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.


Wood Warbler (5) Phylloscopus sibilatrix
  RBA: Eastern MA 09/02/08

Black-capped Gnatcatcher (4) Polioptila nigriceps
  Tucson RBA 5 September 2008

Muscovy Duck (3) Cairina moschata
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley, September 4, 2008

Red-necked Stint (3) Calidris ruficollis
  RBA: New Jersey, September 4, 2008
  Delaware Valley RBA, 3 SEP 2008

Curlew Sandpiper (3) Calidris ferruginea
  RBA: Birdline Delaware, September 5th, 2008
  RBA: Birdline Delaware, August 5th, 2008

Ruff (3) Philomachus pugnax
  RBA: Calgary AB, September 4, 2008
  Southeastern CA RBA: September 4, 2008
  RBA: Portland, OR 9-4-08
  N. Calif. BirdBox 03 September 08

Black-headed Gull (3) Larus ridibundus
  DC Area, 9/2/08

Lesser Black-backed Gull (3) Larus fuscus
  RBA: Rhode Island, September 6, 2008
  Georgia RBA 9/5/08
  RBA: Birdline Delaware, September 5th, 2008
  RBA: Birdline Delaware, August 5th, 2008
  NYC Area RBA: 5 September 2008
  Eastern PA Birdline: 9/4/2008
  RBA, New Hampshire, September 4, 2008
  Delaware Valley RBA, 3 SEP 2008

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl (3) Glaucidium brasilianum
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley, September 4, 2008

White-eared Hummingbird (3) Hylocharis leucotis
  Tucson RBA 5 September 2008

Berylline Hummingbird (3) Amazilia beryllina
  Tucson RBA 5 September 2008

Yellow-green Vireo (3) Vireo flavoviridis
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley, September 4, 2008

White-collared Seedeater (3) Sporophila torqueola
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley, September 4, 2008

Cook's Petrel (2) Pterodroma cookii
  N. Calif. BirdBox 06 September 08

Manx Shearwater (2) Puffinus puffinus
  RBA: Eastern MA 09/05/08

Gray Hawk (2) Buteo nitidus
  NM RBA for 9/4/08

Zone-tailed Hawk (2) Buteo albonotatus
  NM RBA for 9/4/08

Gray Partridge (2) Perdix perdix
  Iowa RBA: 9-5-08
  MN/Detroit Lakes - 4 September 2008

White-tailed Ptarmigan (2) Lagopus leucurus
  NM RBA for 9/4/08

Montezuma Quail (2) Cyrtonyx montezumae
  NM RBA for 9/4/08

Whooping Crane (2) Grus americana
  RBA; Calgary, AB, Sept1, 2008

Pacific Golden-Plover (2) Pluvialis fulva
  BIRDWEST; Santa Barbara, CA; 9/05/08
  [sbcobirding] BIRDWEST; Santa Barbara, CA; 9/05/08
  Los Angeles RBA September 4, 2008
  RBA: Portland, OR 9-4-08
  Or Co CA RBA 9/3/08

Piping Plover (2) Charadrius melodus
  Missouri RBA - 07 September 2008
  RBA: Rhode Island, September 6, 2008
  Maine RBA - September 5, 2008

Bar-tailed Godwit (2) Limosa lapponica
  RBA: Birdline Delaware, September 5th, 2008
  RBA: Birdline Delaware, August 5th, 2008

Roseate Tern (2) Sterna dougallii
  RBA: Rhode Island, September 6, 2008
  NYC Area RBA: 5 September 2008
  RBA: Eastern MA 09/02/08

Sooty Tern (2) Sterna fuscata
  Georgia RBA 9/5/08
  Re: personal insight into proposed ESA changes

Groove-billed Ani (2) Crotophaga sulcirostris
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley, September 4, 2008

Whiskered Screech-Owl (2) Otus trichopsis
  NM RBA for 9/4/08

Short-eared Owl (2) Asio flammeus
  Iowa RBA: 9-5-08
  MN/Detroit Lakes - 4 September 2008

Black Swift (2) Cypseloides niger
  RBA: Portland, OR 9-4-08

Broad-billed Hummingbird (2) Cynanthus latirostris
  RBA: Eastern MA 09/05/08
  Delaware Valley RBA, 3 SEP 2008
  RBA: Eastern MA 09/02/08

Violet-crowned Hummingbird (2) Amazilia violiceps
  NM RBA for 9/4/08

Blue-throated Hummingbird (2) Lampornis clemenciae
  NM RBA for 9/4/08

Lucifer Hummingbird (2) Calothorax lucifer
  Tucson RBA 5 September 2008

Black-backed Woodpecker (2) Picoides arcticus
  Maine RBA - September 5, 2008
  MN/Duluth RBA 4 September 2008
  RBA, New Hampshire, September 4, 2008

Gray Vireo (2) Vireo vicinior
  NM RBA for 9/4/08

Bicknell's Thrush (2) Catharus bicknelli
  RBA, New Hampshire, September 4, 2008

Golden-winged Warbler (2) Vermivora chrysoptera
  Iowa RBA: 9-5-08
  RBA Madison, WI 04 Sep 08
  Eastern PA Birdline: 9/4/2008
  RBA: New Jersey, September 4, 2008
  Delaware Valley RBA, 3 SEP 2008

Connecticut Warbler (2) Oporornis agilis
  RBA: Calgary AB, September 4, 2008
  MN/Duluth RBA 4 September 2008
  RBA, New Hampshire, September 4, 2008
  DC Area, 9/2/08
  RBA: Eastern MA 09/02/08

Red-faced Warbler (2) Cardellina rubrifrons
  NM RBA for 9/4/08

Baird's Sparrow (2) Ammodramus bairdii
  N. Calif. BirdBox 06 September 08
  Tucson RBA 5 September 2008

Yellow-eyed Junco (2) Junco phaeonotus
  NM RBA for 9/4/08

White-winged Crossbill (2) Loxia leucoptera
  Maine RBA - September 5, 2008
  Eastern PA Birdline: 9/4/2008
  MN/Detroit Lakes - 4 September 2008
  RBA, New Hampshire, September 4, 2008
  RBA: Eastern MA 09/02/08