In Amerika verzamelen ze dus nog vogels, blijkt op de weblog van
http://zbirdtours.com/blog/. Zie volgende quote;
Attu, May 24 – a “first” North American recordMay 25th, 2010 Today was our first visit to Alexai Point. Like elsewhere, it was very slow at first. The only bird of any note was a fly-away Red-necked Stint found by Mike “Magic Tooch” Toochin. Most of the group then moved down the beach towards Gilbert Ridge. Near the base of the point, Kirk Zufelt flushed another male Rustic Bunting. Moving on, we watched a Glaucous-winged Gull fly over carrying an urchin. The gull dropped it on the rocks near one of us. While looking up at it, Hermina Kramp and Rich MacIntosh spotted a snipe flying in overhead from behind. It landed along the beach in front of us and then disappeared into the grass. We flushed it back up to the road and then flushed it several more times before we could get a decent look at it, though each time it flew, it looked _very_ interesting…By now, we were strongly suspecting it was a Solitary Snipe. Finally, we saw it on the ground, though it still wasn’t the best look. I was able to sneak up a hill and get a photo looking down on it. The photo is probably diagnostic though largely irrelevant now —
researchers on the island were nearby and they were able to collect it. The specimen should be enough to put Solitary Snipe on the ABA and AOU North American checklists (assuming that identification is correct, of course). I put “first” in quotes in the title because there was a report of Solitary Snipe from St. Paul island a few years ago. Even though it was photographed, the record was not accepted, though I hear it may be re-evaluated soon.
The winds are forecasted to remain from the north for the rest of our stay, but we have new hope for finding a few more birds before we have to leave.
Toch wel erg verrasend gezien de "goede" foto's welke op surfbirds staan in de N. Amercan galleries