On 26 December an ABA Code-3 La Sagra's Flycatcher (Myiarchus
sagrae) was found in a restricted area (NO PUBLIC ACCESS) of
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park (fee). Luckily the original
finder, Robin Diaz, was able to relocate the bird outside the
restricted area as it gave its “wheet” calls along the park's
nature trail before returning briefly to what has been dubbed
the “La Sagra Tree” (intersection of the nature trail and a
restroom trail with the “tree”, ~100 yards south of the white
gate. Robin says a (the) La Sagra’s Flycatcher has been in the
same vicinity for three consecutive winters showing signs of
territorial behavior. La Sagra's Flycatcher was first reported
in the ABA Area in 1963 in Orrville, central Alabama, a bird
thought to be of the Cuban race, M. s. sagrae. Since the first
report of this species in the ABA Area, at least 12 records and
numerous reports have been recorded, all from South Florida. The
Florida records are of birds thought to be of Bahamian origin,
M. s. lucaysiensis (ABA Che