New Hampshire birders found the Second State Record Little Stint, a small Old World sandpiper, at Hampton Beach (photo by Justin Lawson).

Last week birders documented 4 exciting Second State Records, including a Little Stint in New Hampshire, a Tricolored Heron in Nevada, a Neotropic Cormorant in North Carolina, and a Limpkin in Indiana. Other record birds included a Sixth State Record Yellow-throated Vireo in Oregon and a Seventh State Record Brown Booby at an inland lake in Arkansas. Astute birders also found a Nazca Booby offshore from California and 2 Scissor-tailed Flycatchers in Maryland among the list of other rare birds.

STATE & PROVINCIAL RECORDS

Second State Record Little Stint – Hampton Beach, New Hampshire

Second State Record Tricolored Heron – Henderson, Nevada

Second State Record Neotropic Cormorant – New Bern, North Carolina

Second State Record Limpkin – near Kingsbury, Indiana

Sixth State Record Yellow-throated Vireo – near Klamath Marsh Refuge, Oregon

Seventh State Record Brown Booby – Lake Maumelle, Arkansas

REALLY RARE BIRDS

Nazca Booby – Southeast Fallaron Island, California

Scissor-tailed Flycatchers (2) – near Jefferson, Maryland

Rufous Hummingbird – Beauce, Quebec

Black Phoebe – Richmond, British Columbia

CONTINUING RARE BIRDS

Steller’s Sea Eagle – Newfoundland

Southern Lapwing – Michigan

Pine Flycatcher – Arizona

Nutting’s Flycatcher – Arizona

Berylline Hummingbird – Arizona

Bahama Mockingbird – Florida

Thick-billed Vireo – Florida

For more information, refer to the American Birding Association’s Rare Bird Alert at Rare Bird Alert: August 5, 2022 - American Birding Association (aba.org) 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 info 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/