A First State Record Yellow-green Vireo was documented at Coos Bay, Oregon the same week as Washington’s First State Record Yellow-green Vireo was photographed at Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge in southwest (photo by Trillium Magus).

It was an active week with a volume of records established including a First State Record Yellow-green Vireo in Washington AND Oregon! A First State Record Violet-green Swallow was also documented by birders in Louisiana, as were a Second State Record Small-billed Elainia in Florida and a Second State Record Roseate Spoonbill in Massachusetts. That’s not to downplay the rare find in the northern-most town of Utqiagvik, Alaska where an astute birder reported the Ninth North American Record Song Thrush, or the Seventh North American Record Small-billed Elainia photographed at St. George Island, Florida – and there’s more:

NORTH AMERICAN RECORD

Seventh North American Record Small-billed Elainia – St. George Island, Florida

Ninth North American Record Song Thrush – Utqiagvik, Alaska

STATE & PROVINCIAL RECORDS

First State Record Yellow-green Vireo – Grays Harbor Refuge, Washington

First State Record Yellow-green Vireo – Coos Bay, Oregon

First State Record Violet-green Swallow – Caddo Parish, Louisiana

Second State Record Small-billed Elainia – St. George Island, Florida

Second State Record Roseate Spoonbill – Marshfield, Massachusetts

Fifth Provincial Record Costa’s Hummingbird – Calgary, Alberta

Fifth State Record Broad-billed Hummingbird – Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Seventh State Record Northern Wheatear – Rooster Rock, Oregon

REALLY RARE BIRDS

Tropical Kingbird – Prince of Wales Island, Alaska

Tropical Kingbird – Deer Isle, Maine

Tropical Kingbird – Monhegan Island, Maine

Roadside Hawk – Santa Ana Refuge, Texas

Eurasian Skylark – Tofino, British Columbia

Eurasian Skylark – near Ucluelet, British Columbia

Wilson’s Storm Petrel – offshore Ruston, Washington

Purple Gallinule – Longmeadow, Massachusetts

Townsend’s Solitaire – Granville, Massachusetts

Townsend’s Warbler – Wellfleet Bay, Massachusetts

Black-throated Blue Warbler – Forteau, Labrador

Prothonotary Warbler – Forteau, Labrador

Warbling Vireo – Forteau, Labrador

LeConte’s Sparrow – near Elms, Maine

CONTINUING REALLY RARE BIRDS

Steller’s Sea Eagle – Newfoundland

Yellow-headed Caracaras – Florida, Texas

Mottled Owl – Texas

Common Crane – Alaska

Gray Gull – Florida

Little Stint – California

Brown Jay – Texas

American Flamingos – Texas, Florida

For more information, you can refer to the American Birding Association’s Rare Bird Alert at Rare Bird Alert: October 17, 2025 - American Birding Association (aba.org). Special Thanks to the ABA for permitting us to use the Rare Bird Alert as the basis to prepare this weekly or bi-weekly replay.

You can often find more information 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.