Young Roseate Spoonbills have been on the move north recently, with the report of a flock of 5 immatures in West Virginia establishing a Second State Record, while the sighting of a flock of 3 immature Roseate Spoonbills was especially rare for Pennsylvania, although not record-setting.
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During the past 2 weeks, 2 new North America Record birds were recorded by lucky birders, a First North American Record Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush on the North Slope of Alaska, and a Second North American Record Inca Tern was found on Oahu in Hawaii. The same birds also represented the First and Second State Records respectively for these species. Birders also documented the First Provincial Record of a Steller’s Sea Eagle in New Brunswick, far east of most sightings of this species. And the sighting of a flock of 5 immature Roseate Spoonbills constituted Second State Record in West Virginia.
NORTH AMERICA RECORDS
First North American Record Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush – Utquakvik, Alaska
Second North American Record Inca Tern – Oahu Island, Hawaii
STATE & PROVINCIAL RECORDS
First State Record Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush – Utquakvik, Alaska
First Provincial Record Steller’s Sea Eagle – Chaleur Bay, New Brunswick
First State Record Ancient Murrelet – Slaughter Beach, Delaware
Second State Record Inca Tern – near Waikiki, Oahu Island, Hawaii
Second State Record Roseate Spoonbills (5) – Petersburg, West Virginia
Second State Record Yellow-crowned Night Heron – Las Vegas, Nevada
Third Provincial Record Wood Sandpiper – Victoria, British Columbia
Seventh Provincial Record Great-tailed Grackle – Colworth, British Columbia
REALLY RARE SIGHTINGS
Green-breasted Mango – Corpus Christi, Texas
Eared Quetzal – Miller Canyon, Arizona
Gray Heron – St. John’s, Newfoundland
Bahama Mockingbird – Sarasota, Florida
Roseate Spoonbills (3) – Faylor Lake, Pennsylvania
Purple Gallinule – Jamaica Bay Refuge, Queens, New York
Black-bellied Whistling Ducks (5) – Clear Lake, Minnesota
CONTINUING RARE BIRDS
Steller’s Sea Eagle – Alaska
Little Stint – Alaska
Berylline Hummingbird – Arizona
Little Egret – Maine
For more information, refer to the American Birding Association’s Rare Bird Alert at https://www.aba.org/rare-bird-alert-july-2-2021/ and https://www.aba.org/rare-bird-alert-july-9-2021/ 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/