That means that Sanchez's thrush either traveled roughly 500 miles south in a matter of days, or another incredibly rare bird made a historic trip to the United States at the same time.

Bird never seen in US, the blue rock thrush, reportedly spotted on Oregon coast "It became quickly apparent that this was a very unusual experience," said Michael Sanchez, whose photos of what ...

His April 21 sighting is the first time the bird has been seen in the U.S, bird experts said. It's also the first blue rock-thrush sighting in North America since 1997, according to the American ...

According to Oregon Bird Records Committee secretary Tim Janzen, a blue rock thrush was previously spotted in British Columbia in 1997, but experts there were not sure whether it was a true ...

The bird causing all the commotion: the blue rock thrush, a mostly solitary bird that is native to Europe and Asia. "It’s exceptionally rare," Cass Talbott said.

This bird photographed by middle school band teacher Michael Sanchez in Oregon is believed to be a blue rock thrush, a bird rare to not only Oregon, but the United States.

Identifying the “bird of the century” : the blue rock thrush. The bird Sanchez photographed was subsequently identified as a ...

Michael Sanchez's photos of what appears to be a rare blue rock thrush recently has made him the envy of the birding world. It's the kind of discovery most avid birders wait their whole lives to ...

Photos of the bird — a blue rock thrush — are believed to be the first time it’s been spotted in North America, so when Sanchez posted his photos online, birders couldn’t believe what they ...

Clements said that it’s unclear how the bird may have arrived in the U.S., but added that a similar species, the rufous-tailed rock thrush, was also photographed in northern Alaska in 2021.