Date: 4/26/24 9:27 am From: Peter Pyle via groups.io <ppyle...> Subject: Re: [northbaybirds] Farallons Swallow-tailed Gull AND Blue Rock Thrush on same day!
Thanks Jeff - Very curious, one or two? Note the only other record in BC
was also on June 6 (1997) so an interesting spring vagrant pattern is
emerging. That bird was written off as a ship-assist or cage-transported
bird so it will be curious to see how this/these records are viewed.
One thing, there are some very big reasons NOT to float around the
Farallones in an inflatable kayak!
Good spring birding all, Peter
On 4/26/2024 9:06 AM, Jeff Perkins via groups.io wrote:
> SO close... and yet so far away...
>
> Per this ebird checklist, yesterday, birders on the Farallons were
> treated to a Swallow-Tailed Gull AND a Blue Rock Thrush.
>
> https://ebird.org/checklist/S170309209 >
> Wow - right place at the right time. (and yes, we live in a pretty
> amazing place for great birds!)
>
> alas - restricted access, so only a few will get the pleasure of
> looking for these birds... but I'm wondering if my inflatable kayak is
> up to such a voyage, and would the birds be kind enough to pose on an
> outcrop for a boat-based view for one willing to paddle ;-)
>
> Curious if the same Blue Rock Thrush photographed at Cannon Beach in
> Oregon on 21Apr? (if yes, why would he be moving south?)
>
> https://www.facebook.com/groups/ABArare/permalink/7705621529498423/ >
