After a run-of-the-mill collection of eastern birds, here’s a rarity — it’s a life bird for me. It’s a large album, but I may never see another one. The vermilion flycatcher lives its life in the southwest. This young fellow ended up here on some stray wind or hung out with the wrong crowd. You can see him in this set resting and sallying forth to grab a flying insect. He was spending his winter near Williamston in Martin County NC. We’re wishing him the best.

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