Naumans Thrush in Alaska!!!!!! 2nd ever North American Record

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Here is the checklist with the photos and comments. The last previous record of this thrush was in 1982! These people have also seen crazy once in a lifetime birds!

https://ebird.org/checklist/S119397393

[Quiscalus quiscula]

Never heard of Naumann's Thrush before! Crazy that the last record was in 1982.

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38 minutes ago, Quiscalus quiscula said:

Never heard of Naumann's Thrush before! Crazy that the last record was in 1982.

I looked in my Nat Geo book, and it did not even have Naumann's Thrush in it!

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2 hours ago, Quiscalus quiscula said:

Never heard of Naumann's Thrush before! Crazy that the last record was in 1982.

 

1 hour ago, Birds are cool said:

I looked in my Nat Geo book, and it did not even have Naumann's Thrush in it!

Naumann's Thrush was formerly lumped with Dusky Thrush and was (finally) recognized as a separate species by American authorities a few years ago. There have been several records of Dusky/Naumann's Thrushes reported in AK in recent decades, as well as many reports of hybrids between the two taxa in AK. 

They certainly have had a good fall in the western Aleutians this year, with highlights being the ABA's first record of Icterine Warbler, 3rd Red-backed Shrike, 8th Yellow-breasted Bunting, Tree Pipit, Middendorf’s Grasshopper Warbler, and Taiga Flycatcher.

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9 hours ago, Bird-Boys said:

 

Naumann's Thrush was formerly lumped with Dusky Thrush and was (finally) recognized as a separate species by American authorities a few years ago. There have been several records of Dusky/Naumann's Thrushes reported in AK in recent decades, as well as many reports of hybrids between the two taxa in AK. 

They certainly have had a good fall in the western Aleutians this year, with highlights being the ABA's first record of Icterine Warbler, 3rd Red-backed Shrike, 8th Yellow-breasted Bunting, Tree Pipit, Middendorf’s Grasshopper Warbler, and Taiga Flycatcher.

I am pretty sure it was a Icterine Wagtail, but yeah, I have subscribed to the aba rarities alert on ebird, and have looked at every checklist with the rare birds on it. 

[Quiscalus quiscula]

1 hour ago, Birds are cool said:

I am pretty sure it was a Icterine Wagtail, but yeah, I have subscribed to the aba rarities alert on ebird, and have looked at every checklist with the rare birds on it. 

There is no such thing as an Icterine Wagtail. Icterine Warbler is correct.

[Bird-Boys]

5 hours ago, Birds are cool said:

I am pretty sure it was a Icterine Wagtail

You are thinking of Citrine Wagtail.

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3 hours ago, Bird-Boys said:

You are thinking of Citrine Wagtail.

I saw the Citrine Wagtail, but not the Icterine Warbler.

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Found it. That is insane!!!!

https://ebird.org/species/ictwar1/US