Anyone "chasing" any of the rarities obviously should check on local
updates!
There are a number of reports of White-winged Dove along the Atlantic
coast
in and well north of Virginia, to at least Massachusetts (several
reports there).
At least some are well-documented and/or also include photos. Dove-
watch!
South of New York:
Far from NYS, a new species for the USA - Bare-throated Tiger-Heron:
Texas:
http://tiny.cc/vCt2T
http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/TEXS.html#1261450620
Photos of the new bird for the United States, just found in Texas:
http://marybirds.blogspot.com/2009/12/bare-throated-tiger-heron-hidalgo.html
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Lehigh County Pennsylvania: Pink-footed Goose,
http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/PENN.html#1261448550
Pink-footed Goose photos from Pennsylvania:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mloyko/4204413803/in/set-72157622922709341/
Bucks County, Pennsylvania: Varied Thrush - (near Doylestown):
http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/PENN.html#1261503125
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Allen's Hummingbird continues:
http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/PENN.html#1261499152
North (& east) of New York:
MacGillivray's Warbler, Gilsland Farm Audubon Falmouth, Maine:
http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/MAIN.html#1261440461
(a potential first Maine state record, pending record's acceptance;
this follows a long-lingering Boston Mass. MacGillivray's Warbler)
IN New York:
Adult Thayer's Gull continuing at Stewart Park Ithaca NY (photos).
http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html#1261507678
American Avocet was still alive at Dunkirk (Harbor) NY into 12/20.
Six Sandhill Cranes on the Cortland, NY CBC this past weekend.
A Black-throated Blue Warbler was recorded in count week of the
Rochester, NY CBC - the count having been conducted on 12/20.
Good end of year birding,
Tom Fiore,
Manhattan
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Archives:
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