WordsOnBirds columnist Jeff Reiter shares tips on developing your own birding style
I've been pondering them ever since an ultrarare Ross's gull gifted birders a huge surprise in March. First spotted by Dan Lory, the high-Arctic wanderer triggered a mad rush to a stretch of Chicago beaches near the Indiana line. It was only the fourth Illinois record for the species, and the best opportunity to see one here since 1978.
But three days after the initial sighting the gull returned, appearing off and on for another 48 hours. It believed in second chances. More thrill seekers dropped everything and hit the road. A few arrived from other states, with success far from guaranteed. In birding, you get some and you miss some. We learn to be OK with it, otherwise we'd go crazy. My personal outlook is glass-half-full: most birds I really want to see will cross my path eventually. Maybe not Ross's gull, but most.
Fast forward to 2020, when dozens of birders scurried to Deer Grove Forest Preserve in Palatine for a Townsend's warbler, a rare visitor to the Midwest. Once again, I couldn't get away. Oh well, I thought, I'll see that bird someday -- maybe out west where it belongs.
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