I think you might find this link interesting: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/12/science/12bird.html?ex=1092974400&en=8f67900167a626fb&ei=5006&partner=ALTAVISTA1

Ray

AH.. thankyou ! I knew about this bird 3 days ago ;)

but, I do not chase birds 7 hours away ;)

besides, was it an EXCAPEE or a TRUE wanderer?

AH.. thankyou ! I knew about this bird 3 days ago ;)

but, I do not chase birds 7 hours away ;)

besides, was it an EXCAPEE or a TRUE wanderer?


"So Mr. Laux, an ornithologist who has led birding trips all over the world, recruited island friends with telescopes and digital cameras to send images of the bird to Jeremiah Trimble, an expert birder and curatorial assistant at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology."

Pardon my ignorance, but aren't birds what an ornithologist studies?!!
"who has led birding trips all over the world"
What kind of "expert" is this guy?
I'd be mad as h@!! if I had hired this "world renowned expert" to lead me around.

OK, so maybe I'm just cynical...

But I digress....Interesting find regardless.

you need an image of a rare bird to get it recognised.......picture is worth 1000 words