16 July 11
Little Stint
Yesterday I was slammed at work till nearly 6:30, missed all the emails about Todd Easterla’s find of a Little Stint at the Davis Wetlands. It took an email from Linda who’d seen it on NARBA (National Rare Bird Alert) to clue me in this morning at 6. The Wetlands opened at 7: plenty of time to throw on a pair of jeans and take some tea with me.
The walk from the car out to Tract 2 took about 20 minutes. Another 20 for one of the 40+ people there (I was figuring there would be more like 200+) to find the bird. It was obvious, though, very orange head, very easy to see in the beautiful early light.
This is ABA bird # 701 for me. The last ABA bird I got was the Colima warbler 4 years ago. Wow. Fun to have one show up in our back yard!
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Congratulations! If Todd could just pick out a Long-toed Stint I’d be there in a heartbeat.