worthy of its own posting too:

One of the UK guys from Punkbirder found a bonafide mega rarity: Rufous-tailed Robin (2nd for the UK? 3rd for Europe maybe?)...  Finders account below:

http://www.freewebs.com/punkbirder/rufoustailedrobin.htm


You may be like me, and have no real back story or understanding about this bird, but you know enough that these guys love finding rare birds, and the finder has had one of those moments we live for when hunting vagrants! It's a fun read.


The wiki page has some extra info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufous-tailed_Robin


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Eastern Willet with Western Willets:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/6248490977/in/pool-437129@N20/

So how long until the split happens?


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Third winter Great Black-backed Gull @ the Moosonee Landfill:

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/your_weather/details/620/4986291/2/caon0449/plpcities/1920/?ref=ugc_city_thumbs

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numerous spectacular photos of Newfoundland's Fork-tailed Fly:

http://www.surfbirds.com/cgi-bin/gallery/display.cgi?gallery=gallery10

(scroll until you find them)

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