn out their welcome here. Despite being open to having a few birders visit as recently as yesterday, the homeowner now does not want strangers on her lawn or in her driveway. She gave Ann quite a lecture about potential liability if someone were to be injured, the rudeness of people showing up without permission, and more. She did say that people could contact her ahead of time if they wanted to visit, but she did not provide any contact information to make this possible aside from her street address. As the birds cannot be seen from the road, this severely limits opportunities to view them at this location. It’s probably best if we look for Evening Grosbeaks in other locations where they have been seen this winter. Just a word of warning from your friends at the Rochester Birding Association. Good luck and good birding. Randi Minetor President, Rochester Birding Association ****************************************** Randi Minetor (she/her) Author and freelance writer 585-737-3449 mobile writerra...@gmail.com Journalist bio: https://muckrack.com/randi-minetor/bio Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/author/randiminetor -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
