A male Vermillion Flycatcher was observed and photographed adjacent to Longmire Lake in south-central Oklahoma.

A Common Crane was sighted in northeast California – representing a Third State Record. It’s interesting to note that the same week the only known Common Crane in North America this year left its long-time location in northern Arizona. (Same bird?) Again, just north of the Rio Grande in Texas, a Green-breasted Mango was photographed at a backyard hummingbird feeder, but it was only present one day. Three Little Stints were observed last week, one in California, one in Oregon, and one in Rhode Island; and there’s more.

STATE RECORD

Third State Record Common Crane – near Davis Creek, California

REALLY RARE SIGHTINGS

Green-breasted Mango – Weslaco, Texas

Little Stint – San Pablo Bay Refuge, California

Little Stint – Fort Stevens State Park, Oregon

Little Stint – Charlestown, Rhode Island

Bar-tailed Godwit – near Newport, Oregon

Black Vulture – Dingwells Mills, Prince Edward Island

White-winged Dove – Tofino, British Columbia

Vermillion Flycatcher – Longmire Lake, Oklahoma

CONTINUING RARE BIRDS

A Plain-capped Starthroat is still visiting a feeder in Arizona, in south Florida the Black-faced Grassquit is still being observed in Everglades National Park, and the Little Egret continues to be documented near Portland, Maine. August should yield even more exciting rare bird sightings – maybe even one you find!

For more information, see the American Birding Association’s Rare Bird Alert at https://www.aba.org/rare-bird-alert-july-31-2020/ 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/