Maryanne,
   I am sympathetic to the problem. It is not a new situation but this is
the way it has always been. I recall a similar problem more than twenty
years ago when an equally rare bird showed up with a problem of access. I
was invited to join a group going to see the bird. At the site I was
surprised that no local birdwatchers were there. When I suggested that they
should be contacted I was told that there was no obligation to notify local
people. It was up to the people in the know to inform whomever they chose.
   I doubt that a uniform policy can be developed. It has always been left
to the first person on the scene to decide what to do. Each situation of a
rare bird on private property is different and requires different handling
and regardless of how it is handled someone is always left out.
   Yes, I saw the Green Violetear at my first opportunity on Wednesday
morning and as instructed I told no one.
Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD

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