A 12th State Record Canada Warbler for Oregon was observed and photographed at the coastal town of Manzanita.

Eight record-setting reports of rare birds were among the wealth of exciting rare bird sightings reported last week. Not one, but two First State Record Eared Quetzals were confirmed near Silver City, New Mexico, and a First Territorial Record Nashville Warbler was photographed in the Northwest Territories of Canada. British Columbia birders found a Second Provincial Record Red-legged Kittiwake at Deep Bay and a Third Provincial Record Nazca Booby offshore from Galiano Island. There were also exciting off-course birds from Asia, Latin America, and the Arctic reported, along with more exciting sightings below:

STATE & PROVINCIAL RECORDS

First State Record Eared Quetzals (2) – near Silver City, New Mexico

First Territorial Record Nashville Warbler – Hay River, Northwest Territories

Second Provincial Record Red-legged Kittiwake – Deep Bay, British Columbia

Third Provincial Record Nazca Booby – offshore Galiano Island, British Columbia

Fifth Provincial Record Corn Crake – Cape Race, Newfoundland

Fifth State Record Worm-eating Warbler – Newport, Oregon

Fifth State Record Nelson’s Sparrow – Denver, Colorado

Twelfth State Record Canada Warbler – Manzanita, Oregon

REALLY RARE SIGHTINGS

White Wagtail – Long Beach, California

Northern Jacana (adult) – Tucson, Arizona

Magnificent Frigatebird – Whitefish Point, Michigan

Tropical Kingbird – Big Stone Refuge, Minnesota

Kirtland’s Warbler – Jordan Lake, North Carolina

Sabine’s Gull – Washoe Lake, Nevada

Indigo Bunting – Saanich, British Columbia

Say’s Phoebe – New Gloucester, Maine

Nelson’s Sparrow – Caledonia, Michigan

CONTINUING RARE BIRDS

The pair of Eared Quetzals and the young Northern Jacana continued to be observed last week in southern Arizona; a Red-footed Booby was still reported in California, and the Black-faced Grassquit was continuing to be documented in southern Florida.

For more information, see the American Birding Association’s Rare Bird Alert at https://www.aba.org/rare-bird-alert-october-2-2020/ 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/