It appears that a single Red-footed Booby created 2 First State Records a day apart – one in Maryland and one in New York!

“This week saw one of the wildest finds of the year so far,” according to the American Birding Association’s Nate Swick, “with New York’s First State Record of a Red-footed Booby” photographed from a rooftop in the center of the 5 boroughs of New York City, in Astoria. “Even more extraordinary is the fact that close examination of the photo shows the plumage strongly suggests this was the same individual photographed the day before in Maryland, which also created a First State Record Red-footed Booby.” And there are many other exciting rare birds to report.

STATE & PROVINCIAL RECORDS

First State Record Red-footed Booby – Astoria, New York

First State Record Red-footed Booby – Taylorsville, Maryland

Second State Record Eastern Meadowlark – near Hawk Springs, Wyoming

Second State Record Chuck Will’s Widow – near Ponderosa, New Mexico

Sixth Provincial Record Wood Stork – Danbury, Connecticut

REALLY RARE BIRDS

Wood Storks (25+) – near Mount Vernon, Ohio

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher – Lanaudiere, Quebec

Ash-throated Flycatcher – Castlegar, British Columbia

Laughing Gull – Hoquiam, Washington

Little Gull – Tacoma, Washington

Lark Bunting – Norton, Massachusetts

CONTINUING REALLY RARE BIRDS

Steller’s Sea Eagle – Newfoundland

Yellow-headed Caracara – California

Mottled Owl – Texas

American Flamingos – Florida, Texas

Large-billed Tern – Florida

Slate-throated Redstart – California

Flame-colored Tanager – Arizona

Berylline Hummingbird – Arizona

Brown Jays – Texas

For more information, you can refer to the American Birding Association’s Rare Bird Alert at Rare Bird Alert: August 23, 2024 - American Birding Association (aba.org) 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 info about individual rare bird sightings from the ABA state rare bird alert listserves that you can access at Birding News brought to you by American Birding Association - (aba.org) or at ABA Rare Bird Alert | Facebook