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-cheeked Pintail (4) Anas bahamensis
  RBA Victoria, BC - November 2, 2007

Aplomado Falcon (4) Falco femoralis
  Texas: Lower Rio Grande Valley RBA November 1, 2007

Green-breasted Mango (4) Anthracothorax prevostii
  [GABO-L] GA RBA Nov 6th
  GA RBA Nov 4th
  [GABO-L] GA RBA Nov 3rd
  GA RBA Nov 3rd

Eurasian Wigeon (3) Anas penelope
  RBA: Eastern MA 11/05/07
  [nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 2 November 2007
  NYC Area RBA: 2 November 2007
  RBA: Eastern MA 11/02/07
  RBA: Rhode Island, November 2, 2007

Ruff (3) Philomachus pugnax
  DC Area, 11/6/07
  GA RBA Nov 4th
  [GABO-L] GA RBA Nov 3rd

Little Gull (3) Larus minutus
  RBA: Eastern MA 11/05/07
  [nysbirds-l] WNY Dial-a-Bird 01 Nov 2007
  WNY Dial-a-Bird 01 Nov 2007
  [Ontbirds]WNY Dial-a-Bird 01 Nov 2007
  [GeneseeBirds-L] WNY Dial-a-Bird 01 Nov 2007

Lesser Black-backed Gull (3) Larus fuscus
  DC Area, 11/6/07
  RBA: Eastern MA 11/05/07
  Chicago, IL RBA, Saturday, 3 Nov 2007
  IBET Chicago, IL RBA, Saturday, 3 Nov 2007
  [nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 2 November 2007
  NYC Area RBA: 2 November 2007
  RBA: Birdline Delaware, November 2nd, 2007
  RBA: Eastern MA 11/02/07
  RBA: New Jersey, Nov. 2 2007

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl (3) Glaucidium brasilianum
  Texas: Lower Rio Grande Valley RBA November 1, 2007

Brown Jay (3) Cyanocorax morio
  Texas: Lower Rio Grande Valley RBA November 1, 2007

Yellow-billed Loon (2) Gavia adamsii
  RBA Victoria, BC - November 2, 2007

Short-tailed Shearwater (2) Puffinus tenuirostris
  N. Calif. BirdBox 06 November 07

Manx Shearwater (2) Puffinus puffinus
  RBA: Eastern MA 11/05/07

Gray Hawk (2) Buteo nitidus
  Texas: Lower Rio Grande Valley RBA November 1, 2007

Gyrfalcon (2) Falco rusticolus
  An early Central PA Birdline for
  Vancouver, BC RBA for November 4, 2007
  [obol] Vancouver, BC RBA for November 4, 2007

Spruce Grouse (2) Falcipennis canadensis
  MN/Duluth RBA 2 November 2007

Yellow Rail (2) Coturnicops noveboracensis
  Chicago, IL RBA, Saturday, 3 Nov 2007
  IBET Chicago, IL RBA, Saturday, 3 Nov 2007

Whooping Crane (2) Grus americana
  RBA: North Dakota, November 6, 2007

Pacific Golden-Plover (2) Pluvialis fulva
  BIRDWEST; Santa Barbara, CA; 11/4/07
  [sbcobirding] BIRDWEST; Santa Barbara, CA; 11/4/07

Mountain Plover (2) Charadrius montanus
  N. Calif. BirdBox 03 November 07

Rock Sandpiper (2) Calidris ptilocnemis
  Vancouver, BC RBA for November 4, 2007
  [obol] Vancouver, BC RBA for November 4, 2007

Dovekie (2) Alle alle
  RBA: Eastern MA 11/05/07
  RBA: Maine Nov. 2, 2007

Ancient Murrelet (2) Synthliboramphus antiquus
  Vancouver, BC RBA for November 4, 2007
  [obol] Vancouver, BC RBA for November 4, 2007

Red-crowned Parrot (2) Amazona viridigenalis
  Texas: Lower Rio Grande Valley RBA November 1, 2007

Groove-billed Ani (2) Crotophaga sulcirostris
  Texas: Lower Rio Grande Valley RBA November 1, 2007

Northern Pygmy-Owl (2) Glaucidium gnoma
  NM RBA for 11/6/07

Long-eared Owl (2) Asio otus
  NM RBA for 11/6/07
  NM RBA for 11/4/07

Short-eared Owl (2) Asio flammeus
  DC Area, 11/6/07
  NM RBA for 11/6/07
  NM RBA for 11/4/07
  RBA: Rhode Island, November 2, 2007
  RBA: New Jersey, Nov. 2 2007

Northern Saw-whet Owl (2) Aegolius acadicus
  An early Central PA Birdline for
  DC Area, 11/6/07
  RBA western Pennsylvania, 4 November 2007
  RBA western Pennsylvania, 29 October 2007
  RBA: New Jersey, Nov. 2 2007

Magnificent Hummingbird (2) Eugenes fulgens
  NM RBA for 11/6/07
  NM RBA for 11/4/07

Black-backed Woodpecker (2) Picoides arcticus
  MN/Duluth RBA 2 November 2007

Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet (2) Camptostoma imberbe
  Texas: Lower Rio Grande Valley RBA November 1, 2007

Tropical Kingbird (2) Tyrannus melancholicus
  Vancouver, BC RBA for November 4, 2007
  [obol] Vancouver, BC RBA for November 4, 2007
  BIRDWEST; Santa Barbara, CA; 11/4/07
  [sbcobirding] BIRDWEST; Santa Barbara, CA; 11/4/07
  Los Angeles RBA November 1, 2007

Gray Kingbird (2) Tyrannus dominicensis
  RBA: New Jersey, Nov. 2 2007

Sprague's Pipit (2) Anthus spragueii
  NM RBA for 11/6/07
  NM RBA for 11/4/07

Olive Warbler (2) Peucedramus taeniatus
  NM RBA for 11/6/07
  NM RBA for 11/4/07

Painted Redstart (2) Myioborus pictus
  NM RBA for 11/6/07
  NM RBA for 11/4/07
  Los Angeles RBA November 1, 2007

Audubon's Oriole (2) Icterus graduacauda
  Texas: Lower Rio Grande Valley RBA November 1, 2007

White-winged Crossbill (2) Loxia leucoptera
  RBA: North Dakota, November 6, 2007
  RBA: Eastern MA 11/05/07
  RBA: Maine Nov. 2, 2007

Lawrence's Goldfinch (2) Carduelis lawrencei
  NM RBA for 11/6/07
  NM RBA for 11/4/07