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: Eastern MA 08/30/10

Black-capped Gnatcatcher (4) Polioptila nigriceps
  RBA Tucson, AZ - 27 August 2010

Brown Booby (3) Sula leucogaster
  Southeastern CA RBA: September 2, 2010

Ruff (3) Philomachus pugnax
  Southeastern CA RBA: September 2, 2010
  Southeastern CA RBA: August 26, 2010

Great Skua (3) Stercorarius skua
  RBA: Eastern MA 08/30/10

Little Gull (3) Larus minutus
  RBA: Birdline Delaware, august 27th, 2010
  Delaware Valley RBA, 25 AUGUST 2010

Black-headed Gull (3) Larus ridibundus
  Delaware Valley RBA, 1 SEPTEMBER 2010
  RBA, New Hampshire, September 1, 2010
  DC Area, 8/31/10
  RBA: Birdline Delaware, august 27th, 2010
  RBA: Rhode Island, August 25, 2010
  Delaware Valley RBA, 25 AUGUST 2010

Lesser Black-backed Gull (3) Larus fuscus
  Delaware Valley RBA, 1 SEPTEMBER 2010
  RBA: Eastern MA 08/30/10
  RBA: Eastern MA 08/27/10
  Maine RBA August 21, 2010
  RBA: New Jersey, Aug. 26, 2010
  Delaware Valley RBA, 25 AUGUST 2010

Budgerigar (3) Melopsittacus undulatus
  Delaware Valley RBA, 25 AUGUST 2010

White-eared Hummingbird (3) Hylocharis leucotis
  RBA Tucson, AZ - 27 August 2010

Berylline Hummingbird (3) Amazilia beryllina
  RBA Tucson, AZ - 27 August 2010

Yellow-green Vireo (3) Vireo flavoviridis
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - August 26, 2010

White-collared Seedeater (3) Sporophila torqueola
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - August 26, 2010

Least Grebe (2) Tachybaptus dominicus
  RBA Tucson, AZ - 27 August 2010

Manx Shearwater (2) Puffinus puffinus
  RBA: Eastern MA 08/30/10
  RBA: Eastern MA 08/27/10
  Maine RBA August 21, 2010

Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (2) Oceanodroma castro
  RBA: Eastern MA 08/30/10
  RBA: New Jersey, Aug. 26, 2010
  Delaware Valley RBA, 25 AUGUST 2010

Gray Hawk (2) Buteo nitidus
  NM Bird Report 9/2/10
  NM RBA 8/30/10
  NM Bird Report 8/26/10
  NM RBA 8/23/10

Short-tailed Hawk (2) Buteo brachyurus
  RBA Tucson, AZ - 27 August 2010

Spruce Grouse (2) Falcipennis canadensis
  RBA, New Hampshire, September 1, 2010
  Maine RBA August 21, 2010

Whooping Crane (2) Grus americana
  RBA; Calgary, AB, Aug 30, 2010
  RBA ,CALGARY, AB., AUGUST 26, 2010

Pacific Golden-Plover (2) Pluvialis fulva
  Los Angeles RBA- 26 August 2010

Piping Plover (2) Charadrius melodus
  Delaware Valley RBA, 1 SEPTEMBER 2010
  DC Area, 8/31/10
  RBA: Eastern MA 08/30/10
  Delaware Valley RBA, 25 AUGUST 2010

Mountain Plover (2) Charadrius montanus
  Southeastern CA RBA: August 26, 2010

Bar-tailed Godwit (2) Limosa lapponica
  RBA: Eastern MA 08/30/10
  RBA: Eastern MA 08/27/10

South Polar Skua (2) Stercorarius maccormicki
  RBA: Eastern MA 08/30/10
  RBA: Eastern MA 08/27/10
  Maine RBA August 21, 2010

Roseate Tern (2) Sterna dougallii
  RBA: Eastern MA 08/30/10
  RBA: Eastern MA 08/27/10

Sooty Tern (2) Sterna fuscata
  Or Co CA RBA 8/26/10

Red-crowned Parrot (2) Amazona viridigenalis
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - August 26, 2010

Violet-crowned Hummingbird (2) Amazilia violiceps
  RBA Tucson, AZ - 27 August 2010

Lucifer Hummingbird (2) Calothorax lucifer
  RBA Tucson, AZ - 27 August 2010

Green Kingfisher (2) Chloroceryle americana
  RBA Tucson, AZ - 27 August 2010

Black-backed Woodpecker (2) Picoides arcticus
  Maine RBA August 21, 2010

Thick-billed Kingbird (2) Tyrannus crassirostris
  NM Bird Report 9/2/10
  NM RBA 8/30/10
  NM Bird Report 8/26/10
  NM RBA 8/23/10

Gray Kingbird (2) Tyrannus dominicensis
  GA RBA 29 Aug 2010

Golden-winged Warbler (2) Vermivora chrysoptera
  Delaware Valley RBA, 1 SEPTEMBER 2010
  CentralPA Birdline for 9.2.2010
  DC Area, 8/31/10
  NYC Area RBA: 27 August 2010
  [wisb] RBA Madison, WI 28 Aug 10
  RBA Madison, WI 28 Aug 10
  Iowa RBA: 8-27-10
  RBA: Eastern MA 08/27/10
  RBA: New Jersey, Aug. 26, 2010
  Delaware Valley RBA, 25 AUGUST 2010

Connecticut Warbler (2) Oporornis agilis
  Delaware Valley RBA, 1 SEPTEMBER 2010
  Delaware Valley RBA, 25 AUGUST 2010

Baird's Sparrow (2) Ammodramus bairdii
  RBA Tucson, AZ - 27 August 2010

Yellow-eyed Junco (2) Junco phaeonotus
  NM Bird Report 9/2/10
  NM RBA 8/30/10

White-winged Crossbill (2) Loxia leucoptera
  RBA, New Hampshire, September 1, 2010