I didn't see the Cretzschmar's Bunting!

siride June 01, 2022

Caspian Stonechat - variegatus

The bird of the day was a stunning and very rare Cretzschmar's Bunting. Only seen by 3 or 4 people, I was not one of them even though the bird was seen very close to my home. I saw the photos... ouch! The finder was taking photos of the Red-Breasted Flycatcher found by his home, with camera in hand the Bunting popped out of the long grass infront of him on a piece of ground gone over several times earlier today by the fibo team while looking at the Flycatcher... crazy find! Plenty of other birds about and the Caspian Stonechat would of been an amazing sight any other day, but it felt more like a constellation today.
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