Rare Bird for Alberta: Northern Parula

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I don’t usually add a post for just one photo but yesterday in Fish Creek Park we (meaning the group leaders) saw a Northern Parula.  It was bopping around in a tree so quickly that I honestly couldn’t see it properly.  Still, I aimed my camera as best I could and pressed the button.  There were a lot of Nuthatches and Chickadees also zooming around us, so I wasn’t sure what I had until I saw it on the computer.  So, probably more due to luck than skill, here is an image of the Northern Parula.  It turns out that this little bird is a long way from its normal territory .  I bet there’s a story there that we will never know!