As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Sunday 28 December 2014

Goose Takes A Wrong Turn, Winds Up Bird Celebrity In Oregon



A tundra bean-goose (top) has been spotted at the Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.

Sarah Swanson The Must-see Bird Blog
A bird rarely seen in North America has turned a small bay on the Oregon Coast into a major destination for bird watchers this winter.

Sarah Swanson and her husband Max Smith run a blog in Portland called the Must-See Bird Blog. They tried to explain what it's like to spot a tundra bean-goose at Nestucca Bay in Oregon.

“It's just so exciting, I'm trying to compare it something for a non-birder,” Swanson said.

“Maybe it's like running into a celebrity at the mall, someone you've always idolized,” Smith suggested.

Yes, in the celebrity news of bird watching this has been a top story. It's the first-ever confirmed sighting of a tundra bean-goose in the lower 48. Usually these brown and gray geese spend their winters in Asia and Europe.

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