The recent exchanges about reporting rarities to ONTBIRDS have pointed out two things:

a) the more details given about a rarity in a post, the greater the possibility that the bird will be found again; b) it is always necessary to be a bit careful how we word things so as not to give offence to other ONTBIRDERS.

What and how to post is a judgment call that the poster must make. In fairness it should be mentioned that recent reports from the Niagara River supplied useful information, there can always be more but...

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Mark Cranford
ONTBIRDS Coordinator
Mississauga, Ont.
mark.cranf...@ofo.ca
905 279 9576


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