10 seconds of fame??

Looks like a retraction may be in order....after 3 days of email discussions and more investigation by the movers and shakers of the bird world, turns out the "famous bird" is likely not a Conneticut Warbler after all, but a Nashville Warbler-common winter resident here.  Ho-hum.  It was fun while it lasted, but guess it's back to the tripod!

a famous bird???

I've been working on getting the next post up for the last couple days now.  It's almost ready, but had to do this one now just for fun.....

On my birthday birding trip to Sayulita (details to follow!) I took a million pictures of everything with wings, as always-since some of the birds only hang around for a second, I shoot them all then sort them all out on the computer later and throw out what I already have.  After hours of scouring the jungle, I was having coffee and getting ready to hang up the camera when this little yellow bird came and perched near the porch.  Of course, I couldn't resist one more shot.....

When I got home I scoured my Mexican and West Coast bird books but was stumped, so had to call on my friend Strickland who is an Audubon bird guide for help.  Apparently, I have the bird world all aflutter.....turns out this could be a Conneticut Warbler that only winters in West Amazonia (N. Columbia to Brazil?) and is rarely seen, and I may have the only confirmed sighting on the west coast of North/Central America.  I have already been emailed for details by Peter Alden,  peteraldenwildlife.com a noted naturalist and author of many Audubon Bird Guides, and apparently this is now being circulated to the Mexican databases.....What fun!  Don't think this will add anything to the chicken money account, but nonetheless it's an interesting event.

Okay, back to work on the real blog-stay tuned for the novella!