Birdwatchers Flock to See Official Bird of Mexico During Surprise Visit to Canada Kelly Shiers - The Chronicle Herald
go to original April 2, 2013

The crested caracara at Lawrencetown Beach on March 30. (Frank Gummett)

A wayward visitor thousands of kilometres from home has the Nova Scotia birding community all aflutter.

A crested caracara — the official bird of Mexico — was spotted Saturday feasting on a deer carcass across the road from Lawrencetown Beach.

Birdwatchers have flocked to the community, outside Dartmouth, ever since, hoping to catch a rare sight of the red-faced raptor — slightly smaller than an osprey, with a huge hooked bill and wingspan of more than a metre.

It is the first time this member of the falcon family has been spotted in Nova Scotia, said bird enthusiast Blake Maybank, moderator of the Nova Scotia Rare Bird Alert.

And it is only the second sighting confirmed in Atlantic Canada — the first being a young bird spotted in New Brunswick about 15 years ago.

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