BirdWatching USA – September-October 2019

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FIRST IN COLORADO: This White-tailed Kite was

seen in late May in Prowers County, in the

southeastern part of the Centennial State.

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FOURTH IN WISCONSIN: This Hooded Oriole, seen

at a feeder in Howard on June 2, was the third in

the Badger State this past spring.

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THIRD IN WASHINGTON STATE WATERS: Birders on

a pelagic trip with Westport Seabirds saw this

Ashy Storm-Petrel on June 15.

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THIRD IN FLORIDA: Birders saw this Red-legged

Thrush, a Caribbean songbird, in late June at South

Pointe Park in Miami.

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THIRD IN OREGON: Birders found this Red-headed

Woodpecker in early July near Reedsport, in the

western part of the state.

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Recent rare-bird sightings in North America

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FIRST IN OHIO: This Limpkin, a wader from Florida,

was seen on July 6 at a residential pond in Wayne

County west of Canton.

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watch migrating hawks as they

arrive onshore at lower altitudes

before they’re able to “catch” a

new thermal to ride.

Learn more about raptor

migration at the website of the

Hawk Migration Association of

North America (hmana.org), and

discover great fall hawk-watching

locations in this BirdWatching

article: http://bit.ly/watch-hawks.

What birds breed the

farthest north? — Peter

Iron, Albany, New York

A surprising number of birds

nest north of the Arctic Circle,

located at approximately 66

degrees north latitude. On the

few land masses north of

80 degrees — northern Elles-

mere Island (Canada), extreme

northern Greenland (Denmark)

and Svalbard (Norway), and the

Russia archipelagos of Franz

Josef Land and Severnaya

Zemlya — a handful of species

have been recorded breeding.

They include waterfowl such as

Brant and Red-throated Loon;

seabirds like Ivory Gull, Arctic

Tern, Black-legged Kittiwake,

and Dovekie (or Little Auk); sev-

eral shorebirds such as Sander-

ling and Purple Sandpiper; and

landbirds such as Snowy Owl

and Snow Bunting.

A Red-throated Loon and

its chick.

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