i was thinking that bringing a box of doughnuts or nice cookies and
some fancy coffee or tea is an appropriate "payment" for those people
who are unlucky enough to have a rare bird feeding in their yard that
i want to see.

regards,

Deborah Wisti-Peterson, PhD Candidate nyneve at u.washington.edu
Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash, USA
Visit me on the web: http://students.washington.edu/~nyneve/
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On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, ian paulsen wrote:

> HI ALL:
> I recall sometimes when viewing a feeder bird that it is requested that
> you bring birdseed for the people to help keep their birdfeeding costs
> down. How about trading bird seed for viewing the Painted Bunting??
>
> Ian Paulsen
> Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
> ipaulsen at krl.org
> A.K.A.: "Birdbooker"
> "Rallidae all the way"
>
>