An Aztec Thrush was found yesterday in Madera Canyon, quite near the area recently frequented by a Crescent-chested Warbler and an Eared Quetzal.

A Black-tailed Gull was discovered yesterday at central Iowa’s Saylorville Reservoir. Obviously, this will be a first state record if accepted, and one of very few records for the species in the ABA Area.
Way to go, Steve!

Wow, two state birds in two days! At this rate, if I stay home until New Year’s, I may bring my state list up into the triple digits.
Darlene and I had planned a couple of early hours at Catalina State Park this morning, but a city-wide bicycle race chased us farther south, to Pena Blanca [...]

The entire two weeks I was in Guyana, I worried that the recently discovered (or recently revealed) Northern Jacana in Casa Grande, AZ, would fly its golf-course coop before I could get up to see it. But no need to fret: it was there in all its chestnut-black-and-yellow glory this morning, feeding a bit dorkily [...]

 The website for the IOC’s Recommended English names of birds of the world offers an Excel concordance by David Matson and Dave Sargeant of the differences between the IOC list and the new Clements.
The taxonomy used has also been updated to accord with the lists of both the North American and South American Committees on [...]