Corvo Day Nine- Final Day

Our plane was at 3pm so we made the most of the time we had. I went to twitch (dip) the Todd's Canada Goose in the Caldera and David went to re-look for the setophaga we had calling yesterday. I had a few nice bits in the Caldera HERE including two Common Redpoll (an Azores ssp tick as I had only had Greenland Redpoll before), an Indigo Bunting, Snow Bunting and an American Coot and David miraculously re-found the Wood Thrush that I had only seen for a few seconds a few days ago. 

After dipping the Canada Goose in the crater we both went to dip it again on the Reservoir before heading back to the village to check out and check in. Jose messaged out that he had re-found the American Bittern so we went to have another look at it- unfortunately not looking too healthy. 

After that it was finally time up and we went to the airport. The end of an absolutely fantastic trip. 

Ebird Trip Report: HERE. 54 species recorded in total. Certainly a case of quality over quantity as explained in this excellent presentation on Corvo Birding by Pierre HERE.  

Corvo Birders Facebook HERE

Common Redpoll - some more pics on Ebird HERE

American Coot 

Snow Bunting 

American Bittern 

We took some feathers for DNA sampling and also took some measurements of the putative American Moorhen. We also contacted the Corvo Biosphere ranger to store the specimen for us and if the bird is confirmed as a first for the WP we will arrange for the specimen to be prepared 

The Corvo Caldera 

Happy Days. Certainly strange to be back on Corvo with only a handful of birders present- it was mainly just David and I for most of the time - like the good old days.