The photo went down in history thanks to the appearance of a rare bird

The rare rock thrush was photographed for the first time at Hug Point waterfall, Oregon, USA.

Michael Sanchez, an amateur photographer, accidentally discovered and captured an image of a small bird, with blue feathers, while setting up a camera at Hug Point waterfall, Oregon, USA. He clicked the camera a few times and hardly paid attention to it.

A photo of a blue rock thrush appearing in Oregon, USA (Photo: Michael Sanchez).

However, just a week later, spontaneous photos have helped Sanchez become a "star", and likely go down in history, because this may be the first photo of the rare stone thrush in Vietnam. North America.

According to Guardian , this species mainly lives in Europe and Asia, including Vietnam. The only time this bird was spotted in North America was in 1997. But bird experts could not determine whether the creature was a wild bird or a caged bird that had been released.

If Sanchez's images are verified by local and national bird research groups, he could become the first person to successfully document the presence of blue rock thrushes in the area.

Sanchez was personally extremely surprised to see the reaction of the online community when he posted this photo. Sanchez - who is new to pursuing his hobby of photography, and has never considered himself a professional photographer - affirmed that this was great luck, when he met and captured images of a rare bird.

"I was surprised to see how much of an impact this had," Sanchez said. "It's shocking."

A blue rock thrush (Photo: Getty).

It is known that bird experts contacted Sanchez to verify its image and location. The strange thing is how this bird could leave its East Asian homeland, to "settle" in North America.

According to Cass Talbot, an expert with the Oregon Bird Association, this bird may have had an error in its navigation system . "It could have gotten lost, trapped in a strong wind system, or hitched a ride on a ship," the expert hypothesized.

Currently, no one else had seen this bird before Sanchez photographed it. But strangely, just four days later, a blue thrush was discovered in the Farallon Islands off the coast of San Francisco. However, it is unclear whether this is the same bird, or a different bird.

Typically, when extremely rare, non-endemic birds appear on the west coast, they tend to be seabirds, spotted far from shore. However, rock thrushes are not seabirds.

Scientists have offered many explanations for the phenomenon of "wandering" migratory birds , with destinations sometimes very far from where they usually reside. This could be due to geomagnetic disturbances, bad weather, or the natural expansion of their range.