Sometimes it pays off big time to be in the correct place and the correct time.
Sat. Nov. 9, a few miles north of Brownsville, TX and a few miles inland from Gulf of Mexico, an Amazon Kingfisher (second U.S record) was observed by my wife & I along with several hundred participants at the 20th annual Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival. Just prior to the festival I found a Yellow-Green Vireo, a Golden-Crownded Warbler, and a Painted Redstart among 140+ more typical "Valley" specialties. But we also missed a Fork-tailed Flycatcher during a total of 4 different tries. Correct places, wrong times for that one. Ric Zarwell Lansing, Allamakee Co., Iowa --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union. Membership available on-line at http://www.iowabirds.org/iou/PayDues.aspx. ----- You are currently subscribed to ia-bird as: [email protected]. Unsubscribe at http://iowabirds.org/Reporting/Listserv.aspx.
