The sighting and documentation of a Black-blue Grassquit at the Cluff Ranch Wildlife Area near Pima, Arizona created a First North American Record and a First State Record for Arizona (photo by Levi Plummer).
A Second State Record Green-breasted Mango was photographed near a backyard hummingbird feeder near Acme, Louisiana by Ginger Wiley.
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The First North American Record Black-blue Grassquit has found and documented by birders at Cluff Ranch Wildlife Area near Pima, Arizona. A widespread species ranging from northern Argentina to western Mexico, Blue-black Grassquits nest within 300 miles of Arizona, but this is the first known sighting north of Mexico! A beautiful Green-breasted Mango was also documented at a feeder in central Louisiana, establishing a Second State Record. Also, birders in the southeast provinces of Canada found a Common Ringed Plover in Nova Scotia, a Roseate Spoonbill in Quebec, and a Crested Caracara in Prince Edward Island.
NORTH AMERICAN RECORD
First North American Record Black-blue Grassquit – near Pima, Arizona
STATE & PROVINCIAL RECORDS
First State Record Black-blue Grassquit – near Pima, Arizona
Second State Record Green-breasted Mango – near Acme, Louisiana
NEW REALLY RARE BIRDS
Common Ringed Plover – Pinkney’s Point, Nova Scotia
Roseate Spoonbill – Chaudiere-Appalaches, Quebec
Crested Caracara – East Point, Prince Edward Island
Limpkin – Shawnee Lookout, Ohio
Limpkin – Alcoa, Tennessee
Limpkin – near Whitney, North Carolina
CONTINUING REALLY RARE BIRDS
Steller’s Sea Eagle – Newfoundland
Large-billed Terns – Florida
Tundra Bean Goose – California
Brown Jays – Texas
Berylline Hummingbird – Arizona
For more information, you can refer to the American Birding Association’s Rare Bird Alert at Rare Bird Alert: July 21, 2023 - American Birding Association (aba.org) 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 http://birding.aba.org/ or at https://www.facebook.com/groups/ABArare/