For birders, the rush in seeing a rarity is better shared

MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • August 9, 2020

Every year vagrants or rarities – those birds that have wandered from their natural range – thrill birders in Maine, and this year is no different. Yet birders say what makes seeing a rare bird so thrilling, chiefly, is the help in finding it, and the excitement shared in the larger community who have seen it.