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.


Barnacle Goose (5) Branta leucopsis
  RBA, Western MA, 3/8/10

Roadside Hawk (4) Buteo magnirostris
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - March 11, 2010

Aplomado Falcon (4) Falco femoralis
  NM RBA for 3/11/10
  NM RBA for 3/8/10

Northern Jacana (4) Jacana spinosa
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - March 11, 2010

Redwing (4) Turdus iliacus
  NM RBA for 3/8/10

Rufous-capped Warbler (4) Basileuterus rufifrons
  RBA Tucson, AZ - 12 March 2010

Crimson-collared Grosbeak (4) Rhodothraupis celaeno
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - March 11, 2010

Blue Bunting (4) Cyanocompsa parellina
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - March 11, 2010

Muscovy Duck (3) Cairina moschata
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - March 11, 2010

Eurasian Wigeon (3) Anas penelope
  RBA: Birdline Delaware, March 12th, 2010
  RBA: Eastern MA 03/12/10
  RBA Tucson, AZ - 12 March 2010
  RBA: Cape May, NJ, March 11, 2010
  RBA: New Jersey, March 11, 2010
  Delaware Valley RBA, 10 MARCH 2010
  RBA: Rhode Island, March 9, 2010
  DC Area, 3/9/10 (corrected)
  RBA: Eastern MA 03/08/10
  Northwest CA Bird Alert 20100306

Tufted Duck (3) Aythya fuligula
  RBA: Rhode Island, March 9, 2010
  Northwest CA Bird Alert 20100306

Hook-billed Kite (3) Chondrohierax uncinatus
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - March 11, 2010

Ruff (3) Philomachus pugnax
  MN RBA 12 March 2010
  Hudson-Mohawk Birdline for March 10
  Central PA Birdline for 3.11.2010

Little Gull (3) Larus minutus
  Southeastern CA RBA: March 11, 2010

Black-headed Gull (3) Larus ridibundus
  RBA: Cape May, NJ, March 11, 2010
  Delaware Valley RBA, 10 MARCH 2010
  RBA: Rhode Island, March 9, 2010
  DC Area, 3/9/10 (corrected)

Lesser Black-backed Gull (3) Larus fuscus
  NYC Area RBA: 12 March 2010
  RBA--Arkansas-March2, 2010
  Eastern PA Birdline: 3/12/2010
  RBA: New Jersey, March 11, 2010
  RBA, New Hampshire, March 10, 2010
  Delaware Valley RBA, 10 MARCH 2010
  Illinois RBA - March 9, 2010
  DC Area, 3/9/10
  RBA, Western MA, 3/8/10
  RBA: Eastern MA 03/08/10

Red-billed Pigeon (3) Columba flavirostris
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - March 11, 2010

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl (3) Glaucidium brasilianum
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - March 11, 2010

Rose-throated Becard (3) Pachyramphus aglaiae
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - March 11, 2010

Brown Jay (3) Cyanocorax morio
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - March 11, 2010

Rufous-backed Robin (3) Turdus rufopalliatus
  RBA Tucson, AZ - 12 March 2010

Tropical Parula (3) Parula pitiayumi
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - March 11, 2010

White-collared Seedeater (3) Sporophila torqueola
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - March 11, 2010

Yellow-billed Loon (2) Gavia adamsii
  [LACoBirds] Los Angeles RBA- 11 March 2010
  Los Angeles RBA- 11 March 2010

Gray Hawk (2) Buteo nitidus
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - March 11, 2010

Short-tailed Hawk (2) Buteo brachyurus
  RBA Tucson, AZ - 12 March 2010

Zone-tailed Hawk (2) Buteo albonotatus
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - March 11, 2010
  Or Co CA RBA 3/10/10

Gyrfalcon (2) Falco rusticolus
  RBA; Calgary, AB, Mar11, 2010
  Delaware Valley RBA, 10 MARCH 2010
  RBA western Pennsylvania, 8 March 2010

Chukar (2) Alectoris chukar
  N. Calif. BirdBox 10 March 10
  N. Calif. BirdBox 10 March 10

Gray Partridge (2) Perdix perdix
  MN/Detroit Lakes - 11 March 2010
  RBA: North Dakota, March 9, 2010

Spruce Grouse (2) Falcipennis canadensis
  MN/Detroit Lakes - 11 March 2010

Sharp-tailed Grouse (2) Tympanuchus phasianellus
  MN/Duluth RBA 12 March 2010
  MN/Detroit Lakes - 11 March 2010
  RBA: North Dakota, March 9, 2010

Montezuma Quail (2) Cyrtonyx montezumae
  NM RBA for 3/11/10
  NM RBA for 3/8/10

Piping Plover (2) Charadrius melodus
  Maine RBA - March 12, 2010

Mountain Plover (2) Charadrius montanus
  N. Calif. BirdBox 10 March 10
  N. Calif. BirdBox 10 March 10

Thayer's Gull (2) Larus thayeri
  DC Area, 3/9/10

Iceland Gull (2) Larus glaucoides
  NYC Area RBA: 12 March 2010
  Iowa RBA: 3-12-10
  [nysbirds-l] WNY Dial-a-Bird 11 Mar 2010
  [Ontbirds] WNY Dial-a-Bird 11 Mar 2010
  [GeneseeBirds-L] WNY Dial-a-Bird 11 Mar 2010
  WNY Dial-a-Bird 11 Mar 2010
  RBA: New Jersey, March 11, 2010
  RBA, New Hampshire, March 10, 2010
  Delaware Valley RBA, 10 MARCH 2010
  RBA western Pennsylvania, 8 March 2010
  RBA: Rhode Island, March 9, 2010
  DC Area, 3/9/10
  RBA, Western MA, 3/8/10
  RBA: Eastern MA 03/08/10

Dovekie (2) Alle alle
  RBA: Rhode Island, March 9, 2010

Monk Parakeet (2) Myiopsitta monachus
  RBA: New Jersey, March 11, 2010

Red-crowned Parrot (2) Amazona viridigenalis
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - March 11, 2010

Snowy Owl (2) Nyctea scandiaca
  NYC Area RBA: 12 March 2010
  RBA: Eastern MA 03/12/10
  [nysbirds-l] WNY Dial-a-Bird 11 Mar 2010
  [Ontbirds] WNY Dial-a-Bird 11 Mar 2010
  [GeneseeBirds-L] WNY Dial-a-Bird 11 Mar 2010
  WNY Dial-a-Bird 11 Mar 2010
  Delaware Valley RBA, 10 MARCH 2010
  RBA western Pennsylvania, 8 March 2010
  RBA: North Dakota, March 9, 2010
  DC Area, 3/9/10

Northern Hawk Owl (2) Surnia ulula
  Maine RBA - March 12, 2010
  MN RBA 12 March 2010
  MN/Duluth RBA 12 March 2010
  MN/Detroit Lakes - 11 March 2010

Long-eared Owl (2) Asio otus
  [GABO-L] GA RBA 3/7/2010 Corrected
  GA RBA 3/7/2010 Corrected
  Georgia RBA 3/7/2010
  NM RBA for 3/8/10

Short-eared Owl (2) Asio flammeus
  Iowa RBA: 3-12-10
  RBA: Eastern MA 03/12/10
  NM RBA for 3/11/10
  Hudson-Mohawk Birdline for March 10
  Delaware Valley RBA, 10 MARCH 2010
  DC Area, 3/9/10
  NM RBA for 3/8/10
  Northwest CA Bird Alert 20100306

Northern Saw-whet Owl (2) Aegolius acadicus
  RBA: Eastern MA 03/12/10
  RBA; Calgary, AB, Mar11, 2010
  RBA, New Hampshire, March 10, 2010

Violet-crowned Hummingbird (2) Amazilia violiceps
  RBA Tucson, AZ - 12 March 2010

Elegant Trogon (2) Trogon elegans
  RBA Tucson, AZ - 12 March 2010

Black-backed Woodpecker (2) Picoides arcticus
  MN/Detroit Lakes - 11 March 2010
  RBA, New Hampshire, March 10, 2010

Dusky-capped Flycatcher (2) Myiarchus tuberculifer
  [LACoBirds] Los Angeles RBA- 11 March 2010
  Los Angeles RBA- 11 March 2010

Great Kiskadee (2) Pitangus sulphuratus
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - March 11, 2010

Bridled Titmouse (2) Baeolophus wollweberi
  NM RBA for 3/11/10
  NM RBA for 3/8/10

Northern Wheatear (2) Oenanthe oenanthe
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - March 11, 2010

Painted Redstart (2) Myioborus pictus
  [LACoBirds] Los Angeles RBA- 11 March 2010
  Los Angeles RBA- 11 March 2010

Baird's Sparrow (2) Ammodramus bairdii
  RBA Tucson, AZ - 12 March 2010

Yellow-eyed Junco (2) Junco phaeonotus
  NM RBA for 3/11/10
  NM RBA for 3/8/10

McCown's Longspur (2) Calcarius mccownii
  RBA Tucson, AZ - 12 March 2010

White-winged Crossbill (2) Loxia leucoptera
  Maine RBA - March 12, 2010
  MN/Detroit Lakes - 11 March 2010
  RBA: North Dakota, March 9, 2010
  DC Area, 3/9/10