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? |
• Wednesday, March 5, 2008 - interesting