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ABA Rare Bird AlertAmerican Birding Association2025-04-11T12:04:24-04:00

ABA Rare Bird Alert

This weekly summary reports rarities in the ABA Area with brief annotations that put the sightings in context.

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  We start in Florida, where what appears to be the state's 1st record of Yellow-legged Gull (5) was photographed in Volusia Co.
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area include the long-staying Gray Gull (ABA Code 5), an ABA 1st, turning up again in Alabama. Brown[...]
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  Continuing rare birds in the ABA Area include Northern Lapwing (ABA Code 4) in Rhode Island, Brown Jay (4) in Texas, and Yellow[...]
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  Rarities continuing in the ABA Area this week include Northern Lapwings (ABA Code 4) in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, the amazing Yellow Grosbeak[...]
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  Contiuing rarities in the ABA Area include Northern Lapwing (ABA Code 4) in New York, Yellow-headed Caracara (5) in Florida, and Cattle Tyrant[...]
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  ABA Area rarities continuing into this week include the pair of Eurasian Sparrowhawks (ABA Code 5) in Alaska and Cattle Tyrant (5), Brown[...]
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area include Northern Lapwing (ABA Code 4) in Massachusetts, along with the long-staying Cattle Tyrant (5), Brown Jay[...]
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area include Northern Lapwing (ABA Code 4) in Massachusetts and Eurasian Sparrowhawk (5) in Alaska. Birding in Texas[...]
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  Rarities continuing into this second week of the year include Yellow-headed Caracaras (ABA Code 5) in both Florida and Texas. Also, Cattle Tyrant[...]
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  Rarities in the New Year include the third year of Mottled Owl (ABA Code 5) and Brown Jay (4) in south Texas, with[...]
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  We haven't mentioned it in some time in this column, but the Steller's Sea-Eagle (ABA Code 4) in Newfoundland is still part of[...]
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area include both Brown Jay (ABA Code 4) and Mottled Owl (5) in Texas, lingering Northern Lapwings (4)[...]
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  Jumping straight into the new birds for the last couple weeks, the incredible shearwater story in the northern interior continues. In addition to[...]
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  Continuing birds in the ABA Area include the Large-billed Tern (ABA Code 5) and the Yellow-headed Caracara (5) in Florida, and the Mottled[...]
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area include the Mottled Owl (ABA Code 5) and Brown Jays (4) in south Texas, exptending their year-long[...]
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area include the Mottled Owl (ABA Code 5) and Brown Jays (4) in south Texas, now present for[...]
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area include the ABA 1st record Gray Gull (ABA Code 5) in Florida, and the accomodating Yellow Grosbeak[...]
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area include both Mottled Owl (ABA Code 5) and Brown Jay (4) in Texas, and the ABA 1st[...]
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  Continuing birds in the ABA Area include Yellow-headed Caracara (ABA code 5) and Gray Gull (5) in Florida, and Brown Jays (4) in[...]
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area include the ABA Area 1st Gray Gull (ABA Code 5), still being seen in Florida after a[...]
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  Continuing rare birds in the ABA Area include Gray Gull (ABA Code 5) and Large-billed Tern (5) in Florida, and the Slate-throated Redstart[...]
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area include the Gray Gull (ABA Code 5) in the Florida panhandle, returning to checklists after several weeks[...]
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area include the long-staying Steller's Sea-Eagle (ABA Code 4) in Newfoundland, and the resurfaced Mottled Owl (5) and[...]
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  COntinuing rare birds in the ABA Area include the California 1st Slate-throated Redstart (ABA Code 4) in San Francisco and a Yellow-headed Caracara[...]
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area include Large-billed Tern (ABA Code 5) in Florida, the long-staying and maybe never-leaving Steller's Sea-Eagle (4) in Newfoundland,[...]
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  Continuing rare bird into this week include both Large-billed Tern (ABA Code 5) and Yellow-headed Caracara (5) in Florida, and the long staying[...]
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area include the still present Steller's Sea-Eagle (4) in Newfoundland, and Florida's South American vibe continues with both[...]
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  It scarecely needs to be said, but the Steller's Sea-Eagle (ABA Code 4) in Newfoundland continues into this week and doesn't look to[...]
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  In continuing ABA Area rarities, the Steller's Sea-Eagle (ABA Code 4) that has spent the last year and a half in Newfoundland was[...]
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  Many of the exciting Texas birds from the last few months are getting harder to find, but Brown Jay (ABA Code 4) and[...]
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  Late means means rarity minded birders turn their eyes to western Alaska, where Asian vagrants and birders are arriving on the islands in[...]
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  This week's rarities include a Great Knot and Cook's Petrel in WA, a Common Swift in NJ, Black Rosy-Finch in MN, Yellow-headed Caracara in CA, Yellow Grosbeak in CO, and a White-winged Tern in MI.
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area into this first week in May include the now annual Berylline Hummingbird (ABA Code 4) in Arizona[...]
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  The list of continuing rarities in the ABA Area is a familiar one by now, with Cattle Tyrant (ABA Code 5), Southern Lapwing[...]
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  The cup continues to runneth over in south Texas, as a Southern Lapwing (5) in Hidalgo Co gets added to the assemblage this week. This represents a 1st record for Texas and the 2nd for the ABA Area following the much-discussed individual seen in 2022 in Michigan. That bird was recently accepted by local and ABA Area committees, though one wonders if the records were reversed, with this Texas individual representing the the 1st, whether there would have been nearly as much digital ink spilled in discussion.
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area include Berylline Hummingbird (ABA Code 4) in Arizona, the ABA 1st Gray Gull (5), now in Alabama,[...]
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  In continuing rarities, the Gray Gull (ABA Code 5), first seen in Florida this past summer, turned up again on the Alabama side[...]
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area include Berylline Hummingbird (ABA Code 4) in Arizona, Red-flanked Bluetail (3) in New Jersey, and Fieldfare (4)[...]
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area are still mostly centered in south Texas, where Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (ABA Code 5), Roadside Hawk (4), Gray-collared[...]
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  Texas leads the way as it has for months now with continuing Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (ABA Code 5), Roadside Hawk (4), Cattle Tyrant (ABA[...]
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  Continuing rare birds in the ABA Area include Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (ABA Code 5), Roadside Hawks (4) Gray-collared Becard (5), Cattle Tyrant (5), Brown[...]
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  Continuing birds in Texas include Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (5), multiple Roadside Hawks (4), Gray-collared Becard (4), Brown Jay (4), Cattle Tyrant (5), Golden-crowned Warbler[...]
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  Continuing rare birds in the ABA Area include Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (5), Roadside Hawks (4), Gray-collared Becard (5) Brown Jay (4), Fan-tailed Warbler (4),[...]
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  Once again, the week starts with Texas's incredible slate of continuing Lower Valley rarities which include Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (ABA Code 5), multiple Roadside[...]
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  Texas leads the way in rare birds with Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (ABA Code 5), Roadside Hawk (5), Mottled Owl (5), Gray-collared Becard (5), Brown[...]
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  Welcome to a new year of rare birds! We still have a handful of rarities continuing into 2024, including the incredible south Texas[...]
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area this week include most of the incredible south Texas finds including Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (ABA Code 5), Roadside[...]
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  Texas's ridiculous run of rarities continues into this week with Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (ABA Code 5), Gray-collared Becard (5), Crimson-collared Grosbeak (4), Golden-crowned Warbler[...]
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  Texas continues to boast a spectacular lineup of ABA Area rarities this week with continuing Bare-throated Tiger Heron (ABA Code 4), Brown Jay[...]
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  Continuing rare birds in the ABA Area include the Large-billed Tern (ABA Code 5) which has been in Florida for half the year[...]
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  What a birding week for Texas! Corresponding with the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival and its influx of birders from around the US and Canada, it’s been years since the region had a run of rarities as exciting as the one experienced last week.
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  American Flamingos (ABA Code 3) are still being seen regularly in Florida, Texas, Louisiana, and North Carolina. The Large-billed Tern (5) is sticking[...]
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  Washington has boasted a nice run of rare birds this week, including a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Tokeland and the state's 7th record of Painted Bunting at Neah Bay. But the big prize was a Little Bunting (3), the state's 2nd, also in Clallam Co. The bird was showing well for the birders that made the trek until it was, unfortunately...
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  Bird tourism has closed up shop in western Alaska for the season, but birders sticking it out on the islands into the increasing clod and dark are still finding good birds. Most recently, the ABA's 4th record of Song Thrush was a new highlight to what continues to be a very nice fall rarity season.
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  American Flamingos (ABA Code 3) continue in multiple states including North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Virginia, and Texas. Crimson-collared Grosbeak (4)[...]
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  American Flamingos (ABA Code 4) continue to be seen across the southeast with the largest flock in North Carolina. Individuals and small flocks[...]
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  As we head into the last few days of September, American Flamingos (ABA Code 4) continue to be seen in North Carolina, South[...]
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  The American Flamingos (ABA Code 4) scattered across the southeast by Hurricane Idalia continue to be seen in a number of locations, most[...]
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  Fall rarity season is starting to get started in Texas, where a Golden-crowned Warbler (4) was seen this week in Cameron Co. This species has been almost annual in recent years with many birds sticking around for quite some time.
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  At this time last week, Hurricane Idalia had made landfall in Florida's Big Bend, scattering American Flamingos across the state in unprecedented numbers[...]
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  We begin with news of Hurricane Idalia, which made landfall near the bend of Florida where the peninsula meets the panhandle. While conventional wind-blown birds like Bridled and Sooty Terns are not all that unusual in the state, the real story has been an impressive influx of American Flamingos (4) at several sites around the peninsula. More than 55 individuals have been reported so far at more than a dozen locations.
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area include both Berylline Hummingbird (ABA Code 4) and Plain-capped Starthroat (4) in southeast Arizona, along with the[...]
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  Berylline Hummingbird (4) and Plain-capped Starthroat (4) continue in southeast Arizona, as do the Large-billed Terns (5) in Florida. Another Lesser Sand-Plover (3)[...]
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area include both Plain-capped Starthroat (ABA Code 4) and Berylline Hummingbird (4) in Arizona, both Large-billed Terns (5) in Florida, the remarkably long-staying Steller’s Sea-Eagle (4) in Newfoundland, and the small flock of Brown Jays (4) in south Texas.
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area include the Steller's Sea-Eagle (ABA Code 4) in Newfoundland, both Large-billed Terns (5) in Florida, the continuing[...]
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  Both of the especially exciting rarities in the ABA Area are continuing into this week. The Steller's Sea-Eagle (ABA Code 4) in Newfoundland[...]
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  The two Large-billed Terns (ABA Code 5) in Florida lead off the list of notable continuing rarities in the ABA Area. They're joined[...]
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  Both Large-billed Terns (ABA Code 5) are still being seen in Florida, highlighting the continuing rarities for this week. Also still being seen,[...]
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area this week include both Large-billed Terns (ABA Code 5) in Florida and the small flock of Brown[...]
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  A quick programming note that there will not be a Rare Bird Alert next week, as I will be out of town. We'll[...]
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area include multiple Hawfinches (ABA Code 4) and Common Pochard (4) in Alaska, the regular Berylline Hummingbird (4)[...]
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area include both Long-toed Stint (ABA Code 4) and multiple Hawfinches (4) in Alaska, the La Sagra's Flycatcher (4)[...]
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  We'll jump straight into the new birds here this week, as we've got two weeks to work through. First stop is Texas, where[...]
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  On a quick programming note, there will not be a Rare Bird Alert post next week, as I will be up at the[...]
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area include the flock of Brown Jays (ABA Code 4) in south Texas, Bahama Mockingbird (4)[...]
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  Continuing birds in the ABA Area include the small flock of Brown Jays (ABA Code 4) in south Texas, at least[...]
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  Here's your roundup of new ABA Area rarities for the week. A quick programming note; there will not be an RBA[...]
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  The small flock of Brown Jays (ABA Code 4) in south Texas lead off the list of notable continuing rarities in[...]
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  Continuing rarities of note in the ABA Area include the small flock of Brown Jays (ABA Code 4) in south Texas,[...]
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  Continuing birds in the ABA Area include the small flock of Brown Jays (ABA Code 4) in south Texas, the Bahama Mockingbird (4) and La Sagra’s Flycatcher (4) in Florida, and both a Red-flanked Bluetail (4) and a Little Stint (4) in California.
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  Plenty of high-quality contiuing rare birds in the ABA Area this week, including the somewhat expected this time of year Bahama[...]
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  We sit smack in the doldrums of late winter/early spring in the ABA Area. Birders to the north are still experiencing[...]
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  Welcome back to the Rare Bird Alert after an off week in which I was out of the country. We've got[...]
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  It's back! From Maine comes the report that the Steller's Sea-Eagle (ABA Code 4), now in eastern North America for its[...]
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  Not a lot has changed in continuing rarities in the ABA Area this week, with Common Shelduck (ABA Code 5) persisting[...]
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  Rarities continuing into the last week of January in the ABA Area include the Common Shelduck (ABA Code 5) in Pennsylvania,[...]
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area include both Bahama Mockingbird (ABA Code 4) and LaSagra's Flycatcher (4) in Florida, right on[...]
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  The ABA Area hosts an impressive set of rarities continuing into this week, with the highlight remaining the ABA Area's 3rd record[...]
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area include the Common Shelduck (ABA Code 5) in Pennsylvania, a Northern Lapwing (4) in Massachusetts,[...]
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  As we head in to the belly of Christmas Bird Count season, we watchers of rarities get to enjoy the bounty[...]
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  After more than a year, the south Texas Social Flycatcher (5) is still being seen, a rare bird pillar at this[...]
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  One notable rare bird of Code 4 or higher is continuing in the ABA Area, the extraordinarily long-staying Social Flycatcher (ABA[...]
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  The Steller's Sea-Eagle (ABA Code 4), having spent more than a year now in North America, is on the move again. After[...]
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  I was in Texas last week for the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival and thus, not able to put together a roundup.[...]
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  Another great week for 1st records across the ABA Area. November is typically the best month of the year for interesting[...]
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area into this last week of October include a continuation of the ongoing Red-legged Honeycreeper (ABA Code[...]
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  It was a sensational week for rarities in the ABA Area, with greta quality and quantity of rare birds across the continent[...]
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  The long-staying Social Flycatcher (ABA Code 5) in south Texas was seen again this week, and the ABA's 10th Wood Warbler[...]
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  There are a handful of continuing rarities in the ABA Area this week, including Nazca Booby (4) and Little Stint (4)[...]
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  The rare bird center of the ABA Area continues to be in Alaska where Taiga Flycatcher (ABA Code 4), Eurasian Bullfinch[...]
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  A Thick-billed Vireo (ABA Code 4) leads off the continuing rarities in the ABA Area this week, most of which come[...]
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  Sorry for the lack of an RBA last week. I was away in Panama with an ABA travel group and unable to[...]
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  New Jersey's first record of Bermuda Petrel was photographed off Cape May August 27 on the Cape Sea Excursions pelagic trip.[...]
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  Continuing ABA Area rarities include the Gray Heron (ABA Code 5) on Prince Edward Island, Berylline Hummingbird (4) still regular at[...]
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area into the third week of August include Berylline Hummingbird (ABA Code 4) in Arizona, the[...]
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  Continuing ABA Area rarities include Steller's Sea-Eagle (ABA Code 4) in Newfoundland, Berylline Hummingbird (4) in Arizona, and Bahama Mockingbird (4) in[...]
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  Both Berylline Hummingbird (ABA Code 4) and Pine Flycatcher (5) continue in southeast Arizona, and the potential ABA 1st Southern Lapwing[...]
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  Berylline Hummingbird (ABA Code 4) and Pine Flycatcher (5) continue in Arizona into this week, as does a Bahama Mockingbird (4)[...]
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  A good number of conituing rarities in the ABA Area into this week, including the triumphant return of the Steller's Sea-Eagle[...]
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  Rare birds in the ABA Area continuing into the middle of July include Berylline Hummingbird (ABA Code3) and Pine Flycatcher (5)[...]
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  Michigan continues its incredible run with 1st records of Red-cockaded Woodpecker and Common Redshank, the latter possibly from east Asia. Also, Yukon is back on the board with a 1st territorial record of American Bittern.
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  An airfield in Michigan is a surprising place for what might be the ABA Area's 1st record of Southern Lapwing. And in the Yukon territory, a Mississippi Kite is a similarly far flung vagrant 1st.
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  There are a handful of rarities continuing in the ABA Area this week, including Berylline Hummingbird (ABA Code 4) and the[...]
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  It's another very flycatchery list of continuing rarities in the ABA Area this week, which makes the Garganey (ABA Code 4)[...]
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  There are lots of continuing rarities this week in the ABA Area, including additional sightings of Garganey (ABA Code 4) in[...]
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  A lot of continuing flycatchers in the ABA Area in June, with both Pine Flycatcher (ABA Code 5) and Tufted Flycatcher[...]
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  There's a very heavy tyrannid representation among the returning ABA rarities this week, which is appropriate given some of our new[...]
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  Lots of interesting birds still hanging out in the ABA rea into this week, starting with Arizona's flycatcher bonanza. Both Tufted Flycatcher[...]
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  It's been another good week for rare birds in the ABA Area, highlighted by the discovery, or perhaps the re-discovery, of[...]
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  Rare birds continuing into this first week of May include Tufted Flycatcher (ABA Code 5) in Arizona and Thick-billed Vireo (4)[...]
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area include Bahama Mockingbird (ABA Code 4) in Florida, Tufted Flycatcher (5) in Arizona, Oregon's 1st[...]
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  We're starting to build up a healthy stable of continuing rarities in the ABA Area again, leading with the recent Tufted[...]
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  If anyone out there is wondering where the Rare Bird Alert went last week, I was out of town for the[...]
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  It'a April Fool's Day, and the urge to make up rare birds runs high on this day more than any other.[...]
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  The exciting Red-flanked Bluetail (ABA Code 4) in Washington is an easy highlight of the contining rarities in the ABA Area this[...]
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  Rare birds continuing into this week include Oriental Turtle-Dove (ABA Code 4) and Little Stint (4) in California, Social Flycatcher (5)[...]
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  If you've been following this report all year, you'll be familiar with the continuing ABA Area rarities, none of which seem to[...]
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  Once again, the list of continuing ABA rarities is far longer than the list of new notables. Both Little Stint (ABA[...]
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  Rare birds still being found in the ABA Area into this last week of February include Steller's Sea-Eagle (ABA Code 4)[...]
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  Loads of continuing rarities in the ABA Area this week, including the triumphant return of the Steller's Sea-Eagle (ABA Code 4)[...]
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  Oriental Turtle-Dove (ABA Code 4) and Little Stint (4) highlight the continuing ABA Area rare birds in California, with the Zenaida[...]
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  The long list of continuing rarities in the ABA Area has not shortened much in the last week. Though the Maine[...]
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  Lots of continuing ABA Area rarities this week, many of which have been present for multiple weeks. The Steller's Sea-Eagle (ABA[...]
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  There are more continuing rarities in the ABA Area than new ones right now, with the famous Steller's Sea-Eagle (ABA Code[...]
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  Texas continues to collect ABA Area rarities like Pokemon cards with continuing Bat Falcon (ABA Code 5), Social Flycatcher (5), Golden-crowned[...]
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  Would be ABA Big Year birders are undoubtedly starting the year off in Texas, where the ABA's 1st Bat Falcon (ABA[...]
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  We were off due to the holiday last week, but back today with a special two weeks worth of rarities. Texas[...]
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  ABA Area Rarities continuing into this first Christmas Bird Count Week include the New Mexico Blue Mockingbird (ABA Code 5), both[...]
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  A beautiful Short-billed Albatross in Oregon and many vagrant Kingbirds in the east highlight a nice pre-CBC accounting of rare birds around the ABA Area.
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  South Texas continues to host excellent ABA Area rarities with Social Flycatcher (ABA Code 5), Golden-crowned Warbler (4), and Crimson-collared Grosbeak[...]
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  The only continuing bird of note this week, or at least the only one reported to eBird, was the long-staying Inca[...]
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  November, historically the best rarity month of the year, blows in with 1st records for North Dakota, California, Arizona, and Vermont, and the beginning of rare European geese turning up in the northeast.
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  The Steller's Sea-Eagle in eastern Canada is back! Discovered this time in Nova Scotia, where it represents a 1st provincial record.
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  Quebec is the center of the rarity world this week, with potential 1sts Lesson's Seedeater and Small-billed Elaenia. But NC, SC, GA, FL, and SK boast 1sts on their own as well.
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  Vermont's 1st record of Bell's Vireo is an exciting find, along with a Brambling in Montana and an extraordinary Brown-headed Nuthatch in Kansas. All that and more in this week's Rare Bird Alert.
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  The lonely Oahu Inca Tern (ABA Code 5) in Hawaii remains the sole ABA Area rarity continuing from last week. Who[...]
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  Lots of state and provincial 1sts this week, with a Golden-crowned Warbler in Louisiana, only the third for the ABA Area away from Texas, the easy highlight. But Kirtland's Warbler in MD, Kentucky Warbler in AB, Fork-tailed Flycatcher in GA, and Nelson's Sparrow in NV all delighting birders in those places as well.
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  As we slide into October, we once again tough base with a handful of continuing rarities in the ABA Area that[...]
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  Highlights this week include a Lesser Sand-Plover on the central coast of California, a very nice bird away from Alaska. Plus a hummingbird first for South Carolina and a spate of notable Northern Wheatear and Magnificent Frigatebird records in the midwest and east.
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  A Variegated Flycatcher in Florida is only the 8th for the ABA, plus 1st record Snowy Plover in New York and Yellow-footed Gull in New Mexico.
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  ABA Area rarities hanging around for another week include the young Common Shelduck (ABA Code 4) in Quebec, the long-staying Berylline Hummingbird[...]
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  Hurricane Ida drops surprising tubenoses on Florida's Gulf coast. Plus potential 1sts in Labrador and Texas that come too late to chase, but not too late to appreciate.
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  Previously reported rare birds in the ABA Area continuing into this week include Berylline Hummingbird (ABA Code 4) in Arizona, Little Egret[...]
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  The Berylline Hummingbird (ABA Code 4) continues in southeast Arizona as it has all summer, along with a Little Egret (4) in Delaware[...]
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  We're back after a week off with lots to report! Maine's 1st Masked Booby, Rhode Island's 1st Black-bellied Whistling Duck, and Roseate Spoonbill 1sts for New Hampshire and DC.
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  This week's report of continuing rare birds in the ABA Area is highlighted by the return of the Steller's Sea-Eagle (ABA[...]
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  An Oriental Turtle-Dove in British Columbia this week is only the 6th record for North America away from Alaska, and Mississippi and Michigan enjoy 1st records.
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  The Berylline Hummingbird (ABA Code 4) in Arizona is the sole remaining rare bird in the ABA Area that has continued[...]
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  Continuing ABA Area rarities include Berylline Hummingbird (ABA Code 4) in Arizona and Little Egret (4) in Maine. We begin in[...]
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area include Berylline Hummingbird (ABA Code 4) in Arizona and a pair of littles on opposites sides[...]
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  The wandering Heermann's Gull makes a stop in South Carolina, the 6th state for which is represents a 1st. Plus Montana's 1st and 2nd records of Neotropic Cormorant come one right after another.
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  Notable birds continuing in the ABA Area into this week include Berylline Hummingbird (ABA Code 4) in Arizona, Little Egret (4)[...]
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  Notable ABA rarities continuing into this week include Berylline Hummingbird (ABA Code 4) in Arizona, the Pallas's Bunting (5) on Gambell,[...]
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  Noteworthy ABA Area rarities continuing into this week in the ABA Area include both Berylline Hummingbird (ABA Code 4) and Tufted[...]
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  The list of continuing rarities in the ABA Area has been whittled to two this week, the shortest it has been[...]
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  Tufted Flycatchers return to southern Arizona along with summery weather. We also saw 1st records from Oregon, North Carolina, Iowa, and Nebraska this week.
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  Because of continuing COVID-19 cases in many states and provinces, the purpose of this report is to keep homebound birders caught[...]
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  New Hampshire's 1st record Virginia's Warbler highlights a week that also saw Flame-colored Tanager in Texas and Garganey in New Brunswick.
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  A Phylloscopus warbler in Ontario is likely a Yellow-browed Warbler, a first for the province and an incredible vagrant bird for spring in North America.
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  Because of continuing COVID-19 cases in many states and provinces, the purpose of this report is to keep homebound birders caught[...]
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  Because of continuing COVID-19 cases in many states and provinces, the purpose of this report is to keep homebound birders caught[...]
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  Because of continuing COVID-19 cases in many states and provinces, the purpose of this report is to keep homebound birders caught[...]
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  Because of continuing COVID-19 cases in many states and provinces, the purpose of this report is to keep homebound birders caught[...]
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  Because of continuing COVID-19 cases in many states and provinces, the purpose of this report is to keep homebound birders caught[...]
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  A young Inca Tern on the big island of Hawai'i would represent not only a 1st for the state, but for the ABA Area.
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  Because of continuing COVID-19 cases in many states and provinces, the purpose of this report is to keep homebound birders caught[...]
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  Though COVID-19 cases in many states and provinces are declining, the purpose of this report is to keep homebound birders caught[...]
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  Cold weather in Mexico could drive southern birds across the Rio Grande in to the ABA Area. Indeed, a remarkable Blue Bunting in San Antonio and a Yellow-faced Grassquit in Brownsville could be the first of many.
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  Lots of continuing ABA rarities are joined by 1st state records from Georgia (Heermann's Gull) and Connecticut (Great Skua). Plus Nova Scotia boasts a remarkable 5 individual Redwings!
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  Redwings continue to show on both coasts of the ABA Area, with one in British Columbia and two in Nova Scotia.
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  More thrushes to report, this time in Maine where two Redwings represent the state's 1st and 2nd records.
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  The thrush rush continues with Redwings in Newfoundland and New Brunswick! Also Little Gull in Mississippi and Black-headed Grosbeak in Maine.
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  Because of rising COVID-19 cases in many states and provinces, the purpose of this report is to keep homebound birders caught[...]
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  Because of rising COVID-19 cases in many states and provinces, the purpose of this report is to keep homebound birders caught[...]
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  Because of rising COVID-19 cases in many states and provinces, the purpose of this report is to keep homebound birders caught[...]
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  A Hawfinch in Yukon Territory, a territorial 1st and a 1st for Canada, is a fantastic way to end the year in rarities. Plus 1st records for Tennessee, Virginia, and Delaware.
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  The ABA's 4th Spotted Rail in south Texas certainly feels like a 1st. It's joined by 1st records from Wisconsin, Nevada, and South Carolina.
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  A Tundra Bean-Goose highlights what has been an extraordinary week for rare birds in the Philadelphia area. Also Empidonax flycatchers represent 1st records for North Carolina and Nova Scotia.
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  The ABA's 7th Ruddy Ground-Dove in Key West, Florida, is the latest in a string of good birds in the Sunshine State. This week also saw 1st records of Cassin's Kingbird in Tennessee and Barnacle Goose in the District of Columbia.
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  A stunning male Blue Bunting in south Texas highlights the week that also sees south Texas-y 1sts like Great Kiskadee in Illinois and Couch's Kingbird in Virginia.
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  It's La Sagra's season in south Florida, with a bird showing up right on time in the Florida Keys. Also 1st records for Michigan, Prince Edward Island, and possibly Virginia.
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  It's a great week for wayward flycatchers in the ABA Area, with Variegated Flycatcher in Ontario, Cuban Pewee in Florida, and Newfoundland's 1st record of Vermilion Flycatcher. British Columbia, Ohio, and Idaho also host 1sts this week.
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  Virginia becomes the latest state in 2020 to host a Gray Heron, the farthest south this species has been seen in the ABA Area and only the 2nd Lower 48 record. Also, Ash-throated Flycatchers spread across the continent and Evening Grosbeaks hit Florida!
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  It's Novembird! And the month begins with a real bang in the form of Rhode Island's 1st Common Cuckoo, as well as 1st Yellow-eyed Junco for Kansas and Pacific Golden-Plover for Connecticut.
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  Arizona leads with continuing rarities for yet another week, headlined by Eared Quetzals (ABA Code 4) and a Northern Jacana (4).[...]
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area come from the south, with the European Golden-Plover (ABA Code 4) in New Mexico still[...]
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  As it has all summer and well into the fall, the southwest part of the ABA Area has been full of[...]
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  Fall 2020 continues to be a good one, with multiple 1st records this week including an extraordinary European Golden-Plover in New Mexico of all places. Also 1sts for NC, CT, OH, and DE.
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  The amazing Eared Quetzal irruption continues and New Mexico gets into the fun with its 1st record. Northwest Territories boasts a 1st Nashville Warbler and British Columbia hosts a strange pairing of Red-legged Kittiwake and Nazca Booby.
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  Northern Wheatears turn up in Pennsylvania, Ontario, and Massachusetts this week. New Jersey's 1st Wood Sandpiper, South Dakota's 1st Painted Redstart, and Florida's 1st Hermit Warbler.
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  Hurricane Sally made landfall this week, bringing Mississippi's 1st record of Red-footed Booby with it. Oregon also gets a 1st with Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. And Black-throated Gray Warblers and Neotropic Cormorants continue to turn up across the east.
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  A bunch of 1st records to report this week - Brewer's Sparrow in PA, Common Ringed Plover in VT, and Bell's Vireo in BC. But the highlight is Massachusetts's (and the Lower 48's) 1st record of Gray Heron near Nantucket Island.
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  Hurricane Laura brought multiple Band-rumped Storm-Petrels into the Midwest, including Indiana's 1st. But the bird of the week was a stunning adult Steller's Sea Eagle (ABA Code 4) at Denali NP in Alaska.
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  Brown Boobys are all over the midwest, with birds in Tennessee, Ontario, and Ohio, the latter representing the state's 1st. But bird of the week comes from Florida where Thick-billed Vireos have evidently nested for a second straight year.
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  There aren't as many birders in Alaska this fall but there are still plenty of birds, like three Oriental Greenfinches in Unalaska. Also Utah and Washington boast state 1sts this week.
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  Swallow-tailed Kites continue to make a major push into the northeast and Great Lakes, but the discovery of a Brown Booby on the Current River of Missouri, a state 1st, takes the cake as the bird of the week.
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  August means vagrant kites and wandering waders, but an Alabama state 1st South Polar Skua is a fantastic highlight of a weather-full week in the ABA Area.
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  Because of COVID-19 related Stay-at-Home orders in many states and provinces, the purpose of this report is to keep homebound birders[...]
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  Because of COVID-19 related Stay-at-Home orders in many states and provinces, the purpose of this report is to keep homebound birders[...]
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  Because of COVID-19 related Stay-at-Home orders in many states and provinces, the purpose of this report is to keep homebound birders[...]
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  Because of COVID-19 related Stay-at-Home orders in many states and provinces, the purpose of this report is to keep homebound birders[...]
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  Because of COVID-19 related Stay-at-Home orders in many states and provinces, the purpose of this report is to keep homebound birders[...]
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  Because of COVID-19 related Stay-at-Home orders in many states and provinces, the purpose of this report is to keep homebound birders[...]
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  Because of COVID-19 related Stay-at-Home orders in many states and provinces, the purpose of this report is to keep homebound birders caught[...]
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  Because of COVID-19 related Stay-at-Home orders in many states and provinces, the purpose of this report is to keep homebound birders[...]
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  Because of COVID-19 related Stay-at-Home orders in many states and provinces, the purpose of this report is to keep homebound birders[...]
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  Because of COVID-19 related Stay-at-Home orders in many states and provinces, the purpose of this report is to keep homebound birders[...]
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  Because of COVID-19 related Stay-at-Home orders in many states and provinces, the purpose of this report is to keep homebound birders[...]
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  Because of COVID-19 related Stay-at-Home orders in many states and provinces, the purpose of this report is to keep homebound birders[...]
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  Because of COVID-19 related Stay-at-Home orders in many states and provinces, the purpose of this report is to keep homebound birders[...]
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  Because of COVID-19 related Stay-at-Home orders in many states and provinces, the purpose of this report is to keep homebound birders[...]
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  Because of COVID-19 related Stay-at-Home orders in many states and provinces, the purpose of this report is to keep homebound birders[...]
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  Because of COVID-19 related Stay-at-Home orders in many states and provinces, the purpose of this report is to keep homebound birders[...]
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  Because of COVID-19 related Stay-at-Home orders in many states and provinces, the purpose of this report is to keep homebound birders[...]
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  We're still going to continue doing this weekly feature even while COVID-19 is making birding and, especially, rarity chasing more difficult.[...]
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  Zugunruhe is taking hold among our remaining ABA Area vagrants. Well, zugunruhe or the fact that the sites where they are found are closing due to the COVID-19 outbreak (in the case of the long-staying La Sagra's Flycatcher in Florida at least).
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  Birders are self-isolating but that doesn't yet mean we can't go out birding provided we take proper precautions. You may as well[...]
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  Noteworthy birds in the ABA Area not practicing social distancing from ABA Area birders this week (I'm so sorry), include the[...]
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  Still continuing into the first week of spring, at least meteorologically speaking, Garganey (ABA Code 4) in California, and the Caribbean[...]
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  Washington continues to host a Siberian Accentor (4) into this week, and Florida birders are continuing to keep track of a pair of Caribbean specialities in the south of the state in the form of a Thick-billed Vireo (4) and a La Sagra’s Flycatcher (4).
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  Rare birds continuing into the third week of February include the stunning Siberian Accentor (ABA Code 4) in Washington, plus of[...]
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  Last week's Siberian Accentor (ABA Code 4) in Washington joins the familiar La Sagra's Flycatcher (4) in Florida and long-staying Garganey (4) in California in the continuing category. The Accentor appears to be pretty pretty reliable these days, which is fantastic for all the birders who have made the trip to see this stunning east Asian vagrant.
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  IVORY GULL in Montana! SIBERIAN ACCENTOR in Washington! Late winter is producing some interesting rare birds across the ABA Area. Get caught up at the ABA's Rare Bird Alert.
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  As with last week, a La Sagra's Flycatcher (ABA Code 4) in Florida and a Garganey (4) in California represent the[...]
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  Exciting for Oregon this week was a Mountain Plover discovered in Clatsop. The bird is quite close, as the plover flies, from an individual in extreme southwestern Washington a few weeks ago, and birders have speculated that this might be the same bird having relocated across the mouth of the Columbia River.
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  Continuing rare birds in the ABA Area include the La Sagra’s Flycatcher (ABA Code 4) in Florida and a female Garganey (4) in California.
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  Continuing rarities in the ABA Area include a Garganey (ABA Code 4) in California, both La Sagra’s Flycatcher (4) and Antillean Palm-Swift (5) in Florida, and a Streak-backed Oriole (4) continuing to visit a feeder in Arizona.
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  Welcome to 2020! As is typically the case, we ease into the rare bird world at the top of the year. But there are a couple nice state firsts for those birders looking to get their year lists off right.

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