Quik (and other birders) - interesting article
 

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/12/sc...12bird.html?hp

Discusses the first sighting of a red-footed falcon in the Western Hemisphere, in Martha's Vineyard. Apparently it flew over from Europe or Africa.
One interesting quote:

"One of the observers was David Sibley, creator of an encyclopedic series of books on birds, who also heard about the bird on Tuesday. "I found out what the earliest ferry was and came right over," said Mr. Sibley, who lives in Concord, Mass. "It's a once-in-a-lifetime thing.""

That's probably more than a once-in-a-lifetime sighting... that species of bird might not be back here for 200 years or more, easily.

Weird stuff. I'm sure that crazy birders from across the country are flockinng there now... anything to add one more to the so-called "complete" life list.