5 North American Birds That Have Accidentally Flown To The UK?
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- If you live in the UK you might have seen a strange story in the news this week. Hundreds of bird watchers headed to the isles of Scilly to see a rare north american bird that accidentally flew to the UK. This may seem like a strange occurrence at first but north american birds accidentally fly to the UK more often than you might think. In this video i will be going through just some of these birds as i will be going through 5 north American birds that have accidentally flown to the UK.
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:09 Belted Kingfisher
2:47 Baltimore Oriole
4:06 Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
5:24 Scarlet Tanager
6:50 American Robin
Attributions
Blackburnian warbler images:
Aaron Maizlish
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Arley Vargas
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Baltimore oriole images:
Jean Boris HAMON
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Doug Greenberg
www.flickr.com/photos/dagberg/
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Jen Goellnitz
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Matthew Paulson
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(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Rose-breasted grosbeak images:
John Munt
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(CC BY-NC 2.0)
ethan.gosnell2
www.flickr.com/photos/1320678...
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Dennis Church
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(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Jen Goellnitz
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(CC BY-NC 2.0)
Scarlet tanager images:
Rob Payne
www.flickr.com/photos/repayne/
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Doug Greenberg
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Jeff Bryant
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Ann Marie Morrison
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Dennis Church
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(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Kelly Colgan Azar
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(CC BY-ND 2.0)
Belted kingfisher images:
Rick Derevan
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Andy Morffew
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Frank D. Lospalluto
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marneejill
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Rick from Alabama
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phoca2004
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American robin images:
Dennis Church
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Lorie Shaull
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Joe Cosentino
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European robing image:
pipilongstockings
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(CC BY 2.0)
Blackburnian warbler footage:
Petrels
/ petreleslie
Baltimore oriole footage:
Ostdrossel
/ ostdrossel
RusticPix
/ @rusticpix1137
Fae By Nature
/ @faebynature
Roger Uzun
vimeo.com/user582713
CC BY-NC
Rose-breasted grosbeak footage:
Birds Walking Down
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Ostdrossel
/ ostdrossel
seabamirum
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(CC BY 2.0)
Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren
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(CC BY 2.0)
Robert Barnes
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CC BY-ND
Scarlet tanager footage:
Jon Bondy
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Tim Root
/ @timroot270
Andy Reago and Chrissy McClarren
/ andyreago
Mary Corporan Dunn
vimeo.com/user10401699
CC BY-ND
Belted kingfisher footage:
Dan Pancamo
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Matt
/ @matt5746
Doug Jones - Nature Videos
vimeo.com/user32335610
CC BY-NC-ND
MPG Ranch
vimeo.com/mpgranch
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Robert Barnes
vimeo.com/user21669494
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FireIslandandbeyond
vimeo.com/fireislandandbeyond
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Fred Kellerman
vimeo.com/fredkellerman
CC BY-NC-ND
American robin footage:
Birds Walking Down
/ birdswalkingdown
Connie Taylor
vimeo.com/fathomtwist
CC BY-NC-SA
Robert Groos
vimeo.com/user68277561
CC BY-NC-SA
Hawk images:
Ingrid V Taylar
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Becky Matsubara
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Barra Island image:
James Stringer
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European robin footage:
gailhampshire
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(CC BY 2.0)
I have edited and adapted some of these clips and images.
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Thanks for watching i hope you enjoyed :)
It really is so interesting to see people gathering for a chance to see an American Robin when they are so commonplace to me and almost part of the landscape in the springtime.
I drove two hours down there and missed it!
@@frasercattini3153 That's awful, I understand the pain of just missing that wayward bird. I wish I could give you some of the 20 that are on my lawn at any given moment.
@@frasercattini3153 come to Michigan, our state bird is the robin! They get really fat come spring.
There’s a popular story about a Steller’s Sea Eagle this year, where traveled from Siberia to Maine in the U.S. back in March.
I actually got to see it when it was in Massachusetts. One of the best birds I've ever seen to date
@@j.r.puffinmaster73 That's very lucky and cool! How close were you?
@@Lane_KellerRW24 It was on the other side of one of the rivers. I couldn't get a picture because it was flying. I have seen over 1,000 species of birds in a span of 10 years but this was one of the best
@@j.r.puffinmaster73 Very lucky! But I can’t help feeling a twinge of envy.
I missed it in Nova Scotia by 3 days last year
Whenever I think of a “bird” in general, the American robin is the first to come to mind😂. You see them everywhere, & if not everyday than every other day. Truly the default US bird. (Besides the bald eagle of course)
Where I live you can predict the weather by how many robins show up. It was hot here in southeast Texas last week, but I knew it would be a lot colder this week from how many robins showed up. Robins live hear rear round in small numbers year round, but seeing more robins means the weather is gonna change in a few days.
When we see one here is Chicago,Illionois, USA, we know Spring has arrived. Very common here. So beautiful their breast color is..🥰
I am a Swedish birdwatcher that is always on the hunt for a glimpse of a new species, so I really liked this video. We had our fair share of North American birds in Sweden as well. The most rare one I have seen must be the American-tree sparrow that visited us in November 2016. This year (may 14:th 2022) we had a visit from a Least sandpiper. We also had a visit from a Mourning dove, Wilson´s snipe, American golden plover, White-winged scoter to name some of the rarest North American one I have seen here in Sweden. If I could wish for any special American bird for the future it would be White’s Thrush or American Robin. Would be amazing to see these thrushes here in Sweden
Wow, I wonder how a mourning dove found its way to Sweden! They're a non-migratory bird.
More of the really lost birds probably end up on the Continent as the UK is only a small part of the coast
@@hamsterama they are most definitely a migratory bird. A lot migrate from the southern USA and mexico to all over Canada and back every year. That being said, them flying across the ocean is an oddity.
@@wilduntamed I did not know that! I live in Ohio, and mourning doves live here year round. It's common to see them under bird feeders in the winter, eating fallen seeds. They especially love safflower seeds. Maybe the populations that live in the south are migratory, and the populations in the Midwest stay put all year.
White's Thrush isn't a North American bird though, its Asian.
I managed to see the belted kingfisher on the River Ribble last year. Absolutely amazing, although distant. Also seen American golden plover this year!
Wow, if a belted kingfisher ended up in Sweden, I would drop everything and just go, no matter what. You should be happy you got such an amazing bird to visit you =)
@@thoos192 A lot of people did drop everything to go I think! A few people also got injured trying to climb down muddy slopes by the river, but when I saw it there was a safer viewing area in a farmer’s field.
The same thing happens the other way too. I have seen Northern Lapwings, Barnacle, and Pink-footed Geese, Wheaters, Ringed Plovers, Eurasian Wigeons, and even Fieldfares here in New England. There's plenty more native birds here that have showen up in the UK that weren't listed. Part 2 coming?
Yes, a part two would be good.
A common cuckoo made it to Rhode Island last year
Yes there has been many European birds in north America it happens a lot more than the average person would think. For example the aleutian island chain of Alaska regularly gets birds from Europe and Asia.
They got confused and went to new england instead of england
I actually had seen once an American bird in Hungary. It was an American golden plover (Pluvialis dominica)
Yeah for Hungry ✅✅👍👍
Oh yeah, for Orioles my family used to leave orange slices on our deck to attract them but we stopped doing this because it would attract raccoons. Normally we wouldn't care, but once there was a really bit one that got into a fight with our dog and we didn't want it to happen again
Did your dog get rabies
@@Biduck1453 nah
When I heard you speak about the Baltimore Oriole, it made me think about the Golden Oriole, which is a summer visitor to the UK but very rarely seen. Great video as always.
As a North American birder, we get just as excited about the odd European bird. A few of my favorites, Eurasian Widgeon, Fieldfares and Redwings, Black-headed Gulls and a few others. Best was a Common Kestrel in Nova Scotia
I was watching a CGP Grey video filmed in London and was shocked to see an unmistakable Laughing Gull in London. Looked it up and sometimes a gull native to the Caribbean, southern US and parts of South America just flies to the UK or France. They know what they are doing and will go to Africa to eat and catch the winds that take them back home.
The Laughing Gull is the main type of gull on the Gulf of Mexico coast. The adults are very distinct from the juveniles. Adults have solid black heads.
Had South Africa's first Laughing Gull earlier this year, really cool
The American Robin is not the most abundant North American bird. That title fluctuates between the Red-winged Blackbird and Dark-eyed Junco each moving up or down around half a billion or so. Other American birds you could include for a part two could be; White-throated Sparrow, Snow Goose, Killdeer, Lesser Scaup, Bonaparte's Gull, and the aforementioned Dark-eyed Junco
Not here in Michigan as the American Robin is everywhere during the Spring and Summer.
@@JohnPepp We're talking about North America as a whole.
Reminds of when a young male American bittern ended up lost in the uk (I think this was 2018), poor bloke seemed pretty confused and started booming out mating calls at the local Eurasian bitterns. I’m not sure how much luck he had with the local gals 😆
Scarlet tangers are a very beautiful bird, they're even more vibrant than the red Cardinal with some specimens ranging into a deep purplish pink to magenta color, I've only ever seen paintings do their color justice after seeing one outside my window and wondering what that magnificent little flying flower was
I really like the way your channel has grown. Keep making interesting videos.
Excellent and informative video, thanks for sharing 👍
Have there been cases of birds from the UK accidentally ending up in the US?? That would be interesting! Love your video!
Yup! There was a garganey this year and a common cuckoo in 2020 Rhode Island, which are just a few of many
Really good video.😊 keep it up!
Thank you i appreciate it :)
Love the cameo from 2 of my mates in the byher twitch photo, legends 👊
Great video
Sparrows are more abundant then robins, next to robins I'd say is mourning doves/pigeons.
Some Robins stay over the winter.
Seriously good video
I see Blackburnian Warblers a lot. Can you please do european birds that flew to the USA?
Pretty aqua spotted birds eggs. This video clip is interesting. Thanks for sharing 🙂
awesome video
Thanks i appreciate it :)
Very interesting!
Personally I think that American robins should be renamed to red breasted thrush or something. It sounds a lot more unique and would help prevent confusion with the European robin
there are quite a few such instances where they just put american or so before the name
like american badger /european badger
there are also some ant species
europe have Lasius niger and Formica rufibarbis while the Us have Lasius neoniger and Formica neorufibarbis
where Neo just means new ...so insted of giving them all some unique names ,,they just put new or american in front Xd
And bison, elk, beaver, 2 kinds of salmon and probably more.
Educational.
Peace!
Funny seeing so many people flock to see a Robin since I’m just so used to seeing them outside my window pretty regularly
First trick to being an American bird in the UK is to be found on the East Coast.
I'd bet there are several West Coast birds that have found their way to Asia and could get their own video
Very interesting , i love .....
That's an interesting topic. Are there more birds like that in Ireland and in France? Don't underestimate some people's determination to introduce foreign species to new places on the quiet.
yeah. a snapping turtle was found in a drain in australia.
extreme weather is likely to bring them to places far away.
I live in Eastbourne and I was pretty sure I saw that bird here (American robin) but I didn’t really think anything of it….so cool😂😂
I have seen a species of duck in Saint Petersburg, north west of Russia which usually live either in Atlantic, from Iceland to N. America, or in Far East. Many other people have seen that individual as well. He kept returning to Neva river at least for 5 years in a row
Harlequin duck, you can see a small video on my channel
Never thought I’d watch a full video of birds flying over water
Beautiful, thanks for sharing! The belted kingfisher is my city's bird. Halifax, Nova Scotia. An important birding area here is at risk - Hartlen Point. There is a petition online.
0:39 This song needs to get out of my head
Went to see an American robin in the UK- very cool bird.
I wonder any birds of prey or even scavenger birds that might catch a thermal or tap into the lower level jet stream? If that's even possible?
That's a pretty cool video! That's wild to see that many NA birds making all the way to the UK! It has to be amazing for a creature to just pick up and leave, fly to wherever they wish to without worrying about immigration laws! 😆
yeah and they die quickly too
I've never heard of these migration mishaps. I'm glad to hear they were so welcomed :)
I live in Calif. Desert. I've noticed birds hanging around year round and not migrating as much.
I saw a blackburian warbler in Colorado which amazed me because that's so far west of it's range but if they make it all the way to the UK then I guess they just go wherever they want!
The best video
I live in the Pacific Northwest, so I've never seen most of these birds either! I'd love to see a Rose Breasted Grosbeak or a Scarlet Tanager. We do have Evening Grosbeaks and Western Tanagers (gorgeous yellow, orange, scarlet and black) and of course hummingbirds. Do you ever get hummingbirds in the U.K.?
Have you seen a spotted owl?
Then recently we have Bob the racing pigeon that accidentally flew to Alabama. We don't know enough about bird navigation. Be an interesting clip in its own right.
I suppose the Least Bittern that appeared a few weeks ago would fit here nicely
I wish some Pine Grosbeaks would come to the UK from Canada. They are beautiful little things.
When I was a lad in the late seventies / early eighties, I would accompany my late Father on many "twitches" around the UK to see rare birds and we also stayed on the Scilly Isles for 2 weeks every Autumn to see the many American 'rarities' that turned up there.
Over those years, I saw plenty of US birds here in the UK including: Scarlet Tanager, Belted Kingfisher, Rose Breasted Grosbeak, Bobolink, Blackpoll Warbler, Parula Warbler, Black and White Warbler, Swainson's Thrush, American Nighthawk, Black Duck, American Coot, American Redstart and various species of American 'Waders'.
Dodgy winds confusing them probably. Beautiful birds tho I hope they’re alright when they get here. See some early swallows here on years you wouldn’t want to be early. Late April / May full on northerly blasts late frosts are a bit of a trend the past couple years. I hope the right ones get here tho and it’s a worthwhile trip and they come back
There was a Green Heron that flew over from America to Britain fairly recently. Probably within the last 3 years
Should have added the Cape Gull at Grafham Water in Cambridgeshire
It was the first ever for the UK
Unfortunately I was working in Northumberland at the time and was impossible for me to see it.
Some larger birds also make the journey and may well survive for several years. Ring-billed gulls are not uncommon in the UK and I have also seen ring-necked ducks. Shorebirds are also prone to do this, reaching Western Ireland and the Scilly Isles. I must have seen half a dozen American vagrants including American golden plover, short-billed dowitcher, lesser yellowlegs, buff-breasted and stilt sandpipers in Europe.
You should do a video on domestic animals that have gone feral
I can just imagine the attention the Belted Kingfisher got. Other than it being larger than your native Kingfisher, the bird's crest and call give it away. Its call is a loud, noisy rattle that can easily be heard before the bird is seen.
Some other bird that could've made the list are red winged blackbird, mlnorthern Mockingbird, least bittern, royal tern, yellow bellied Flycatcher, eastern king bird, and great blue heron
@ 7:58 Wait i've seen that bird before? That's definitely walked over here from Germany that one lol
Birds don't accidentally fly anywhere, there have one of the most honed directional system in the entire animal kingdom
I live in northern Minnesota and I have seen all these bids in my yard
A lots opf these American passerines may travel at least a part of their way not solely by their wings but as stowaways on ships. That's why the Scillies (UK), Cape Clear Island (IRL) and the Ile d'Oussant (F) are such hotspots for such rarities as these islands are the first spots of land that can be seen from a ship at the end of the Trans-Atlantic route.
I can imagine what those birds thought upon reaching the UK..
“Oh its freezing here! But I can buy cuban products and haggis and I can cross the road wherever I want”
😂😂😂
One of the largest predators of nestling song birds in our area are deer, who just wonder up to a nest in a tree and grab a snack of the baby birds.
Oh no..🥺
And they officially became British drinking tea 😂
I had a family friend who was on the local news cause her backyard was covered with 250 Robins at one time.
I drove to work once by mistake.
I remember when a Stellar's Sea Eagle found its way to New York
I never saw birds travel from Europe. Usually captive exotic birds escape from cages.
Oh we have random sightings of European birds too (I live other east coast of the U.S) aloooooopt of birds get lost along the way I saw fed a European blue robin. Had no idea how it got here. But, I laid out mill worms and cardinal seeds, suet (just for him and hoping catbirds, cowbirds, and starlings wouldn't destroy it) and yeah. It made it through winter then disappeared.
Ya the red breasted Robin is very common in Missouri
Marsh tit (Marß tit) are very out of place in my garden
They came on the QE2
Must be a lot of birdwatchers out there.
How about Big Birds?
How about the Canada goose?
Someone brought those over on purpose. And it was not and act of war or anything but a "Gift".
The Canada Goose. Canada's most hated bird. Loud, aggressive, pushy and obnoxious.. Most Canadians think they should be called Toronto geese.🤣
Craziness
Can you make a video about Animals (most likely birds) where the female is actually the bright colored one? would be quite interesting
Imagine thinking you’re going to South America to get to the warm weather during the winter and then ending up in the highlands of Scotland 😂 lol, lmao even
uhhhh... did I go the wrong way?
Great vid, but for me the German Shepard was the star.
It's simple really, The amount of telecoms towers that have been put up around the world is interfering with the birds sense of direction through their magnetic compass.
American Robin ..."the most abundant bird in N America" ? Last I knew, Dark-Eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis) were estimated at a population of 1 billion +/- 100M.
As for the misdirected birds meeting a bad end, because they disappeared...? Don't assume that. A couple years ago, I had a juvenile warbler of some sort hanging around (in upstate NY, which is rather harsh for warbler in winter) .
There was a mixed flock in November for a few days, but after they left, one remained. It was a bit scrawny at first, & I didn't expect it to last much longer, but spent it most of most days around my suet feeders. It bulked up somewhat, & I had some hope then.
In early February, it started showing the colors of a female Yellow-Rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata). Then in the 2nd week of February, it warmed up for 5 days. By the end of that time, the Y-R Warbler "disappeared". Figured that it was strong enough, so moved on. Saw one passing through that fall, for a couple of days. Like to think it was her, again, getting it right this time, stopping on her way south . :)
I wonder if some birds establish breeding populations in invasive areas by accidentally flying there.
He he he 😂 Silly Birdies
I know you are British and probably don’t know this but when you mentioned the Baltimore Oriole I keep thinking about the American 🇺🇸 Major League Baseball ⚾️ team the Baltimore Orioles, which the team did get its name from the bird 🐦 as the Baltimore Oriole is the Maryland State bird 🐦.
If enough got into the uk could a population be established? Wernt nene birds evolved from Canadian geese that accidentally flew to Hawaii
Oh.. wow folks in the UK are serious about their bird watching. I feel like if things happened in reverse, most Americans would shrug their shoulders, maybe take a picture and ask what bird it is with little fanfare. I dun think it would attract any tourists... but maybe I just don't know the bird watcher scene
A canvas back was banneded in Russia and harvested in the USA.
poor birdies
guess the robin mistook old England for New England…completely understandable mistake 🤣
sooo... moral of this story.. if you want more torisum in your part of the UK. get an american bird, the avian kind😅
Had bird of prey showed up in the uk that ain’t supposed to be their
not a bird but Monarch butterflys actually made it from time to time too into europe
they actually even had once a breeding population near Spain/north africa together with the african monarch
but diet out during a cold snap a few years later
Have people tried to introduce them? Because that was a thing with Politicians giving each other "Gifts" of new wildlife to try out in your ecosystem. There are game birds all over North America where they should not be. And Musk Ox in Siberia.
no monrchs actualyl made it on theyr own here there also certain populations on islands and on asia (they get hit by a storm while migrating and then end up flying around until they find land or die
muskoxes where nativ in europa but went extinct in most parts then got reintroduced
animals who got here on purpose /gifts
Bluejays ,grey squirrels ,largemout and striped bass ,bluegills ,bullfrogs ,racoons ,rainbowtrouts and a few more
but many of them do realyl realyl bad here in europe
like bullfrogs are only around one area and like 2 lakes a few ponds in it same for largemouths and striped bass
even theyr here since over 100 years now
Even the birds know 🏴☠️🤣🪤🇺🇸
About the Baltimore Oriole,
What makes you guys think it passed away after flying away?
Hopefully it found a close relative and made a mix breed.
There are no close relatives in the uk to new world oriole I am afraid, so the bird if still alive it is biologically dead. Song birds often die quickly because they arrive in poor condition after a long flight across the Atlantic
So a non migratory bird might accidentally go to another continent?
So in theory an African swallow could carry a coconut to Britain?
Although a lot of the time it is probably true, I don't like the constant assumption it's an accident and gone the wrong way... Some birds of the same species leave the UK for the winter while others stay... they are birds they are native everywhere they can survive.
All animals belong anywhere its anestors could travel to
Probably ppl releasing them