Birding in the Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, March 5, 2008 - White Crested Elaenia - Rare Vagrant

On Carcass Island on 2nd March while I was waiting to cross over to West Point Island to board MV  Corinthian ll to be the local guide, I found the below White Crested Elaenia.

                                

 

White Crested Elaenia are rare vagrants to the Falkland Islands but a large number (15+) arrived at Carcass, West Point & New Island around April last year.

  

I also saw a White Crested Elaenia on Carcass Island last November that had been seen regularly since the arrival last year.

             

I would be very interested to know the age of this bird, I suspect that it is a first year bird but can anybody confirm?

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• Wednesday, March 5, 2008 - interesting

Posted by JonH
interesting Alan, that the first n. hemisphere record occured a few weeks ago in texas.
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