Bird Species |
Location |
Date observed |
Observer |
Bird ID aids* |
Why rare or unusual?/Other Comments |
| Lark
Bunting, female |
Canon City, CO |
12/98 |
R. Abbot |
description,
photo, video, confirmed by local bird club |
unusual in winter |
| Rufous
Hummingbird |
Floyd, VA |
10/99 |
D. Geren |
description, photo,
confirmed by local birders |
occasionally spotted in the
east during fall migration |
| Indigo
Bunting |
Des Peres, MO |
2/99 |
B.A. Ulmer |
description |
unusual in winter |
| Black-throated
Blue Warbler |
Saratoga, CA |
1/99 |
T. Burney |
description,
photo, confirmed as 2nd obs. in county by county bird authority |
rare in west & rare in
US. during winter |
| "Lawrence's"
Warbler |
Milton, FL |
4/99 |
S. Rohan |
description |
rare hybrid of Blue-winged
and Golden-winged |
| Ovenbird |
DeValls Bluff, AR |
12/98-3/99 |
T.Singleterry |
description,
photos, confirmed by local Audubon Society |
unusual in winter |
| Carolina
Wren |
Fairmont, MN |
1/99 |
E. & J. Beckman |
description,
photo, sketch |
north of typical range |
| Broad-billed
Hummingbird |
Prescott, AZ |
10/98-12/98 |
V.A. Miller |
description,
photo, local ornithologist Dr. Carl Tomoff |
north of typical range |
| Shiny
Cowbird |
Brunswick, GA |
1/99 |
E.P. Keferl |
description,
photo, confirmed by local birders Giff Beaton and Mike Chapman. |
rare vagrant to continental
U.S. from Central and South America (observer witnessed its kill by a Sharpie) |
| Brambling |
Sweet Home, OR |
12/98 |
N. Bock |
description,
sketch, subm. to OR Bird Records Committee |
Eurasian vagrant |
| Harris's
Sparrow |
Hood River, OR |
11/98 |
H. Burton |
description,
photos |
west of typical range |
| Harris's
Sparrow |
Pleasant
View, UT |
11/98-4/99 |
I. Paine |
description,
sketch |
west of typical range |
| Dickcissel |
Danvers, MA |
11/98 |
J. Gordon |
description |
occasional winter visitor on
east coast |
| Dickcissel |
Eastham, MA |
12/98 |
J. Brainerd |
description, confirmed
by local birder |
occasional winter visitor on
east coast |
| Dickcissel |
New Foundland (Canada) |
N/A |
J. Blakely |
description,
photo |
occasional winter visitor on
east coast |
| Summer
Tanager |
Cape Elizabeth, ME |
12/98 |
J. Clark |
description,
photo, confirmed by Maine Audubon Society |
north of typical range, rare
in winter |
| Red-Bellied
Woodpecker |
Cornwall, PEI, Canada |
12/98 |
D. H. Davey |
description, photo,
confirmed by local birder, Dan McAshill |
north of typical range |
| Gray
Catbird |
Port Hope, ON |
1/98-2/98 |
D. Smith |
description |
far north of typical winter
range |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird |
Canoga, NY |
1/99 |
E. Peterman |
description,
confirmed by local birders |
far northeast of typical
winter range |
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