Perfect—I'll let the hostess know!

I don't know, but if you have a recommendation, I can pass it on. She seemed to be preferring the flowers over the sugar water.

Typically, "armchair lifers" or "armchair ticks" refer to new species you can add to your list because a taxonomic authority has split a species into two or more new species, and you've seen two or more of those in the past. But getting life birds while seated works too, I suppose!

I'm enjoying that most commenters here are recalling occasions when they actually got a life bird while seated in a chair!

Alas, like the works of Ozymandias, these roots are a thing of the past across much of the prairies.

@aba.org Easily my most memorable encounter with the American Birding Association's bird of the year in 2025!

Haha! I rather like that. Perhaps I'll submit a name-change proposal.