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Confirmed Rare Bird reports
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2001-2002

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Bird Species Location Date observed Observer Bird ID Aids Why rare or unusual? Other comments
Eurasian Collared Dove Santa Fe, NM 3/17/2002 A. Klein description introduced species with expanding range
Del Norte, CO 1/31/2002 P. Pabst description
White-winged Dove Cape May, NJ 2/25/02 & 3/02/2002 J. Lukens description north of expanding range
Eastern Screech Owl Winnipeg, MB 11/25/2001 K. Schulz photos north of range
Black-chinned Hummingbird Lexington, SC 2/28/2002 to 3/7/2002 D. Rosengrant photos, banded north of winter range, east of summer range
Gainesville, FL 1/8/2002 to
3/30/2002 		B. Bynum description
Anna's Hummingbird Kelowna, BC 11/18/2001-1/29/2002 P. Gould description, local birders lingering migrant, range expanding northward
Calliope Hummingbird Augusta, GA October - December 2001 B. Ristroph description and photos east of range
Rufous Hummingbird Snellville, GA 12/16/2001 N. Wynn photo and description northeast of winter range
Virginia Beach, VA 11/12/2001 K. Beatty description
Red-bellied Woodpecker Annapolis Royal, NS 11/17/2001 M. Cameron photos pioneering species expanding range
Matheson, ON 11/11/2001 A. Ginn description, local birders
Cheyenne, WY 1/27/2001 to 3/20/2002 A. Heater description, photos
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Bay City, OR 1/8/2002 to
1/26/2002 		J. F. Taylor description west of range
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) Bellevue, WA 1/15/2002 B. Miller description west of range
Alameda, CA Ocassionally Oct. to Feb. P. Donato description
Northern Flicker (Red Shafted x Yellow Shafted Hybrid) Clackamas, OR 10/31/2001, 1/27/2002 D. Gonthier description west of hybrid range
Blue Jay Maxwell, NM 9/28/2001 to 4/12/2002 D. Cleary photo at western edge of expanding range
Florissant, CO 11/7/2002 to 12/10/2002, 3/30/2002 K. Hamrick
L. Drury		 description
Tufted Titmouse Mont Shefford, QC 11/10/2001-12/31/2001 T. Darwall description pioneering species expanding range
Brown-headed Nuthatch Chagrin Falls, OH November 21, 2001 through Januay, 2002 L. Gilbert photo, rare bird records committee members first record for Ohio; Click here to see full report.
Eastern Bluebird Spring Lake, MI 1/24/2002 L. Newman description slightly north of winter range
Townsend's Solitaire Saint-Hubert, QC 11/17/2001 R. Belhumeur description vagrant, breeds in west and winters in Mexico
Varied Thrush St. Joseph, MN 3/24/2002 N. Moran photo east of winter range
Clay-colored Robin Jemez Springs, NM 12/22/2001 J. Stone photo, description north of range; Click here to see full report.
Gray Catbird La Salle, QC 12/24/2001 K. Heon description lingering migrant
Virginia's Warbler Casa Grande, AZ 2/14/2002 to 2/17/2002 J. L. Cornell description far north of winter range
Black-throated Blue Warbler Antigonish, NS 12/19/2002 to 12/21/2002 S. Holm photos lingering migrant
Black-throated Green Warbler Saint-Hubert, QC 11/10/2001 R. Belhumeur description lingering migrant
Blackburnian Warbler Annapolis Royal, NS 11/19/2001 to 11/21/2001 M. Cameron description lingering migrant
Yellow-throated Warbler Columbia City, IN 11/28/2001 P. Koch description lingering migrant
Pine Warbler Grosvenordale, CT 12/31/2001 to March M. Sharkey description wintering north of range
Black and White Warbler Lawrence, KS 3/4/2002 W. Dort description returned early to summer range
Ovenbird Westphal, NS 12/31/2001 J. Purchase description lingering migrant
Wilson's Warbler Halifax, NS 11/22/2001 S. Borkowski photos, local experts lingering migrant
Yellow-breasted Chat Brick, NJ 2/4/2002 to 2/19/2002 F. Laspe photo, description wintering north of range
Wolfville, NS 1/5/2002 to 1/23/2002 H. Shaw description vagrant found occasionally in southern NS in winter, usually winters in Central America
Westphal, NS 1/7/2002 to 1/30/2002 J. Purchase description
Western Tanager Eastham, MA 1/07/2002 J. Brainerd description, photo vagrant, northeast of winter range
Chipping Sparrow Etna, CA 1/8/2002 to 1/19/2002 S. Tebbe description, drawing north of winter range, lingering migrant
Lark Sparrow Oromocto, NB 11/21/2001 M. Roncetti photos Vagrant, normally winters in southern US and Mexico
Lincoln's Sparrow Maxwell, NM 3/10/2002 to 4/7/2002 D. Cleary photo early migrant
Harris's Sparrow Brookings, OR 1/9/2001 to 3/7/2002 S. Chamberts sketch, description northwest of winter range
Clancy, MT 11/28/2001 to 4/2/2002 W. Rainey sketch, description north of winter range
Golden-crowned Sparrow Burns Lake, BC 12/18/2001 R. Fletcher description lingering migrant
St. Maries, ID 1/18/2002 to 1/19/2002 L. Stackow description, photos east of winter range
Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon race Columbia, TN 2/23/2002 H. Scott description vagrant, western form
Harley, ON 12/8/2001 P. Rogerson description
Adrian, MI 1/1/2002 to 1/3/2002 T. Shiels description
Elk Mound, WI 11/25/2001 to 3/23/2002 A. Droske photos, description
Charleston, WV 3/19/2002 M. Beckelheimer description
Northern Cardinal Maxwell, NM 4/7/2002 to 4/21/2002 D. Cleary photo west of range
Rose-breasted Grosbeak Black River Falls, WI 12/7/2001 to 4/2002 L. Becker photo, description wintered in summer range
Indigo Bunting Owensboro, KY 2/18/2002 M. Thompson description wintering north of range
Painted Bunting Sackville, NB 4/9/2002 - 4/23/2002 A. MacFarlane photo, description Vagrant; breeds in southern US; winters in southern US, Mexico and Central America.
Dickcissel South Bend, IN 2/16/2002 to 2/17/2002 D. Dietrich photos, description wintering in summer range
Yellow-headed Blackbird Cincinnati, OH 1/20/2002 D. Shelton photos northeast of winter range and east of summer range
Baltimore Oriole Elmont, NY 1/24/2002 to 1/28/2002 L. Waters description, photo vagrant, usually winters in Central America
Mount Pearl, NF 12/26/2001 to 01/12/2002 B. Hill description well north of winter range, slightly north of summer range
Ste-Foy, QC 11/12/2001 to 2/15/2002 O. Barden sketch first record in February in Quebec
Common Chaffinch Halifax, NS 11/27/2001 to 12/06/2001 S. Borkowski video, local experts European vagrant
Purple Finch Blackfoot, ID December, 2001 B. Carrigan photo, description 14th record for Idaho; possibly from Eastern race of population (Western individuals are resident)
White-winged Crossbill Rolla, MO 2/17/2002 G. Mueller description south of winter range
Common Redpoll Gresham, OR 12/27/2001 L. Evers description west of winter range
Portland, OR 11/22/2001 A. Shalas description
Preston, WA 12/3/2001 R. Corny description
White Salmon, WA 12/10/2001 J. Essley description
European Goldfinch Cypress, CA 2/05/2002 A. Eurs description likely escaped from captivity
Valatie, NY 12/10/2001 to 12/11/2001 K. Sharp description
Lesser Goldfinch Red Lodge, MT 2/23/2002 B. Jaquith photos, description north of winter range

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