For everyone's information, Ontbirds remains informally moderated after
the fact. As a poster you are expected to have read and follow our
posting guidelines. If you ignore posting guidelines you should hear
about it from me. In this case if the poster had asked for permission
it would have been given with the possible suggestion that you could
mention that people in the market for optics have a copy of the serial
numbers listed below with them before they purchase used optics. A
location in the subject line (ie "Stolen Spotting Scopes in GTA") might
also be helpful.
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If you are still with me I would like to report that local birding in
Etobicoke and Mississauga today was slow but pleasant and included about
10 first of the year migrants. No warblers but lots of swallows,
sparrows, phoebes and other stuff that put a grin on this face. Spring
migration is really late so most first-of-the-years (FOY) may not be
gripping but the dam is breaking and major fallout events could be on
the horizon. Report them.
Mark Cranford
Ontbirds Coordinator
Toronto, ON
On 4/20/2018 2:57 PM, Wild Birds Unlimited via ONTBIRDS wrote:
Dear moderator,
If possible could you please post this to the list serve. If this is not
possible, we understand.
Thank youJim
Please spread the word. We have just had two spotting scopes stolen from our store
today. A Swarovski ATS 80mm with 20-60 angled eyepiece and a Viper HD 20-60 angled
80mm were stolen. The Viper is the older model and retailed for $1329. The
Swarovski kit (body and eyepiece) retails for $2899 and has serial numbers -
body-U863423387/eyepiece-V863928295 - these numbers appear on the product and are
used to register the product with Swarovski, they have been reported to Swarovski
as stolen. The thieves did not get the soft case, strap or box with the product,
another way to tell they were stolen. If you are offered one of these scopes at a
great price please note they are stolen. Please help us catch these thieves, the
police are involved so any information will help. Thank you for your help, please
pass the word. Lynda & Jim Mackiewicz
Owners Wild Birds Unlimited in Toronto
5468 Dundas Street West
Toronto, ON M9B 6E3
www.toronto.wbu.com
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