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Rare bird sighting puts nature lovers on alert
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January 11, 2009, Sunday
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BIRDERS with binoculars and cameras are flocking to a remote state park in search of a small yellow-chested bird that is believed to have crossed the United States border for the first time from its high-mountain habitat in Mexico and Guatemala.
At 13 centimeters with beige and yellow markings, the pine flycatcher doesn't look like much, but its unprecedented migration from the two countries is exciting birders all over the country.
"It's not a thrilling bird visually. It's thrilling because it's a first US record," said Wes Biggs, who flew to Choke Canyon State Park from Orlando, Florida, to catch a glimpse.
The bird, which appears to be alone, was first spotted last month and as recently as Friday. The sightings have been confirmed by photographs and recordings of its chirping. The bird stays at high elevations but made its winter home in the low Texas scrubland about 320 kilometers north of its usual habitat.
"It's a very unexpected discovery, but this is a bird we don't much know about," said Mark Lockwood, a state parks conservation biologist and secretary of the Texas Bird Records Committee.
At 13 centimeters with beige and yellow markings, the pine flycatcher doesn't look like much, but its unprecedented migration from the two countries is exciting birders all over the country.
"It's not a thrilling bird visually. It's thrilling because it's a first US record," said Wes Biggs, who flew to Choke Canyon State Park from Orlando, Florida, to catch a glimpse.
The bird, which appears to be alone, was first spotted last month and as recently as Friday. The sightings have been confirmed by photographs and recordings of its chirping. The bird stays at high elevations but made its winter home in the low Texas scrubland about 320 kilometers north of its usual habitat.
"It's a very unexpected discovery, but this is a bird we don't much know about," said Mark Lockwood, a state parks conservation biologist and secretary of the Texas Bird Records Committee.
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