North Carolina Trip for Green-breasted Mango! ~ November 25-26, 2000

Rick Wiltraut, my wife, and I made the long drive to a backyard near Concord, North Carolina where a Green-breasted Mango was visiting a feeder. We watched it for several hours before heading back home.

Green-breasted Mango near Concord, North Carolina on November 26, 2000. This photo of this Central and northern South American bird was taken on a very dreary day, but still shows the downcurved bill, cinnamon mark on the throat, and the dark green stripe down the belly. This immature bird was only the 8th record for the United States!

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