First the URL:
http://photos.yahoo.com/arctic_warbler

You may need to have a Yahoo ID to get in, since I have one
I can't tell. The link was working for me this morning.

One could get into all sorts of birder related cultural phenomena
and philosophical conundrums over this bird, but I will, instead
simply quote an Oregon birder who chased the bird, saw the bird
and originally listed the bird as a Red-necked Stint and is
perfectly happy erasing RNST and replacing it with LIST.

"I'm not sure it is possible for the average lister to id this bird
from more than 100 feet, at this time of year, except by photo."

Note: he chose "lister", not me....

I have seen two accepted Red-necked Stints and one Little Stint in
Oregon and 1000's of Little Stints in Africa and Europe. This does
not make me an expert, but there's very little in the photos that
will get one to Red-necked Stint. It looks like a Little Stint in
every respect and fair or not, the photos of a bird trump eye witness
accounts. The photos are what a records committee are going to see.

I have lots of photos (mostly of gulls) which I was certain were
unusual when I photographed them, but magically turned ordinary
sometime during the development process. At least in this case the
photos didn't come back "bright Western Sandpiper".



--
Mike Patterson
Astoria, OR
celata at pacifier.com

Common species are more common than rare species
--- Dennis Paulson in
_Shorebirds of the PNW_