Photographs documented a First State Record White-throated Swift in North Carolina and a Third State Record White-throated Swift in Oklahoma.

It turns out that 3 days after the sighting of a Second North American Record Eurasian Sparrowhawk on Adak Island in the Aleutians of Alaska, a different European Sparrowhawk was documented on Adak creating a Third North American Record and Third State Record for the species. There were 4 new First Records, including a Swainson’s Hawk in Georgia, a Short-tailed Shearwater in Saskatchewan, a Crissal Thrasher in Colorado, and a White-throated Swift in North Carolina. Coincidentally, a Third State Record White-throated Swift was photographed in Oklahoma – and there’s more to report:

NORTH AMERICAN RECORD

Third North American Record Eurasian Sparrowhawk – Adak Island, Aleutians, Alaska

STATE & PROVINCIAL RECORDS

First State Record Swainson’s Hawk – near Brunswick, Georgia

First Provincial Record Short-tailed Shearwater – Stoney Rapids, Saskatchewan

First State Record Crissal Thrasher – Cottonwood Canyon, Colorado

First State Record White-throated Swift – Columbia, North Carolina

Second State Record Ancient Murrelet – Vero Beach, Florida

Third State Record White-throated Swift – Gloss Mountain Park, Oklahoma

Third State Record Eurasian Sparrowhawk – Adak Island, Aleutians, Alaska

Third State Record Black-legged Kittiwake – Casper, Wyoming

Third State Record Cassin’s Kingbird – Chattanooga, Tennessee

Third State Record Brewer’s Sparrow – Lake Apopka, Florida

Fourth Provincial Record Rock Wren – Point Prim, Nova Scotia

Fourth State Record Lazuli Bunting – Newbury, Massachusetts

REALLY RARE BIRDS

Baikal Teal – Adak Island, Aleutians, Alaska

Northern Lapwing – Nantucket, Massachusetts

Common Shelduck – eastern Long Island, New York

Yellow-billed Loon – Belle Fourche Reservoir, South Dakota

Black-throated Gray Warbler – Woburn, Massachusetts

Townsend’s Warbler – Woburn, Massachusetts

Ash-throated Flycatcher – West Pubnico, Nova Scotia

Brambling – near East Glacier, Montana

CONTINUING REALLY RARE BIRDS

Mottled Owl – Texas

Taiga Bean Goose – California

Cattle Tyrant – Texas

Yellow-headed Caracara – Florida

Berylline Hummingbird – Arizona

Brown Jays – Texas

Bananaquit – Florida

American Flamingos – Florida, Texas

For more information, you can refer to the American Birding Association’s Rare Bird Alert at Rare Bird Alert: December 6, 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