14:55 Tuesday, 03 May 2016 |
Written by Hans J Marter
When Lynn Goodlad noticed the
bird on Tuesday morning she initially thought it was a toy and someone was
playing a trick on her.
But when finch-sized bird started
moving she quickly realised that she was dealing with something very special.
After failing to find the bird in
her guidebooks she went online and posted a photo on the Shetland Birds &
Wildlife Facebook page.
Within minutes the phone started
ringing and online comments began to flow in. The Rare Bird Alert twitter feed
posted a photo to the global twitcher community.
"It just snowballed from
there. It has been amazing and a little surreal," Lynn described her
morning.
She said a constant flow of
people had started arriving near her family's home at Bridge End, in Burra,
hoping to get a glimpse of the rare American visitor.
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