Birders in Quebec had an outstanding week, finding the First Provincial Record Gray Flycatcher among other exciting finds (photo by Jack Parlapiano).

Quebec birders located a First Provincial Record Gray Flycatcher in Tadoussac, Quebec, near where others documented a Fifth Provincial Record Townsend’s Warbler. Washington birders also managed a double record week by documenting a Second State Record Little Bunting and a Seventh State Record Painted Bunting. A couple big city birds included a Seventh State Record Clark’s Nutcracker photographed in Madison, Wisconsin, and a Northern Jacana photographed in Phoenix, Arizona. And the Steller’s Sea Eagle has resurfaced – in Nova Scotia after summering in Newfoundland.

STATE & PROVINCIAL RECORDS

First Provincial Record Gray Flycatcher – Tadoussac, Quebec

Second State Record Little Bunting – Hobuck Beach, Washington

Second State Record Wedge-tailed Shearwater – offshore Port Aransas, Texas

Second State Record Neotropical Cormorant – Lake Shamrock, Georgia

Fourth State Record Bell’s Vireo – Stamford, Connecticut

Fifth Provincial Record Townsend’s Warbler – Tadoussac, Quebec

Seventh State Record Clark’s Nutcracker – Madison, Wisconsin

Seventh State Record Painted Bunting – Neah Bay, Washington

REALLY RARE BIRDS

Steller’s Sea Eagle – Nova Scotia

Northern Jacana – Phoenix, Arizona

Nutting’s Flycatchers (2) – Big Bend National Park, Texas

Brambling – near Cremona, Alberta

Northern Wheatear – Westchester, New York

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher – Tokeland, Washington

Nashville Warbler – Fairbanks, Alaska

Sage Thrasher – near Madisonville, Louisiana

Limpkin – Sioux City, Iowa

Limpkin – King of Prussia, Pennsylvania

CONTINUING REALLY RARE BIRDS

American Flamingos – Florida, North Carolina, Louisiana, Texas

Large-billed Tern – Florida

LaSagra’s Flycatcher – Florida

Brown Jays – Texas

Golden-crowned Warblers – Texas

For more information, you can refer to the American Birding Association’s Rare Bird Alert at Rare Bird Alert: October 27, 2023 - 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 http://birding.aba.org/ or at https://www.facebook.com/groups/ABArare/