Hi,

I will second Maryanne's suggestions that MOS develop some guidelines 
to deal with these situations. They occur all the time in England and (for 
the most part) birders are able to work out some means of accessing the 
bird. Since there is a huge twitching scene there, and many homes are in 
dense neighborhoods with narrow roads, this sort of arrangement 
becomes vitally important. 

One thing is that birders there often make a donation on behalf of the 
homeowner to some local charity, church, school etc. These donations 
can reach several 1000 pounds if the bird is a major rarity and it sticks 
around. Needless to say this makes the locals a lot more hospitable to 
the birders!

However in some cases the homeowner just does not want any visitors or 
their house is located in such a place that they cannot accommodate lots 
of people. Then the rarity is (as the Brits say) "suppressed" -- this
causes 
resentment but is sometimes necessary. However fortunately an 
arrangement for parking and access (sometimes even timed!) can be 
made.

Worth thinking about, at least.

Gail Mackiernan
Colesville, MD




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