The current weather is highly favorable for a vagrant from the nw Pacific. I'm
willing to burn a variety of carbon compounds in pursuit once the screenshot
issue is resolved. I turned right (Portland, 40km) instead of left (Cannon
Beach , 80 km) at the end of my county road just after Nick's initial missive.
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-------- Original message --------From: Nicholas Mrvelj <nickmrvelj@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 4/22/24 10:39 AM (GMT-08:00) To: acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx Cc: OBOL
<obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [obol] Re: RBAish Blue Rock Thrush? There was a
Blue Rock-Thrush photographed in British Columbia in 1997 it seems. It was not
accepted by the ABA checklist
committee.https://www.aba.org/rare-bird-alert-july-2-2021/Getting back to the ;
photo, this individual is a male of the philippensis race of E and SE Asia.
Their distribution per BOTW:“E Mongolia, NE China, Korea, Sakhalin, S Kuril Is,
Japan, Ryukyu Is, coastal Taiwan and N Philippines (Batanes Is); non-breeding
SE China (including Hainan and Taiwan), SE Asia and Philippines S to Sundas,
Moluccas and Palau.“Here’s more information about the movements of philippensis
Blue Rock-Thrushes:“Resident and/or full migrant in China and Japan; sedentary
in Japan S from C Honshu; S Korea populations non-migratory (or move short
distances to coastlines and islands), while those in SE Russia, NE China and N
Korea move S in winter. At Beidaihe, in NE China, may be commoner in spring
than in autumn…”Making sure the photo was actually taken in Cannon Beach is the
unfortunate starting point it seems. If that can be verified, then we are off
to the subject of provenance. All that aside, I hope some folks can get out
today and scan the area. I see only one checklist from Cannon Beach yesterday
per eBird and there was unsurprisingly no mention of a Blue Rock-Thrush. Good
birding,-Nick MrveljOn Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 10:02 AM Nicholas Mrvelj
<nickmrvelj@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:Whoa! Any chance you could share the original
image as well? I’m off to grab my popcorn.Good birding,-Nick Mrvelj
(Portland)On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 9:48 AM Alan Contreras <acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:This photo was sent to me by a friend. Her friend Michael Sanchez reports
that he took the photo yesterday morning at 9 at Cannon Beach. I have blown it
up a bit. I have NO other information. Original photo has a sort of low
rocky-looking wall in foreground. I have asked if the observer can be contacted.
Alan Contrerasacontrer56@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx“The history of art
doesn’t suggest … that great art gets made by aligning one’s thought with
everyone else’s.” Carl Phillips, in the Yale Review, Spring, 2022
