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

  • Loggerhead Shrike

    Seen in Caroline County, MD 21 Dec 2024

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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

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