Saturday, 11 May 2013

Fox Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

Zonotrichia iliaca





This bird was found at Haapsalu on December 2nd 2012. The bird was seen until December 17th but then disappeared until December 20th 2012 when it was rediscovered in Finland.
It was only the third for WP after a bird in Iceland November 1944 and a bird in Northern Ireland June 1961.
There are two Category E records from Germany considered ship-assisted, and a Category E record from Denmark January 2010.

The Estonian bird was filmed by Janne Aalto.

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