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Red-flanked Bluetail on the Virginia side of the Potomac.

https://ebird.org/checklist/S292855267
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A couple of goodies that have shown up since the forum went down.

Taiga Flycatcher in British Columbia
https://ebird.org/checklist/S290850048

Ross's Gull in Colorado
https://ebird.org/checklist/S289444959

Nutting's Flycatcher in New Mexico
https://ebird.org/checklist/S290902872
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Aidan B wrote: Thu Jan 08, 2026 8:53 pm A couple of goodies that have shown up since the forum went down.

Taiga Flycatcher in British Columbia
https://ebird.org/checklist/S290850048

Ross's Gull in Colorado
https://ebird.org/checklist/S289444959

Nutting's Flycatcher in New Mexico
https://ebird.org/checklist/S290902872
Wish I was in Colorado!
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European Robin in Montreal! First record for Canada!

https://ebird.org/checklist/S293131095
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I hope so run into something that rare one of these days....
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My father-in-law sent me this picture of a bald eagle somewhere near St Louis
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European Robin in Montreal.

https://ebird.org/checklist/S295397746
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Waved Albatross off Piedras Blancas, CA. Probably the same bird from Bodega Bay last October.

https://ebird.org/checklist/S295898201
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Greyhawk wrote: Sat Jan 24, 2026 9:54 am Waved Albatross off Piedras Blancas, CA. Probably the same bird from Bodega Bay last October.

https://ebird.org/checklist/S295898201
Photo analysis has shown that this is 100% the same bird as the Bodega Bay bird. It's molting the same secondaries/primaries.
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Eurasian Sparrowhawk and Asian Rosy-Finch on Adak. Before he retired, my brother had a job that sent him to Adak occasionally.

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Aidan B wrote: Thu Jan 08, 2026 11:32 pm European Robin in Montreal! First record for Canada!

https://ebird.org/checklist/S293131095
A link to an article today in The Guardian about this vagrant.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... g-bird-aoe

The Robin is almost certainly the most popular bird in the UK, often appearing on Christmas cards and even has its own song (When the red, red Robin comes...) dating from 1926 with many covers including Al Jolson. They are cute and quite comfortable around people.
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Just a little bit outside of the ABA area, but it's worth noting that there is a Taiga Flycatcher in Baja California Sur right now. Only the third North American record away from far Western Alaska.

https://ebird.org/checklist/S298726662
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Phoenix Petrel in Hawaii. First ABA record. Don't see it in eBird yet.

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/653057361
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Greyhawk wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2026 4:31 pm Phoenix Petrel in Hawaii. First ABA record. Don't see it in eBird yet.
https://ebird.org/checklist/S310462842

Not on the Alert list, I guess because it doesn't have a rarity code yet.
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