Birders recently established 7 First State Records that include a Lesser Frigatebird in Ohio, a European Storm Petrel offshore from Cape May, New Jersey; a Red-faced Warbler in Florida, a Fork-tailed Flycatcher in New Mexico and another in the District of Columbia, a Roseate Tern in Illinois, and a Connecticut Warbler in Oregon! The Ohio record was only the Seventh North American Record of a Lesser Frigatebird, which actually followed the Sixth North American Record Lesser Frigatebird that was sighted a couple days earlier offshore in southern California. There are many more records to report, along with Asian species sighted in western and northern-most Alaska:
NORTH AMERICAN RECORDS
Sixth North American Record Lesser Frigatebird – offshore Dana Point, California
Seventh North American Record Lesser Frigatebird – Canton, Ohio
STATE & PROVINCIAL RECORDS
First State Record Lesser Frigatebird – Canton, Ohio
First State Record European Storm Petrel – Cape May, New Jersey
First State Record Red-faced Warbler – near Williston, Florida
First State Record Fork-tailed Flycatcher – near Edgewood, New Mexico
First Record Fork-tailed Flycatcher – southwest District of Columbia
First State Record Roseate Tern – Zion, Illinois
First State Record Connecticut Warbler – Malheur Refuge, Oregon
Second State Record Black-vented Oriole – Miller Canyon, Arizona
Second Provincial Record Bar-tailed Godwit – Hastings Lake, Alberta
Second Provincial Record Crested Caracara – East Point, Prince Edward Island
Third State Record Lesser Frigatebird – offshore Dana Point, California
Fourth Provincial Record Wood Warbler – Port Hardy, British Columbia
Sixth Provincial Record Orchard Oriole – Medicine Hat, Alberta
Seventh State Record Wood Stork – Port Penn, Delaware
REALLY RARE BIRDS
Taiga Flycatcher – Utqiakvik, Alaska
European Storm Petrel – offshore Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
Kentucky Warbler – Searchlight, Nevada
Bay-breasted Warbler – near Fallon, Nevada
Baltimore Oriole – Tonopah, Nevada
Yellow-throated Vireo – Desert Refuge, Nevada
Northern Parula – Cranbrook, British Columbia
Least Tern – Sunset Beach, Oregon
REALLY RARE BIRDS in Western Alaska Islands
Falcated Duck – St. Paul Island, the Pribilofs, Alaska
Green Sandpiper – St. Paul Island, the Pribilofs, Alaska
Terek Sandpipers – St. Paul Island, the Pribilofs, Alaska
Eurasian Hobby – Adak Island, the Aleutians, Alaska
Fieldfare – Adak Island, the Aleutians, Alaska
Eyebrowed Thrush – Shemya Island, the Aleutians, Alaska
Siberian Rubythroat – Buldir Island, the Aleutians, Alaska
CONTINUING REALLY RARE BIRDS
Steller's Sea Eagle – Newfoundland
Mottled Owl – Texas
Kelp Gull – Wisconsin
Cattle Tyrant – Texas
Flame-colored Tanager – Arizona
Brown Jays – Texas
For more information, you can refer to the American Birding Association's Rare Bird Alert at Rare Bird Alert: June 5, 2026 - American Birding Association. Special Thanks to the ABA for permitting us to use the Rare Bird Alert as the basis to prepare this replay.
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