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Posted by Toe on 09:47:59 04/01/15
In keeping with the spirit of the Miami Birding Wave's April Challenge, which just began, I'd like to take things to the next level and propose a slightly more difficult, and much more rewarding challenge, for those who are brave enough to accept it. I propose the First Aba, STate, or County Records Are Preferred Challenge, or F-A-S-T-C-R-A-P Challenge (still working on the acronym). The challenge is quite simple, spot just one of the following finds from the list below, in Dade County. However, documentation is a requirement, so take along your cameras or at the very least, two very reliable witness who've never met before. You have the entire month to bird, but I wouldn't waste any time, so get on it - fast! Here's the list of goodies to look for:
-A Curlew Sandpiper in Alternate Plumage
-A Connecticut Warbler, in the same view with a Mourning Warbler
-Two species of Wagtail in the same day (not necessary to be in the same place though)
-Any Greenshank or Redshank
-A Tropicbird, from shore, at night
-A Red-legged Honeycreeper or Red-legged Thrush, with papers proving it s a true vagrant and not an escapee
-A Yellow-nosed Albatross walking down the street (it happened before!)
-Any Leaf Warbler (they all look the same, so it doesn t really matter what species it is)
-Any Pipit other than American or Sprague s
-A white morph Western Reef Heron with aberrantly colored legs in bad lighting
-A photo of the shadow of a Golden Eagle flying overhead
-A Lesser Sand-Plover, being chased by a Rough-legged Hawk, only to lose it to a Gyrfalcon, on video
-one each first-year California, Yellow-legged, Thayer's, Western, and Vega Gulls, in a flock of Herring Gulls, all showing their profile while facing the same direction (either direction accepted)
-A Caribbean Vagrant within 100 yards of an Asian vagrant
-Any Storm-Petrel, at least 5 miles inland
-35 species of warbler in the same day, in the same park, preferably in or under the same tree
-1/2 of all the N. American Oriole species (any combination wll do)
-20 shorebird species, standing in line from smallest to largest
-6 species of warbler (easy), with both male and female of each species, in the same view
-And, the most unusual, one-of-a-kind rare sighting of all:
Toe actually enjoying his new boat!
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