From Chito Limchiu
A once in a lifetime event… Seeing this rare migrant after a storm in Cavite. This was one of the bird moments I will not forget…
Eurasian Hoopoe, rare accidental migrant
It looks like these guys have even showed up in Alaska back in 1975. That’s really far off course!
And yet I can’t get “hoopoe” to work in Spelling Bee!
Dang you, NYT!
You reminded me I hadn’t actually looked up how to say the word. Seems “hoo poo” is the correct pronunciation. That is a pretty fun word! My guess was “hoo po aye.”
Hoo poo sound right, it is closer to how they sing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgUtX1VEOlY
That’s not so surprising it’s an onomatopoeia.
What is surprising is they tuck their face to make that noise! I don’t think I have ever seen a bird do that before.
It was a surprise to me too, I’ve seen and heard them my whole life and when I saw the video I realised that never did both at the same time 😆