Okay, a really out-of-area sighting!

Gail Mackiernan

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Aug 27, 2018, 12:39:33 PM8/27/18

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Many of us have remarked about the Roseate Spoonbill invasion north this summer, including the two in Maryland and several in Virginia and West Virginia. Well, I was looking at Maine birding news in preparation from our trip there this week, and lo and behold, one was seen up there yesterday! That is *really* out of range!

It has been a very strange summer...

Gail Mackiernan
Colesville

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Marcia Watson

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Aug 27, 2018, 12:43:37 PM8/27/18

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Also: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri . . . an explosion. The eBird map for this year is impressive.

Marcia

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Aug 27, 2018, 12:45:45 PM8/27/18

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Also, first state record for Minnesota!


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Warblerick

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Aug 27, 2018, 12:50:36 PM8/27/18

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Yeah, Minnesota is crazy!
Rick Sussman
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Aug 27, 2018, 1:45:57 PM8/27/18

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I believe there was one in Quebec as well.

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Chincoteague VA

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Janet Millenson

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Aug 27, 2018, 3:19:19 PM8/27/18

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Spoonbills aren't normally migratory, are they?

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Warblerick

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Aug 27, 2018, 3:36:34 PM8/27/18

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Post-breeding dispersal or wandering more than migration.

Rick Sussman
Woodbine, MD

Bud Poole

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Aug 27, 2018, 4:59:32 PM8/27/18

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I don't see mention of Pennsylvania here. They just had a recent report of one there.

Bud Poole
Patterson Park

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Aug 27, 2018, 5:37:19 PM8/27/18

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And a first state record Roseate Spoonbill was found yesterday in Minnesota.

Paul

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Gail Mackiernan

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Aug 27, 2018, 6:03:44 PM8/27/18

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I think almost all, if not all, the birds were juveniles. Odd there were no adults involved...

Gail Mackiernan
Colesville, MD

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