A true beauty! I learned that Nathan Crawford found this bird followed by Paul Cypher's quick reporting to the listserves. I thought this bird might be possible to chase when I got off work. There were the typical end-of-day barriers to a quick departure, but finally I got away. The traffic on I-94 west was not too bad and I made it to the bird - and other birders - by 5:00 pm. The early evening light was bright overcast with a significant amount of glare. I got home and quickly deleted most of my photos; these that I offer below are my best.
The bird was so beautiful in flight. I tried to get video of this but it was difficult. I deleted most of the segments where I'm panning across the grass trying to locate the bird. I did get some brief shots of its flycatching activity; made more unique by it's open scissor tail.
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