Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Bird watchers descend on Rhode Island for rare sighting

Reuters: Scores of bird watchers have descended on Rhode Island to glimpse a bird rarely seen on the U.S. mainland and that may have flown from as far away as Siberia. The wood sandpiper, a migratory bird commonly found in Europe, Asia and North Africa, was first spotted 10 days ago in a marshy area in Jamestown, George Armistead, events coordinator for the American Birding Association, said on Tuesday. The brown-and-white medium-size shore bird has been seen and recorded only a few times in the lower...

URL: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/23/us-usa-rhodeisland-birds-idUSBRE89M18U20121023?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29

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