1,000 birdwatchers after rare sparrow
Every bird is a rarity, somewhere...
"Like paparazzi, they stand with cameras poised awaiting the emergence of their quarry. But their target is nothing so common as a C-list celebrity lurching out of a nightclub. The star in question is a white-crowned sparrow. This tiny visitor from North America has been spotted in these isles only four times before - and never so far from home."
Link: Full article from DailyMail UK
Link: Twitch Documented
White-crowned Sparrow © 2008 Mike McDowell
posted by Mike McDowell @ 4:49 AM
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7 Comments:
Wow...that's amazing! Gotta wonder how some birds end up so off course!
After seeing the story I went on Surfbirds to see more pics and it was funny because one of the posters of a sparrow pic captioned, "Videograb taken in my 5 minute slot at the front!"
http://www.surfbirds.com/cgi-bin/gallery/display.cgi?gallery=gallery9
That cracks me up.
This has created interesting chat and debate on BirdForum as an event like this always brings out the best and worst in birders. Mobs of people, many of them rude and inconsiderate of the locals, parking where they shouldn't- all to get a glimpse of a rarity to add another tick to their lists.
Thread: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=104763
fuggin mental...selfish wankers...nob heads...sectioning...twitching...just say no...thanks for this blog Mike, gave me a good chuckle...this rare sparrow should be named Brittney Spearrow...;)
Isn't it amazing that at one time many of us could be taking pictures of birds! But another amazing thing when so many go after one rare birds !
It's as much an anthropological study as it is an ornithological one.
Mike M.
Good post and good comments. A common bird on one side is a rarity on the other...
I just hope people adhere to the first rule of birding: "Don't disturb the wildlife." And, in this case, don't disturb the local humans, either!
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