The Canadian PressSALMON ARM , B.C. -- A little thrush that's a long way from home is enchanting bird watchers in British Columbia's southern Interior. Experienced birders Roger Beardmore and Nan Prittie say the fieldfare, a species of thrush usually found in Europe, Asia or North Africa, has been making itself comfortable with a flock of robins in Salmon Arm. Beardmore says Prittie spotted the bird as they took part in an annual bird count and neither believed they'd seen anything out of the ordinary until carefully studying a picture he snapped. The fieldfare looks a lot like an immature robin because of its colouring, and Beardmore says it's only been seen once before in B.C.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 20, 2018 18:03 UTC