A rare bird, digitally documented

Don Hendershot writes about documenting a rare Yellow-headed Blackbird for a recent Christmas Bird Count:

Thanks to modern technology the bird was digitally documented. Westphal called count compiler Bob Olthoff by cell phone. Bob and Wayne Forsythe joined her group at the test farm and the bird was relocated. Thankfully it was not camera shy and undoubtedly does not have that “blurry” gene that has foiled attempts at documenting the ivory-billed woodpecker. Forsythe was able to get photos with one of those shirt-pocket digital cameras. Bob and Wayne identified the bird as a first-year male.

Photo credit: Wayne Forsythe