Birds Mentioned in Recent RBA's, ABA Difficulty 2 or more


BE CAREFUL: Mentioned does NOT necessarily mean reported or seen. E. g. "14 species of Wood Warbler were seen" is a mention of Wood Warbler, a bird on the ABA list.
Good/tough birds for your area may not be of ABA difficulty greater than 1. Check the code 1 page.

Birds are ordered by 1)Difficulty (in parentheses, most difficult first) and
2) ABA/AOU taxonomic order. RBA's for each bird are ordered by time of receipt, most recent first.


White-faced Storm-Petrel (4) Pelagodroma marina
  RBA: New Jersey, July 24, 2008

Little Egret (4) Egretta garzetta
  Delaware Valley RBA, 24 JULY 2008
  DC Area, 7/22/08

Eurasian Kestrel (4) Falco tinnunculus
  RBA: Portland, OR 7-23-08

Eurasian Hobby (4) Falco subbuteo
  Northwestern California Bird Alert, 17 July- 21 July

Long-billed Murrelet (4) Brachyramphus perdix
  Northwestern California Bird Alert, 17 July- 21 July

Buff-collared Nightjar (4) Caprimulgus ridgwayi
  Tucson RBA 17 July 2008

Black-capped Gnatcatcher (4) Polioptila nigriceps
  Tucson RBA 17 July 2008

Flame-colored Tanager (4) Piranga bidentata
  Tucson RBA 17 July 2008

Red-billed Tropicbird (3) Phaethon aethereus
  Maine RBA - July 18, 2008

Brown Booby (3) Sula leucogaster
  N. Calif. BirdBox 19 July 08

Ruff (3) Philomachus pugnax
  Delaware Valley RBA, 24 JULY 2008
  N. Calif. BirdBox 19 July 08
  Hudson-Mohawk Birdline

Black-headed Gull (3) Larus ridibundus
  Iowa RBA: July 18, 2008

Lesser Black-backed Gull (3) Larus fuscus
  RBA: Cape May, NJ, July 24, 2008
  Delaware Valley RBA, 24 JULY 2008
  RBA: Rhode Island, July 19, 2008
  RBA: Eastern MA 07/18/08
  Maine RBA - July 18, 2008

Ruddy Ground-Dove (3) Columbina talpacoti
  NM RBA for 7/24/08
  NM RBA for 7/21/08

White-eared Hummingbird (3) Hylocharis leucotis
  Tucson RBA 17 July 2008

Berylline Hummingbird (3) Amazilia beryllina
  Tucson RBA 17 July 2008

Five-striped Sparrow (3) Aimophila quinquestriata
  Tucson RBA 17 July 2008

Manx Shearwater (2) Puffinus puffinus
  RBA: Eastern MA 07/21/08
  NYC Area RBA: 18 July 2008
  RBA: Eastern MA 07/18/08

Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (2) Oceanodroma castro
  RBA: Eastern MA 07/21/08

Gray Hawk (2) Buteo nitidus
  NM RBA for 7/24/08
  NM RBA for 7/21/08

Common Black-Hawk (2) Buteogallus anthracinus
  NM RBA for 7/24/08
  NM RBA for 7/21/08

Zone-tailed Hawk (2) Buteo albonotatus
  NM RBA for 7/24/08
  NM RBA for 7/21/08

Gray Partridge (2) Perdix perdix
  [Ontbirds]
  Ottawa/Gatineau 21July08...Caspian Tern, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, White-winged Crossbill, breeders and lingerers

Spruce Grouse (2) Falcipennis canadensis
  Maine RBA - July 18, 2008

White-tailed Ptarmigan (2) Lagopus leucurus
  RBA: Calgary, AB July 24, 2008

Montezuma Quail (2) Cyrtonyx montezumae
  NM RBA for 7/24/08
  NM RBA for 7/21/08

Piping Plover (2) Charadrius melodus
  Delaware Valley RBA, 24 JULY 2008
  RBA: Rhode Island, July 19, 2008
  NYC Area RBA: 18 July 2008
  Iowa RBA: July 18, 2008
  RBA: Eastern MA 07/18/08

Roseate Tern (2) Sterna dougallii
  RBA: New Jersey, July 24, 2008
  Delaware Valley RBA, 24 JULY 2008
  RBA, New Hampshire, July 24, 2008
  RBA: Eastern MA 07/21/08
  RBA: Rhode Island, July 19, 2008
  NYC Area RBA: 18 July 2008
  RBA: Eastern MA 07/18/08
  Maine RBA - July 18, 2008

Bridled Tern (2) Sterna anaethetus
  RBA: Eastern MA 07/21/08

Monk Parakeet (2) Myiopsitta monachus
  GA RBA 7/19/08

Flammulated Owl (2) Otus flammeolus
  NM RBA for 7/24/08
  NM RBA for 7/21/08

Whiskered Screech-Owl (2) Otus trichopsis
  NM RBA for 7/24/08
  NM RBA for 7/21/08

Northern Pygmy-Owl (2) Glaucidium gnoma
  NM RBA for 7/21/08

Elf Owl (2) Micrathene whitneyi
  NM RBA for 7/24/08
  NM RBA for 7/21/08

Spotted Owl (2) Strix occidentalis
  NM RBA for 7/24/08
  NM RBA for 7/21/08

Great Gray Owl (2) Strix nebulosa
  RBA Fairbanks Alaska July 23 2008

Short-eared Owl (2) Asio flammeus
  RBA: North Dakota, July 22, 2008

Northern Saw-whet Owl (2) Aegolius acadicus
  Hudson-Mohawk Birdline

Black Swift (2) Cypseloides niger
  NM RBA for 7/24/08

Broad-billed Hummingbird (2) Cynanthus latirostris
  NM RBA for 7/24/08
  NM RBA for 7/21/08

Lucifer Hummingbird (2) Calothorax lucifer
  Tucson RBA 17 July 2008

Black-backed Woodpecker (2) Picoides arcticus
  RBA, New Hampshire, July 24, 2008

Gray Vireo (2) Vireo vicinior
  NM RBA for 7/24/08
  NM RBA for 7/21/08
  Tucson RBA 17 July 2008

Bridled Titmouse (2) Baeolophus wollweberi
  NM RBA for 7/24/08
  NM RBA for 7/21/08

Bicknell's Thrush (2) Catharus bicknelli
  RBA, New Hampshire, July 24, 2008
  Vermont RBA 7-21-08

Crissal Thrasher (2) Toxostoma crissale
  NM RBA for 7/24/08
  NM RBA for 7/21/08

Olive Warbler (2) Peucedramus taeniatus
  NM RBA for 7/24/08
  NM RBA for 7/21/08

Hepatic Tanager (2) Piranga flava
  NM RBA for 7/24/08
  NM RBA for 7/21/08

Baird's Sparrow (2) Ammodramus bairdii
  Tucson RBA 17 July 2008

Henslow's Sparrow (2) Ammodramus henslowii
  RBA western Pennsylvania, 21 July 2008

Yellow-eyed Junco (2) Junco phaeonotus
  NM RBA for 7/24/08
  NM RBA for 7/21/08

Varied Bunting (2) Passerina versicolor
  NM RBA for 7/24/08
  NM RBA for 7/21/08

White-winged Crossbill (2) Loxia leucoptera
  RBA, New Hampshire, July 24, 2008
  [Ontbirds]
  Ottawa/Gatineau 21July08...Caspian Tern, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, White-winged Crossbill, breeders and lingerers
  Maine RBA - July 18, 2008