Creating a lot of excitement as it travels from province to province, a Steller’s Sea Eagle provided Nova Scotia birders with their First Provincial Record last week. The big question is, will it fly to neighboring states next? (photo by Christoph Moning)
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A spectacular Steller’s Sea Eagle has been moving through southeast Canada for a few months, creating new records in each province it visits. Last week it provided the First Provincial Record for Nova Scotia birders, far from its normal range in northeast Asia. Will it show up in New England soon? Missouri birders found 2 record birds, including a Second State Record Black-chinned Hummingbird and a Third State Record Sage Thrasher. Birders also found a Brambling in rural Oregon and a Black-faced Grassquit in Key West, Florida – and there’s more!
STATE & PROVINCIAL RECORDS
First Provincial Record Steller’s Sea Eagle – Windsor, Nova Scotia
Second State Record Black-chinned Hummingbird – Kimberling City, Missouri
Third State Record Sage Thrasher – Wah-Kon-Tah Prairie, Missouri
REALLY RARE SIGHTINGS
Brambling – near Deadwood, Oregon
Black-faced Grassquit – Key West, Florida
Tropical Kingbird – Blackwater Refuge, Maryland
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher – Liverpool, Nova Scotia
Razorbills – Hamilton, Ontario
White-faced Ibis (2) – Monteregie, Quebec
Brown Boobies (2) – Cape Cod Nay, Massachusetts
Harris’s Sparrow – Little Crawl Key, Florida
Barrow’s Goldeneye – Victoria Beach, Manitoba
Little Gull – Rimrock Lake, Washington
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher – Kelowna, British Columbia
CONTINUING RARE BIRDS
Lesson’s Seedeater – Quebec
Berylline Hummingbird – Arizona
Little Egret – Nova Scotia
For more information, refer to the American Birding Association’s Rare Bird Alert at Rare Bird Alert: November 5, 2021 - 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 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/