Bright red breast, black wings and a black back, has feathers.
Submitted on behalf of Pam Murphy via Birding Nantucket FB Groups
Was on the water line during low tide, alive but not moving much. Under the dock. Seemed distressed when I approached so I kept away. Reached out but still dealing with avian flu concerns here.
Eider? Not very aware. I nearly stepped on it because I was looking out into the water. I got within 3 feet and it tilted its head up, looked at me, then tucked its head back in. It's ignoring mallards that are swimming around it too. It's right on the waterline.
Dead on beach. At the same spot as my last Eider observation (will link later) but no way to tell if it's the same bird. Wouldn't be surprised with how the bird was acting.
Shallow evolutionary divergence between two Andean hummingbirds: Speciation with gene flow?
Coeligena bonapartei consita
get the PDF of an article by Juan Pablo López et al. on this and other fascinating birds from Serranía de Perijá
López-O., J. P. , J. E. Avendaño, N. Gutiérrez-Pinto, and A. M. Cuervo (2014). The birds of Serranía de Perijá : The northernmost avifauna of the Andes. Ornitología Colombiana 14:62–93.