Rare Bird Sightings*
The quality of some of the pictures may not be very good, but for a rare sighting you have to get what you can get.
*Rare for the area and/or time of year
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Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Seen in Anne Arundel County, MD 28 Sep 2024
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American Golden-Plover
Seen in Anne Arundel County, MD 28 Sep 2024
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Western Tanager
Seen in Anne Arundel County, MD 8 Mar 2024
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Black-throated Gray Warbler
Seen in Prince George’s County, MD 21 Feb 2024
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Ash-throated Flycatcher
Seen in Baltimore County, MD 5 Jan 2024
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Painted Bunting (female)
Seen in Anne Arundel County, MD 02 Jan 2024
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Western Kingbird
Seen in Dorchester County, MD 14 Nov 2023
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Rough-legged Hawk
Seen in Dorchester County, MD 12 Nov 2023
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LeConte's Sparrow
Seen in Queen Anne’s County, MD 30 Oct - 8 Nov 2023
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American Flamingo
Seen in Franklin County, PA on 09 September 2023
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Franklin's Gull
Seen in Anne Arundel County, MD 24 August 2023
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Roseate Spoonbill
Seen on Poplar Island, MD 36 July 2023
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Great Blue Heron (Wurdemann's)
Seen in Anne Arundel County, MD 13 July 2023
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Say's Phoebe
Seen in Kent County, MD 13 Apr 2023
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Vesper Sparrow
Seen in Anne Arundel County, MD 31 Mar 2023
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Greater White-fronted Goose
Seen in Queen Anne’s County, MD 27 Jan 2023
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Lark Sparrow
Seen in Sussex County, DE 18 Jan 2023
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King Eider
Seen in Sussex County, DE 18 Jan 2023
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Harris's Sparrow
Seen in Kent County, MD 10 Jan 2023
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Snow Bunting
Seen at Hooper’s Island (MD), Cat Cove, 29 Nov 2022
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Wilson's Phalarope
Seen in Queen Anne’s County, MD, 12 Sep 2022 & Cape May, NJ - 13 Oct 2021
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Red-necked Phalarope
Seen in Talbot County, MD 25 Jul 2023 & Queen Anne’s County, MD 26 Aug 2022
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Sandhill Crane
Last seen in Kent County, DE on 03 Aug 2022
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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Seen in Middletown, MD 30 Jul 2022
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Mississippi Kite
Seen in Glen Burnie, MD on 18/21 Jul and in Rockville, MD - 08/09 Aug 2021
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White-winged Tern
Seen in Kent County, DE 16 Jul 2022
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Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Seen in Kent County, DE 10 Jul 2022
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Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Seen in Anne Arundel County, MD, 5 Jun 2022 and Kent County, DE, 10 Jul 2022
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American Avocet
Seen at Poplar Island, MD 12 Apr 2022
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Clay-colored Sparrow
Seen in Queen Anne’s County, MD 2 Apr 2022
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Yellow-billed Blackbird
Seen at Mariner Point Park, MD 6 Mar 2022
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Thick-billed Murre
Seen in Ocean City, MD 21 Feb 2022
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Snowy Owl
Seen in Cambridge, MD 21 Jan 2022
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Northern Lapwing
Seen in Queen Anne’s County, MD 22 Dec 2021
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Eurasian Wigeon
Seen in Cape May, NJ 15 Oct 2021
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Tropical Kingbird
Seen at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, MD 31 Oct 2021
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Kirtland's Warbler
Seen in Baltimore, MD 7 Oct 2021
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Swallow-tailed Kite
Seen in Stevensville (Kent Island), MD 03-11 Aug 2021