Hundreds of birdwatchers descended on a tiny island to see a rare American bird 🐦
Hundreds of twitchers descended on tiny island to see a rare American bird thought to have blown off course during migration.
It is only the fourth time the Blackburnian warbler has ever been spotted in the UK and the first time it has been photographed in such detail. He said: ‘It was quite challenging actually because it has got quite unique feeding characteristics. The warblers we get on this side of the world flit about from one branch to another.The blackburnian warbler breeds in the eastern United States and Canada and winters in South America.
‘It got caught up in one of those storms and was blown across the Atlantic. Most don’t make it. It’s not a water bird, it wouldn’t have had any food.
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