The Second State Record Wood Stork was observed by birders as it flew over Block Island, off the coast of Rhode Island last week.

Laramie birders were jubilant to find and study the movements of the First Wyoming State Record Red-flanked Bluetail, a Eurasian species, only the second bluetail documented in the Lower 48. But the next day, another Red-flanked Bluetail was found on Southeast Farallon Island, off the coast of California – what a coincidence. Other exciting finds last week included a Second State Record Wood Stork at Block Island, Rhode Island; a Third State Record Tropical Kingbird at Cape Helopen, Delaware; and a Third State Record Anna’s Hummingbird visiting a feeder in West Chester, Pennsylvania – and there’s more!

STATE & PROVINCIAL RECORDS

First State Record Red-flanked Bluetail – Laramie, Wyoming

Second State Record Wood Stork – Block Island, Rhode Island

Third State Record Tropical Kingbird – Cape Helopen, Delaware

Third State Record Anna’s Hummingbird – West Chester, Pennsylvania

Fourth State Record Black-throated Sparrow – Hamilton, Ontario

Thirteenth State Record Bell’s Vireo – Sandy Hook, New Jersey

REALLY RARE SIGHTINGS

Red-flanked Bluetail – Southeast Farallon Island, California

Redwing – offshore Newfoundland

Dusky Thrush – Gambell Island, Alaska

Tufted Duck – Jackson Lake State Park, Colorado

Tropical Kingbird – Port La Tour, Nova Scotia

Northern Wheatear – DeRidder, Louisiana

Emperor Goose – Sauvie Island, Oregon

MORE REALLY RARE BIRDS

Purple Gallinule – Mary’s Harbor, Labrador

Cassin’s Kingbird – Green Pond, South Carolina

Purple Sandpiper – Au Sable, Michigan

Townsend’s Warbler – Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland

Sprague’s Pipit – Magnolia Springs, Alabama

Blue Jay – Midway, Utah

Gyrfalcon – Fort Collins, Colorado

Rusty Blackbird – Carpinteria, California

CONTINUING RARE BIRDS

The Thick-billed Vireo and Antillean Palm Swift, were re-sighted in Florida, and the Red-footed Booby continues in California. Late fall is an exciting time to find off-course migrants – maybe in your backyard, as was the case with in Laramie, Wyoming; West Chester, Pennsylvania; and Midway, Utah last week.

For more information, see the American Birding Association’s Rare Bird Alert at http://blog.aba.org/2019/11/rare-bird-alert-november-8-2019.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/