Well this is my third time visiting this mega rarity and my second time seeing it. I got my best views yet yesterday. I had the bird in the open for a full 5 mins! If you knew this bird that is an eternity! LOL. The first time on December 30th, I had her in partial view for a total of 2-4 seconds! This was the toughest twitch I've ever been on. It is one expensive ferry ride and a long drive each attempt. It was freezing cold and the first day we stood outside for 6 hours straight. The second day, another 6 hrs and yesterday only a short 4 hours! The bird follows no real pattern and is unpredictable and skulky. I have spent 16 hours on this bird and only came away with this poor record shot. I worked so bloody hard for it that I figured, it's one I really deserved and have to put up no matter how bad it is! haha

This is the second record for the province of BC and the second record for Canada.

This is also the 7th record for the ABA outside of Alaska and the current Idaho bird is the 8th record. Unfortunately, our bird is very camera shy, unlike the confiding Idaho bird!

This bird was first found on December 22nd on a Christmas Bird Count By Shayne Tillapaugh and is at Lazo Wildlife Park in Comox on Vancouver Island.

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This male posed briefly for us at Kaeng Krachan NP. This park is full of beautiful butterflies.

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This little flycatcher is a regional specialty at Doi Lang West

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Taken at Ban Song Nok

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This pretty lady posed at a blind called Ban Song Nok near Kaeng Krachan National Park.

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