A dozen state record birds were found this week, including a First State Record White-tailed Kite in Ohio and a First State Record King Rail in Vermont. Four Second State Record birds included a White-winged Tern in North Carolina, a Tricolored Heron and White-eyed Vireo found by the same birder the same day in Montana, and a Wilson’s Plover in Oregon. There was also a Third Alaska State Record of Lesser White-fronted Geese, a pair found on Saint Paul Island in the Pribilofs – plus more records and many more rare bird sightings.

 

STATE & PROVINCIAL RECORDS

First State Record White-tailed Kite – Woodbury Wildlife Area, Ohio

First State Record King Rail – near Bradford, Vermont 

Second State Record White-winged Tern – Cape Hatteras, North Carolina

Second State Record Tricolored Heron – below Fort Peck Dam, Montana

Second State Record Wilson’s Plover – near Fort Stevens, Oregon

Second State Record White-eyed Vireo – Bowdoin Refuge, Montana

Third State Record Lesser White-fronted Geese (2) – Saint Paul Island, Alaska

Seventh State Record Loggerhead Shrike – undisclosed, Connecticut

Eighth State Record Cinnamon Teal – Corey Marsh, Michigan

Eighth State Record Orchard Oriole – Bend, Oregon

Ninth State Record Alder Flycatcher – California City, California

 

REALLY RARE SIGHTINGS

Rivoli’s Hummingbird – Fountain Creek Center, Colorado

Northern Lapwing – Bonavista, Newfoundland

Gray Kingbirds (2) – Jackson, Mississippi

Bullock’s Oriole – Racine, Wisconsin

Yellow-throated Warbler – Hollister, California

Kentucky Warbler – Butterbredt Spring, California

Northern Parula – Horn Rapids Park, Washington

Chestnut-sided Warbler – Laramie, Wyoming

Blue-winged Warbler – Fargo, North Dakota

Orchard Oriole – St. Pierre et Miquelon

Eastern Phoebe – Rockport, Washington

Acadian Flycatcher –Monteregie, Quebec

Black-bellied Whistling Ducks (2) – Beckley, West Virginia

Brown Booby – Center Hill Lake, Arkansas

Snowy Plover – Tofino, British Columbia

 

CONTINUING RARE BIRDS

Last week the Black-faced Grassquit continued to be observed by birders in Everglades National Park in south Florida. Arizona continues to report most continuing rare birds, including Flame-colored Tanagers (2) near Sierra Vista, Crescent-chested Warblers (2) near Portal, and a Berylline Hummingbird in Madera Canyon, and the Common Crane at Mormon Lake. Beyond the Southwest, a Little Egret continues to be reported near Portland, Maine. June will provide many exiting rare birds – keep alert!

 

For more information, see the American Birding Association’s Rare Bird Alert at https://www.aba.org/rare-bird-alert-may-29-2020/ 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/