{"id":4778,"date":"2015-07-23T11:24:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T11:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.sdps-bbs.com\/?p=4778"},"modified":"2025-07-30T11:51:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T15:51:49","slug":"south-american-bird-spotted-in-indiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/south-american-bird-spotted-in-indiana\/","title":{"rendered":"South American Bird Spotted in Indiana"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"Bird biologist Amy Kearns of\u00a0Indiana Department of Natural Resources found a fork-tailed flycatcher<\/a> Tuesday in Daviess County while conducting a survey for another bird. The sighting was extremely unusual because this bird is typically found in Venezuela this time of year and has rarely, if ever, been spotted in Indiana before.\u00a0Kearns believes that this bird could have ended up in Indiana as a result of its migration route being thrown off by storm systems.<\/p>\n

Several avian enthusiasts\u00a0came to look at this unusual bird, eager for a chance to observe a bit of South American wildlife here in Indiana.<\/p>\n

Resources<\/b>
\nSouth American Bird Spotted in Southern Indiana<\/a>, IndyStar
\nFork-tailed Flycatcher<\/a>,\u00a0Audubon
\n2014 Wildlife Science Report<\/a>,\u00a0Indiana Department of Natural Resources
\nBreeding Birds and Forest Management<\/a>,\u00a0The Education Store, Purdue Extension Resource Center<\/p>\n

Indiana Department of Natural Resources<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bird biologist Amy Kearns of\u00a0Indiana Department of Natural Resources found a fork-tailed flycatcher Tuesday in Daviess County while conducting a survey for another bird. The sighting was extremely unusual because this bird is typically found in Venezuela this time of year and has rarely, if ever, been spotted in Indiana before.\u00a0Kearns believes that this bird […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[72],"class_list":["post-4778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wildlife","tag-wildlife","audience-for-enthusiasts","audience-for-homeowners","audience-for-landowners","audience-for-professionals"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t