Keep your eyes to the sky if you plan to visit West Palm Beach, Florida. A “crazy bird” described as “black with a lot of yellow on its breast” has been attacking pedestrians regularly of late. Any ideas as to what species could be doing this and why?
Corey is a New Yorker who lived most of his life in upstate New York but has lived in Queens since 2008. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy and Desmond Shearwater. His bird photographs have appeared on the Today Show, in Birding, Living Bird Magazine, Bird Watcher's Digest, and many other fine publications. He is also the author of the American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of New York.
I’ll bet it had teeth too, and giant claws, and it was on fire.
Oriole with rabies!