Pics to prove I'm not crazy . . . well maybe the pics won't do that.
Orange-billed Nightingale Thrush-an extremely rare bird north of the border, let alone in South Dakota.
This bird has been singing frequently along Iron Creek in South Dakota, but I have only had a select few sightings. Finally, today he was ready to be photographed.
-Eric
12 comments:
Congrats on your sighting!
Wow, that's ridiculous. I have seen my fair share of these in Guatemala as well as Ruddy-capped. I'm from Jersey and I don't know how well documented this bird is yet, but can you list some of the field marks that might be absent in the photos? Awesome sighting!
Eric, it would be a good idea to post a written documentation of this bird along with your photos.
Did you get any recordings of it's song? You're gonna need everything you can get on this bird to get it past the ABA records committee.
I posted your sighting to SD-birds. If you post more details on the exact location and a write-up on it, I can then post that to SD-birds for you.
Eric, can you give details about location and more specifics that give you reason to believe it is an orange billed nightingale thrush. If you are really confident of the bird this would be worthy of an aba rare bird alert post. I imagine many would want to see this bird.
Yeah, this is a continent-level rarity. Try to get recordings!
well, to catch a rare bird like that one is happy for every photo you can get. :)
It's great to see a rare bird but even better to get some photos!
Congrats on the rare find!
Wow, great find Eric! Good luck getting it into the record book!
How lucky to see one. Sweet!
*LOL @ "ready to be photographed."* I think he's still being very shy, myself. Good luck with it, regardless!
You are to be commended for your find and documentation...great job. Now I just have to get to the Black Hills.
Post a Comment