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Marsh Sandpiper
Adak, AK
8/24/98
Second American record for the species.
Adak, AK
8/24/98
Second American record for the species.
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A rather strange lifer for me from last month. I had seen a lot of these when I lived in the US but I wasn't a birder then. They have only moved to northern Guatemala in recent years, and still remain a very exciting rare sighting. Everyone managed to see them during the Christmas Bird Count activity at the Estación Biológico Las Guacamayas en El Petén.
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Here are some of my favorite from recently https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/647651675 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/647630505 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/647053068 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/644953508 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/646646594
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Had a pretty clear-cut Celata Orange-crowned Warbler the other day. Crazy how different they can look from our typical OCWA on the Pacific coast.



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Awesome!! I’ve been wanting to find a callable one here for so long nowAidan B wrote: Thu Jan 22, 2026 12:59 am Had a pretty clear-cut Celata Orange-crowned Warbler the other day. Crazy how different they can look from our typical OCWA on the Pacific coast.
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Just saw a Snowy Owl!!!
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In 1977, my brother photographed the bird that is, to this day, the only accepted record of the species in Louisiana. (Many saw it before he did.)
Owen Wilson's character in The Big Year "just couldn't seem to nail that sucker".
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Riley county Kansas today continuing bird
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Another continuing bird that feels kinda boring comparatively 
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BORRRRRING!!!!!! QUICK!!! Revoke his birding license!Kansabirdguy wrote: Sun Feb 08, 2026 11:36 pm Another continuing bird that feels kinda boring comparatively![]()
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Kevin wrote: Mon Feb 09, 2026 3:22 pmBORRRRRING!!!!!! QUICK!!! Revoke his birding license!Kansabirdguy wrote: Sun Feb 08, 2026 11:36 pm Another continuing bird that feels kinda boring comparatively![]()
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Well that was compared to the above which was a second state record but I do love long tailed ducks
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This black phoebe is rare for Central Washington it was also a lifer for me
Black phoebe by Deb Lewis, on Flickr
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Continuing
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That's awesome!!! How many Kansas records are there? Can't imagine that there are very many, given how quickly they get rare north of the more tropical areas.
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Don't know the current count, but apparently the first was in August, 2011.Aidan B wrote: Sun Mar 08, 2026 4:33 amThat's awesome!!! How many Kansas records are there? Can't imagine that there are very many, given how quickly they get rare north of the more tropical areas.
https://www.ksbirds.org/kos/bulletin/Vol63No3.pdf
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I think the fourth or sixth depending on how the three this winter are treatedAidan B wrote: Sun Mar 08, 2026 4:33 amThat's awesome!!! How many Kansas records are there? Can't imagine that there are very many, given how quickly they get rare north of the more tropical areas.
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Harris's Sparrow. Haven't seen one in 10 years so was real happy to get this one!
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Rustic Bunting
Wales, AK
9/25/95
Wales, AK
9/25/95
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Two local rarity's from my yard, two days ago.
Vermilion Flycatcher and Golden-fronted Woodpecker. Fun to trip the rare bird alert twice in one checklist!


Vermilion Flycatcher and Golden-fronted Woodpecker. Fun to trip the rare bird alert twice in one checklist!
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Where in tx are gfwo rareKevin wrote: Thu Apr 02, 2026 11:58 pm Two local rarity's from my yard, two days ago.
Vermilion Flycatcher and Golden-fronted Woodpecker. Fun to trip the rare bird alert twice in one checklist!
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https://ebird.org/map/gofwooKansabirdguy wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2026 1:58 amWhere in tx are gfwo rareKevin wrote: Thu Apr 02, 2026 11:58 pm Two local rarity's from my yard, two days ago.
Vermilion Flycatcher and Golden-fronted Woodpecker. Fun to trip the rare bird alert twice in one checklist!
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