Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 18:58:05 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Bonnie Ott Subject: Re: Rufous hummer MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT > Call Mary Gustafson and ask her to come band and identify it, then > release it. Rufous Hummingbirds are perfectly capable of taking care > of themselves in winter. I know she was forwarded the e-mail. > > Unless the lady has a permit to band hummingbirds, she should not have > trapped it. It does not need "rehabilitating." > Probably so but I find the "general" public thinks of and treats "their" yard birds like pets. I'm sure she had the bird's best interests at heart. I'd rather people err on the side of helping. Bonnie Ott Howard County Field Trip Chair Ellicott City, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================