Most birders have now left the island as the autumn starts drawing to a close. However an American Bittern on Saturday (26th) proves that new vagrants for the year can still occur and there is always a chance of a late autumn speciality.
The last couple of days has seen a couple of European vagrants arriving including a Shelduck yesterday and a Marsh Harrier.
A Vagrant Emperor dragonfly recorded last Friday appears to be a first for the Azores. With the Green Darner earlier on in the season and now this record, that's potentially two dragonfly 'firsts for the Azores' (if accepted) in the last few weeks from Corvo.
American Bittern (Vincent Legrand)
Red-eyed Vireo (Vincent Legrand)
Common Shelduck (Vincent Legrand)
Vagrant Emperor, 25th October in the Lower Fields Tamarisks (Marcin)
Daily Logs:
26th October:
1 American Bittern (Lapa), 1 Red-eyed Vireo (unringed bird)1 Barnacle Goose, 1 Long-eared Owl
27th October:
24 Snow Bunting, 8 Pintail, 2 Blue-winged Teal, 1 Glossy Ibis, 5 Eurasian Wigeon, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs (Caldera)
28th October:
1 Shelduck,
29th October:
1 Marsh Harrier
An interesting article about a first visit to Corvo by Paul French (Chair of the British Birds Rarities Committee) HERE
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