A First State Record Snowy Plover was photographed last week near Cordova, Alaska.

Minnesota birders found three state records last week – a Third State Record Kirtland’s Warbler, a 14th State Record Sage Thrasher, and the18th State Record of a Laughing Gull. Other notable records were recorded when Cordova birders found Alaska’s First State Record Snowy Plover; Nova Scotia birders found a Second Provincial Record Lewis’s Woodpecker, Vermont birders recorded the Second State Record Black-bellied Whistling Ducks, and Idaho birders photographed a Third State Record Brown Pelican. Did we mention there were also sightings of rare birds from Europe, Asia, and Central America?

STATE & PROVINCIAL RECORDS

First State Record Snowy Plover – Cordova, Alaska

Second Provincial Record Lewis’s Woodpecker – Halifax, Nova Scotia

Second State Record Black-bellied Whistling Ducks – Orwell, Vermont

Third State Record Kirtland’s Warbler – Duluth, Minnesota

Third State Record Brown Pelican – Lewiston, Idaho

Fourth State Record Bridled Tern – Great Gull Island, New York

Fourteenth State Record Sage Thrasher – Meadowlands, Minnesota

Eighteenth State Record Laughing Gull – Wells, Minnesota

REALLY RARE SIGHTINGS

Garganey – Don Edwards San Francisco Bay Refuge, California

European Storm Petrel – offshore from Hatteras, North Carolina

Gray Wagtail – Nome, Alaska

Yellow-green Vireo – Key Largo, Florida

Little Egret – Rye, New Hampshire

Black-tailed Godwit – Caribou Island, Nova Scotia

Black-tailed Godwit – Renews, Newfoundland

Black-bellied Whistling Duck – Nantucket Island, Massachusetts

Black-capped Vireo – Aguirre Springs, New Mexico

REALLY RARE FLYCATCHER SIGHTINGS

Buff-breasted Flycatcher – near Alamogordo, New Mexico

Alder Flycatcher – Teton County, Wyoming

Gray Kingbird – Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina

Ash-throated Flycatcher – North Vancouver, British Columbia

Birders continue to monitor rare birds that were reported during past weeks, including the Falcated Duck near Anchorage, Alaska, the Common Crane in Arizona, the pair of Slate-throated Redstartsreported in west Texas, the Red-footed Booby in coastal California, the Little Egrets in southern Maine, and the Zenaida Dove in south Florida. Where will the next exciting rare bird sightings be found this week?

For more information, see the American Birding Association’s Rare Bird Alert at http://blog.aba.org/2019/06/rare-bird-alert-june-14-2019.html Special Thanks to the ABA, and Nate Swick, who does such a great job of compiling the ABA’s Rare Bird Alert, which we use to prepare this weekly replay.

You can often find more information about individual rare bird sightings from the state rare bird alert listserves that you can access at http://birding.aba.org/ or at https://www.facebook.com/groups/ABArare/