The First State Record Limpkin was photographed last week in Ohio!

Last week’s rare birds included a First State Record Limpkin in Ohio, a First Provincial Record Common Redshank in Newfoundland, and two Third State Records – a Red-headed Woodpecker in Oregon and a Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in North Carolina. Other standout rare birds included a full-color Ruff, a Long-billed Murrelet, and a Bahama Mockingbird; plus three Brown Boobys from such unlikely locations as Oklahoma, Nova Scotia, and Pennsylvania – and there’s more!

STATE & PROVINCIAL RECORDS

First State Record Limpkin – Wayne, Ohio

First Provincial Record Common Redshank – St. Vincents, Newfoundland

Third State Record Red-headed Woodpecker – near Florence, Oregon

Third State Record Sharp-tailed Sandpiper – Pea Island Refuge, North Carolina

REALLY RARE SIGHTINGS

Ruff – Lake Mattumskeet Refuge, North Carolina

Long-billed Murrelet – Kachemak Bay, Alaska

Bahama Mockingbird – Key Biscayne, Florida

Lucy’s Warbler – near Grand Junction, Colorado

Acorn Woodpecker – Saanich, British Columbia

Shiny Cowbird – Charleston, South Carolina

Common Gallinule – Wellington, Colorado

Black Phoebe – Coquitlam, British Columbia

REALLY RARE BOOBY SIGHTINGS

Brown Booby – Sydney Harbor, Nova Scotia

Brown Booby – Tulsa, Oklahoma

Brown Booby – Isle of Que, Pennsylvania

Birders continue to monitor such rare birds as the Falcated Duck near Anchorage, the Common Crane in Arizona, the pair of Slate-throated Redstarts in west Texas, the Red-footed Booby in coastal California, and a Little Egret or two in southern Maine. Where will the next exciting rare birds of summer appear?

For more information, see the American Birding Association’s Rare Bird Alert at http://blog.aba.org/2019/07/rare-bird-alert-july-12-2019.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/