Great Kiskadees are rarely found north of Texas or southwest Louisiana, much less in Canada!

Watch for bright yellow flycatchers in your neighborhood: Canadian birders were wildly surprised to find Great Kiskadee at Rondeau Provincial Park in southern Ontario. (The park is located on the north side of Lake Erie, east of Detroit, Michigan, and north of the state of Ohio – so be aware if you’re in that region. A smaller flycatcher was reported in the southwest United States, where Nevada birders found a Tropical Kingbird in the town of Primm, south of Las Vegas.

More exciting Asian species appeared on the Bering Sea Islands, with birders finding a White-tailed Eagle on St. Paul Island; a Falcated Duck at Shemya Island in the Aleutians, and a Pechora Pipit at Gambell on St. Lawrence Island.

In the Lower 48, wayward seabirds were a big theme last week with Tennessee birders excited to score the state’s first record of a Brown Booby in Memphis, and the Brown Pelican first discovered in August near Sandusky, Ohio, was still present. Early September is prime time to find inland Sabine’s Gulls and Long-tailed Jaegers and, right on que, Pennsylvania birders reported a Sabine’s Gull at Yellow Creek State Park. South of Denver, Colorado birders found three Long-tailed Jaegers last week, with two at Chatfield Reservoir, and one at Pueblo Reservoir. The first-ever Long-tailed Jaegers were recorded in Cook County, Illinois, with birders photographing two different Long-tails along the Chicago area lakefront.

For more information, see the American Birding Association’s Rare Bird Alert at http://blog.aba.org/2018/08/rare-bird-alert-august-3-2018.html

Often, you can find more information about individual rare bird sightings from the state rare bird alert listserves, which you can access at http://birding.aba.org/