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.

Wednesday 22 May 2019

Birders get rare glimpse of red-legged Caribbean thrush


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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