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Hello Dan—
I’m sorry to hear that you felt birders’ behavior fell short. It’s not clear from your post here what requests you made, where you made them, and what was done that you feel was inappropriate.
I can tell you that when Laura and I were there from about 3:30 to 4:30, I felt proud of our birding community. The 8-10 birders present were uniformly friendly and helpful to one another, sharing info and scope-looks. Folks parked so as not to block the road, and no one entered private property, even slightly.
I made a point of walking across the road to speak to the homeowners who were pressing apples so that they would know why people were on the street. In fact, earlier birders had told them and they reported that they had even had a chance to see the kingbird themselves. It was a very upbeat and friendly conversation. In response to my question, they said they had spoken to the owner of the farm where the bird was spending most of its time, so that they would also know. In fact, one of the owners came down to introduce herself and say hello. Folks made a point of asking if she had seen the bird and when she said “no,” they made a point of getting her good scope views of it. She reported that others from the neighborhood had asked her what was going on and she told us with a certain pride what she told them.
Again, I’m sorry if you saw something that was less positive than what we saw.