AUTUMN 2000/VOLUME 14, NUMBER 4
Table 4
Confirmed Rare Bird Reports
| Bird species | Location | Dates observed |
Why rare or unusual? Other comments |
Observer |
| Baltimore Oriole | Madison, CT Shippenville, PA Danville, KY |
12/14/99,1/31/00 1/1/00 11/27/99 |
Winters in American tropics, some regularly linger in contiguous U.S. |
T. Hobbins M. Buckwalter N. & V. Eklund |
| Blue Jay | Sisters, OR | 12/1213/99 | Species expanding its range westward. | N. Funai |
| Buff-bellied Hummingbird |
Cantonment, FL | 11/993/00 | Mexican species; fairly common in Rio Grande delta, especially around Brownsville,Texas. Rare in Gulf Coast to Louisiana. |
D. Kenney |
| Cape May Warbler | Andover, MA | 12/1820/99 | Winters chiefly in West Indies, a few in southernmost Florida. | M. Timko |
| Carolina Wren | Boulder, CO Weybridge, VT |
Winter 2000 2/12/003/15/00 |
An eastern species rare in western states. Species expanding its range northward in mild winters. | B. Gholson J. Albers |
| Dickcissel | Hagerstown, MD Myrtle Beach, SC |
12/995/00 12/1/99 |
Winters mainly from Mexico to northern South America. Rare migrant and winter visitor to both coasts; more common in the East. | J. Hesler S. Turner |
| Harris's Sparrow | Farmington, NY St. Mary's, ON |
12/992/00 12/992/00 |
Winters in central U.S.; rare or casual winter visitor east to Atlantic Coast at feeders. | R. Posner A. Slater |
| Indigo Bunting | Atlantic Mine, MI | 12/15/992/16/00 | Winters in S. Florida, W. Indies, and Mexico/Central America. | B. & P. Quenzi |
| Lucy's Warbler | Berkeley, CA | 12/27/99 | Usually winters along the coast of Mexico. Part of a growing pattern of rare warblers showing up on California coast in winter. | S. Dickie |
| Orange-crowned Warbler |
Lubbock, TX Lawrence, KS |
11/21/99 12/10/991/00 |
Mainly a coastal species in Texas, sometimes uses hummingbird feeders. Eastern birds winter in southern Gulf Coast states and Carolinas. | E. Roots R. Rucker |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | Scarborough, ME Minneapolis, MN Wolfville, NS |
12/18/993/17/00 12/995/00 2/11, 2/14,3/19/00 |
Species expanding at northern edge of range. | R. Richard V. Mason B. Thexton |
| Varied Thrush | Cedar, MN | 2/5/003/00 | Rare or casual to eastern states in winter. | P. Hill |
| White-throated Sparrow | Eugene, OR | 1/003/00 | Winters mainly in eastern U.S.; a few migrate to southwestern states and West Coast. | J. von Hippel |
| Wood Stork | Lilburn, GA | 1/18/00, 2/19/00 | Unusual to wander so far inland, especially in winter. | W. Rogers |
This table lists all the rare bird reports reviewed and confirmed as of this writing. Rare Bird Forms continue to be received throughout the year, and the confirmed reports are posted on the FeederWatch Rare Bird Archive at <http://birds.cornell.edu/pfw>.