While kayaking the Buffalo River in Tennessee, an Alabama birder photographed a young Snail Kite, which turned out to be a First State Record for Tennessee!

The most recent rare birds recorded include 2 First State Records, a young Snail Kite in Tennessee and a Black-tailed Gull in Michigan. An exciting Far Eastern Curlew was the newest Asian bird sighting on St. Paul Island in the Bering Sea of western Alaska! And an Eastern Wood Peewee in southern California and a Bronzed Cowbird in Oklahoma round out the new rare bird sightings for June. Among the Continuing Rare Birds, the big news is that a Large-billed Tern re-appeared in Florida Saturday morning, and we’re also tracking continuing rare birds like the Steller’s Sea Eagle in southeast Newfoundland, and the Mottled Owl along the Rio Grande in Texas.

STATE & PROVINCIAL RECORDS

First State Record Snail Kite – Buffalo River, Tennessee

First State Record Black-tailed Gull – Manistique, Michigan

REALLY RARE BIRDS

Far Eastern Curlew – St. Paul Island, Pribilofs, Alaska

Eastern Wood Peewee – Huntington Beach, California

Bronzed Cowbird – Lake Carl Blackwell, Oklahoma

CONTINUING REALLY RARE BIRDS

Steller’s Sea Eagle – Newfoundland

Yellow-headed Caracaras – Florida, California

Mottled Owl – Texas

American Flamingos – Florida, Texas

Berylline Hummingbird – Arizona

Brown Jays – Texas

For more information, you can refer to the American Birding Association’s Rare Bird Alert at Rare Bird Alert: June 21. 2024 - American Birding Association (aba.org) 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 info about individual rare bird sightings from the ABA state rare bird alert listserves that you can access at Birding News brought to you by American Birding Association - (aba.org) or at ABA Rare Bird Alert | Facebook