The First State Record Great Kiskadee was found in northeast Illinois, near Channahon.
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Birders in Illinois found a First State Record Great Kiskadee last week, and in Virginia a First State Record Couch’s Kingbird was documented. Two Second State Records were set when a Red-bellied Woodpecker was identified in Oregon, and a Rock Wren in Maine. North Carolina birders also found a Fourth State Record MacGillivray’s Warbler and a Fifth State Record Varied Thrush. Texas birders found a number of exceptional birds, including a Blue Bunting, Crimson-collared Grosbeak, Rufous-capped Sparrow, and a Clark’s Nutcracker.
STATE & PROVINCIAL RECORDS
First State Record Great Kiskadee – near Channahon, Illinois
First State Record Couch’s Kingbird – Chincoteague Refuge, Virginia
Second State Record Red-bellied Woodpecker – Cottage Grove, Oregon
Second State Record Rock Wren – Ogunquit, Maine
Fourth State Record MacGillivray’s Warbler – Duck, North Carolina
Fifth State Record Varied Thrush – Cary, North Carolina
Fourteenth State Record Vermillion Flycatcher – near Bragg City, Missouri
REALLY RARE SIGHTINGS
Blue Bunting – Estero Llano Grande Park, Texas
Crimson-collared Grosbeak – Quinta Mazatlan, Texas
Rufous-capped Sparrow – Del Rio, Texas
Common Crane – Wilcox, Arizona
Arctic Loon – Qualicum, British Columbia
Clark’s Nutcracker – Alpine, Texas
Black-chinned Hummingbird – Apex, North Carolina
White-eyed Vireo – Winona, Minnesota
White-eyed Vireo – Farm Island, South Dakota
Allen’s Hummingbird – Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Anna’s Hummingbird – Kimberling City, Missouri
Golden-crowned Sparrow – Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec
Golden-crowned Sparrow – Rockford, Illinois
Gyrfalcon – Dunbar Slough Wildlife Area, Iowa
Evening Grosbeaks – near Tuscumbia, Alabama
Spotted Towhee – Gaspesie, Quebec
Northern Shrike – Peabody Wildlife Area, Kentucky
Painted Bunting – Ashland Nature Center, Delaware
Razorbill – Niagara, Ontario
Western Grebe – Gavin Brown Preserve, Kentucky
CONTINUING RARE BIRDS
Cuban Pewee – Florida Keys
Fork-tailed Flycatcher– northern Arkansas
Little Egrets – Dominion Beach, Nova Scotia
Red-legged Thrush – Florida Keys
Black-faced Grassquit – Florida Keys
Northern Jacana – southern Arizona
Garganey – Salton Sea, California
For more information, see the American Birding Association’s Rare Bird Alert at https://www.aba.org/rare-bird-alert-november-27-2020/ Special Thanks 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 information about individual rare bird sightings from the state rare bird alert listserves that you can access at http://birding.aba.org/ or at https://www.facebook.com/groups/ABArare/