Bird watchers converge on
Miramichi after mistle thrush lands on resident's lawn
By Elizabeth Fraser, CBC News Posted:
Dec 11, 2017 5:33 PM AT Last Updated: Dec 11, 2017 10:52 PM AT
A "mega-rarity" bird
blew into Miramichi over the weekend, and it's attracting bird lovers
from across Eastern Canada and the U.S. who've never seen one in North America
before.
Peter Gadd said a
European mistle thrush landed near a mountain ash tree on
his lawn and has been drawing crowds ever since.
"I saw a bird and thought,
'OK, that's a little different,'" said Gadd, who spotted the bird on
Saturday.
Gadd and his wife, Deana,
have been active birders for more than four years.
After spotting the bird and
carefully studying its features, Gadd tried to find something similar in
one of his several North American bird books.
Nothing seemed to match.
So he sent photos to bird
experts, who quickly recognized the rare bird.
"It doesn't get any rarer
than this," said Jim Wilson, a New Brunswick-based birder and naturalist,
who visited the Gadd residence.
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