Birders in Corpus Christi, Texas identified and documented a Cattle Tyrant last week, thereby establishing a First North American Record, which obviously also established a First State Record for Texas (photo by Steve Miesel).

A remarkable First North American Record Cattle Tyrant, a flycatcher species never before documented north of Panama, was photographed in downtown Corpus Christi, Texas last week! The sighting also constitutes a First State Record for Texas, and other First Records include a Pygmy Nuthatch in Saskatchewan, a Black Guillemot in Florida, a Short-tailed Shearwater in New York, and a Limpkin for New Jersey. There was a Second Provincial Record Tundra Bean Goose reported in Nova Scotia, and Rhode Island birders reported 2 new sightings, a Third State Record Bell’s Vireo and a Fourth State Record Townsend’s Solitaire – and there’s much more.

NORTH AMERICAN RECORD

First North American Record Cattle Tyrant – Corpus Christi, Texas

STATE & PROVINCIAL RECORDS

First State Record Cattle Tyrant – Corpus Christi, Texas

First Provincial Record Pygmy Nuthatch – Regina, Saskatchewan

First State Record Black Guillemot – Little Talbot Island, Florida

First State Record Short-tailed Shearwater – Derby Hill, New York

First State Record Limpkin – Manasquan, New Jersey

Second Provincial Record Tundra Bean Goose – Milford, Nova Scotia

Third State Record Bell’s Vireo – Galilee, Rhode Island

Fourth State Record Townsend’s Solitaire – Jamestown, Rhode Island

Fifth State Record Ferruginous Hawk – Jasper County, Indiana

Fifth State Record Sage Thrasher – Forsythe Refuge, New Jersey

Sixth State Record Limpkin – Nashville, Tennessee

Ninth State Record Hooded Warbler – Spokane Valley, Washington

Tenth State Record Ash-throated Flycatcher – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

REALLY RARE BIRDS

American Flamingo – Grande Batture Islands, Mississippi

Ivory Gull – Rouyn-noranda, Quebec

Sage Thrasher – Maplewood, Minnesota

Ancient Murrelet – Sarnia, Ontario

Dovekie – near Sarnia, Ontario

Bell’s Vireo – Menemsha, Massachusetts

Townsend’s Solitaire – Plymouth, Massachusetts

CONTINUING REALLY RARE BIRDS

Bare-throated Tiger Heron – Texas

American Flamingos – Florida, Texas

Large-billed Tern – Florida

Roadside Hawks (2) – Texas

Blue Bunting – Texas

Nutting’s Flycatcher –Texas

Golden-crowned Warbler – Texas

LaSagra’s Flycatcher – Florida

Brown Jays – Texas

For more information, you can refer to the American Birding Association’s Rare Bird Alert at Rare Bird Alert: November 17, 2023 - American Birding Association (aba.org) 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 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