A First State Record White-tailed Kite was recorded in southeast Colorado, and another was a rare find in desert region of southern Nevada.
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The western islands of Alaska – the Aleutians, the Pribilofs, and St. Lawrence Island – have been invaded by a few intent birders; hence, we’re getting an impressive list of Asian species that are truly rare birds in the North American realm, starting with a Steller’s Sea Eagle on Attu Island, along with a Siberian Rubythroat, Terek Sandpiper, and many more. Canadian Painted Bunting sightings included off-course birds from New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia to add to last week’s Manitoba report – but there are more Painted Buntings being found along the northern tier of states. Plus Colorado birders found the First State Record White-tailed Kite.
STATE & PROVINCIAL RECORDS
First State Record White-tailed Kite – southeast Colorado
Second State Record Yellow-green Vireo – Cape May Point, New Jersey
Second State Record – Western Meadowlark – Hammonasset, Connecticut
Third State Record Lazuli Bunting – Whitefish Point, Michigan
Fourth State Record Painted Bunting – Stephensville, Newfoundland
Fourth State Record Black-necked Stilt – St. John’s, Newfoundland
Seventh State Record Limpkin – Mountain Island Lake, North Carolina
Eighth State Record Bicknell’s Thrush – Long Point, Ontario
Ninth State Record Brown Pelican – Westerville, Ohio
Twelfth State Record Snowy Plover – Chicago, Illinois
REALLY RARE FAR-WEST ALASKA SIGHTINGS
Steller’s Sea Eagle – Attu Island, Alaska
plus Short-tailed Albatross, Siberian Rubythroat, Great Knot, Lesser Sand-Plover, Wood Sandpiper, Terek Sandpiper, Red-necked Stint, Long-toed Stint, and Common Snipe – all Attu Island, Alaska
Tundra Bean Goose – St. Paul Island and St. Lawrence Island, Alaska
Red-flanked Bluetail – St. Lawrence Island, Alaska
Grey-tailed Tattler – St. Lawrence Island and Attu Island, Alaska
REALLY RARE SIGHTINGS
Garganey – Saint-Gedeon, Quebec
Curlew Sandpiper – Bayside, New Jersey
Curlew Sandpiper – Monomoy Refuge, Massachusetts
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher – southwest Texas
Yellow Grosbeak – near Tubac, Arizona
Yellow-green Vireo – Baker, California
Mexican Violetear – near Uvalde, Texas
White-throated Thrush – Tucson, Arizona
Bermuda Petrel – offshore Hatteras, North Carolina
Brown Booby – Zionsville, Indiana
Hudsonian Godwit – San Diego, California
MORE REALLY RARE BIRDS
Painted Bunting – Liverpool, Nova Scotia
Painted Bunting – Hatfield Point, New Brunswick
Bullock’s Oriole – White Pine, Michigan
Eastern Wood Peewee – Cote Nord, Arizona
Purple Gallinule – Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia
Ash-throated Flycatcher – Kelowna, British Columbia
Brown Pelican – Red Rock Reservoir, Iowa
Hooded Warbler – Coos Bay, Oregon
Connecticut Warbler – Clear Spring Ranch, Colorado
Laughing Gull – Longmont, Colorado
White-tailed Kite – near Bunkerville, Nevada
Loggerhead Shrike – Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts
Limpkins – Richland and Sumter Counties, South Carolina
Glossy Ibis – Amargosa Valley, Nevada
A few rare birds reported during past weeks continue to be monitored by birders, including the Common Crane in Arizona, the pair of Slate-throated Redstarts reported in Big Bend National Park, Texas, and the Little Egrets in southern Maine. This spring continues to stand out as an excellent one for rare bird sightings, so keep alert, especially considering how spring has been running late this year.
For more information, see the American Birding Association’s Rare Bird Alert at http://blog.aba.org/2019/05/rare-bird-alert-may-31-2019.html 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/