Birdwatchers flock to Portland beach after sightings of rare bird

KGW8 (Tegna, Portland OR) and KOIN6 (Nexstar, Portland OR) describe the same event in different terms.

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What happenedNative to eastern Asia, the blue rock thrush has only been spotted in Oregon once before. Now it's made appearances at Broughton Beach near PDX Airport.

What changedKGW8 (Tegna, Portland OR) frames it as "Birdwatchers flock to Portland beach after sightings of rare bird". KOIN6 (Nexstar, Portland OR) frames it as "A tiny rare bird has tourists flocking to Portland's Broughton Beach".

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Still Watching. KGW8 (Tegna, Portland OR) frames it as "Birdwatchers flock to Portland beach after sightings of rare bird". KOIN6 (Nexstar, Portland OR) frames it as "A tiny rare bird has tourists flocking to Portland's Broughton Beach".

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Sep 18, 10:56 PM: KOIN6 (Nexstar, Portland OR) joined the source map.

Sep 18, 11:09 PM: KGW8 (Tegna, Portland OR) joined the source map.

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KGW8 (Tegna, Portland OR)26m ago

Birdwatchers flock to Portland beach after sightings of rare bird

Native to eastern Asia, the blue rock thrush has only been spotted in Oregon once before. Now it's made appearances at Broughton Beach near PDX Airport.

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KOIN6 (Nexstar, Portland OR)1h ago

A tiny rare bird has tourists flocking to Portland's Broughton Beach

As soon as the small blue bird with red breast feathers was spotted, the call went out to birders across the country.

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