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Glen Tepke | profile | all galleries >> New England Notables >> Red-Footed Falcon, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, August 2004 tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Red-Footed Falcon, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, August 2004

Thousands of birders from around the country traveled to the Katama Airport on Martha's Vineyard from August 10 to 24 to see this first-summer male Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus) found by Vernon Laux. Assuming the bird is accepted as being of wild origin -- and there is nothing at this point to suggest that it is not -- this is the first North American record for this species, which breeds in eastern Europe and central Asia, and winters in Africa. For more photos and links to the extensive media coverage of the bird and the visiting birders, see Massbird.org.
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