Two widely spaced Snowy Plover sightings established First State Records in New York, and in Ohio. Birders found both adjacent to the smaller Great Lakes – Ontario and Erie.

Two First State Records were established by birders who found a Snowy Plover in New York and a Yellow-footed Gull in New Mexico. Another Yellow-footed Gull established a Second State Record for Arizona, and a Little Gull photographed in Wyoming created a Third State Record for that state. Perhaps the most exciting find last week was a Variegated Flycatcher that established a Third State Record for Florida, and another Third State Record was documented by Ohio birders who found a Snowy Plover – and there’s more!

STATE & PROVINCIAL RECORDS

First State Record Snowy Plover – Sandy Pond, New York

First State Record Yellow-footed Gull – Lake Sumner, New Mexico

Second State Record Yellow-footed Gull – Lake Havasu, Arizona

Third State Record Little Gull – Burlington Lake, Wyoming

Third State Record Variegated Flycatcher – Ocala, Florida

Third State Record Snowy Plover – Maumee Bay, Ohio

Fifth State Record Brown Booby – near Hope Island, Rhode Island

Seventh State Record Ruff – Pyramid Lake Delta, Nevada

REALLY RARE SIGHTINGS

Common Ringed Plover – Sandy Pond, New York

Black-browed Albatross – offshore Belle Isle, Labrador

Brown Booby – offshore Juneau, Alaska

Blue-footed Boobies (2) – offshore Santa Barbara, California

Nazca Boobies (10) – offshore San Diego, California

Blackburnian Warbler – near Lockwood, Nevada

Bar-tailed Godwit – near Ellicott, California

Cinnamon Teal – Prime Hook, Delaware

Say’s Phoebe – Gaspesie, Quebec

Say’s Phoebe – near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Least Flycatcher – nearest Welton, Arizona

CONTINUING RARE BIRDS

Inca Tern – Hawaii

Common Chiffchaff – Alaska

Little Egret – Delaware

Berylline Hummingbird – Arizona

For more information, refer to the American Birding Association’s Rare Bird Alert at https://www.aba.org/rare-bird-alert-september-17-2021/ 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/