May 08,
2019
The
Tropical Audubon Society’s online Bird Board said it all:
“Red-legged
Thrush. Lantana Nature Preserve; many birders on it.”
That was
enough to send birdwatchers flocking to Lantana Nature Preserve recently when
the bird, seen only one previous time in North America, was spotted.
The
red-legged thrush was seen April 25 by a man from Arizona who photographed it
at 7 a.m. At first, he thought it was an exotic species, but confirmation from
two other birders revealed what he had found, a news release said.
Word of
the sighting was spread through online messaging and the birding website eBird,
and birders and photographers lined up to see the bird until the preserve’s
closing that evening.
Birders
arrived the next day, but the bird had moved on and has not been seen since.
“You have to try and come as quickly as you can when the alerts go out,” said
Paul Waller, who was one of the first to respond to the alert.
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