A rare First District Record Green-tailed Towhee thrilled birders at the US Botanic Garden in Washington, DC (photo by Menachem Goldstein).

Birders reported 18 Record sightings that included a First State Record Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in Kansas, a First District Record Green-tailed Towhee in Washington, DC; and a First State Record Townsend’s Solitaire in Kentucky. A Second State Record Taiga Bean Goose thrilled birders in northern California, while South Dakota and Kansas birders found a

Second State Record Brambling in each state. A Second State Record Sage Thrasher was documented in Tennessee, and a Third State Record Anna’s Hummingbird stopped at a nectar feeder in Columbus, Ohio – and there are many more records to report:

STATE & PROVINCIAL RECORDS

First State Record Sharp-tailed Sandpiper – Quivira Refuge, Kansas

First District Record Green-tailed Towhee –Washington, DC

First State Record Townsend’s Solitaire – Kleber Wildlife Area, Kentucky

Second State Record Taiga Bean Goose – Arcata Bottoms, California

Second State Record Brambling – near Pierre, South Dakota

Second State Record Brambling – near Lawrence, Kansas

Second State Record Sage Thrasher – Shelby Farms Park, Tennessee

Second State Record Groove-billed Ani – ‘northwest’ Minnesota

Third State Record Anna’s Hummingbird – Columbus, Ohio

Third Provincial Record Pinyon Jay – Brooks, Alberta

Third Provincial Record Wood Thrush – Eagle Lake, British Columbia

Third State Record Chestnut-collared Longspur – New Haven, Connecticut

Fourth State Record Bell’s Vireo – Cape Henlopen, Delaware

Fifth State Record White-throated Swift – Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas

Fifth State Record Chestnut-collared Longspur – near Sand Bay, Wisconsin

Sixth State Record Black-throated Gray Warbler – Ketchikan, Alaska

Eighth Provincial Record Scarlet Tanager – Revelstoke, British Columbia

Eighth Provincial Record Cave Swallow – Canso, Nova Scotia

REALLY RARE BIRDS

Black-faced Grassquit – Long Key, Florida

Varied Thrush – Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Summer Tanager – near Edmonton, Alberta

Vermilion Flycatcher – Presque Isle, Pennsylvania

Purple Gallinule – near Baltimore, Maryland

Crested Caracara – Ringwood, New Jersey

Mountain Bluebird – Ipswich River Sanctuary, Massachusetts

Trumpeter Swan – Petersham, Massachusetts

Chestnut-collared Longspur – near Rives, Tennessee

CONTINUING REALLY RARE BIRDS

Mottled Owl – Texas

American Flamingos – Florida, Texas

Yellow-headed Caracara – Florida

Berylline Hummingbird – Arizona

Brown Jays – Texas

Bananaquit – Florida

For more information, you can refer to the American Birding Association’s Rare Bird Alert at Rare Bird Alert: November 8, 2024 - American Birding Association (aba.org) Special Thanks to the ABA for permitting us to use the ABA’s Rare Bird Alert to prepare this weekly replay.

You can often find more information 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