Wednesday, May 18, 2022

The ABA Rare Bird Alert’s Weekly Highlights

The obvious find of the week was the Second North American Record of a Pine Flycatcher documented in Rose Canyon, east of Tucson, Arizona (photo by Derek Hameister)

It was exciting to hear about the Second North American Record Pine Flycatcher found near Tucson, Arizona last week, which also constitutes a Second State Record for Arizona. There was also a First Provincial Record established by Alberta birders who found a Bar-tailed Godwit. Of special interest was Missouri’s First State Record Limpkin documented near Taberville, which was quickly followed by a Second State Record Limpkin photographed at Mingo National Wildlife Refuge – and there’s many more exciting rare birds to report this week.

 

NORTH AMERICAN RECORD

Second American Record Pine Flycatcher – Rose Canyon, Arizona

 

STATE & PROVINCIAL RECORDS

First Provincial Record Bar-tailed Godwit – Tyrrell Lake, Alberta

First State Record Limpkin – near Taberville, Missouri

Second State Record Limpkin – Mingo Refuge, Missouri

Second State Record Pine Flycatcher – Rose Canyon, Arizona

Second Provincial Record Common Pochard – Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

Third State Record Pomarine Jaeger – Sparks, Nevada

Fourth State Record Garganey – Billings, Montana

 

REALLY RARE BIRDS

Bar-tailed Godwits – near Newport, Oregon

White-winged Tern – Chincoteague Refuge, Virginia

Black-vented Oriole – near Whites City, New Mexico

Garganey – Loveland, Colorado

Garganey – Amherst, Nova Scotia

Fork-tailed Flycatcher – North Dunes Preserve, Illinois

LaSagra’s Flycatcher – Key Biscayne, Florida

Limpkin – Tulsa, Oklahoma

Yellow-throated Warbler – near Lake Shore, Minnesota

Costa’s Hummingbird – Ellensburg, Washington

 

CONTINUING RARE BIRDS

Thick-billed Vireo – Florida

Bananaquit – Florida

Tufted Flycatcher – Arizona

Nutting’s Flycatcher – Arizona

 

For more information, refer to the American Birding Association’s Rare Bird Alert at Rare Bird Alert: May 13, 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/