IMHO, most overdue 'by far' are the duo of Allen's and Calliope
Hummingbirds. There are loads of records of these in neighboring states.
Ironically, when this list first circulated, it included Limpkin. ;)
Mark
Mark Monroe
Louisville, KY
On Sat, Dec 24, 2022 at 3:42 PM michael autin <mauniquity@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Based on my travels, keeping up with nearby rarities through the years
and population declines, I propose that these are the most likely to show
up next, though birding is nothing if not unpredictable. Potentially in
this order of most likely, but also probably not.
Townsend's Solitaire
Sprague's Pipit( how...have...we...not, they squeak when they fly)
Townsend's Warbler
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Chestnut-collared Longspur(also sound like a warbling squeaky toy)
Purple Sandpiper
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Bohemian Waxwing
Good Birding in the New Year,
Michael Autin
On Sat, Dec 24, 2022, 2:56 PM David Ayer <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I bet there have been multiple undetected or unreported Purple Sandpipers
migrating through Kentucky. I am very surprised to hear that it's not
already on the list.
David Ayer
Rockport, IN
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On Sat, Dec 24, 2022 at 1:52 PM, PRESTON FORSYTHE
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Purple Sandpipers, pretty reliable in the winter, one or two birds, at
north and/or south Ponce Inlet, between Daytona Beach and New Smynra Beach,
FL.... On the jetty rocks, especially at the beginning of each jetty from
shore.
Preston Forsythe, Browder, KY
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On Sat, Dec 24, 2022 at 1:26 PM, mikesindahouse
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The odds of a purple sandpiper also seem relatively good to me.
Mike Callan
Jeffersontown, KY
On Dec 24, 2022, at 2:02 PM, Ronan O'Carra <ronan.o.carra@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
The next step is to put these in order of most likely to occur next.
Seeing as there was a Townsend’s Solitaire west of Nashville of late, that
would seem the most likely to me. All entries will be followed for the next
30 years to see who wins.
Ronan O’Carra
Lexington
On Sat, Dec 24, 2022 at 1:37 PM <brainard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
This fall, Kentucky has hosted two species of birds (American
Oystercatcher and Pink-footed Goose) that have heretofore not been reported
in KY or any of our surrounding states. Not sure how unusual that is, but
it might be the first time ever seeing as how most states always seem to be
ahead of us. That got some of us to thinking how many birds there are that
are actually *more likely* to occur in Kentucky than those two.
I did a cursory and probably somewhat incomplete search for species that
have been seen in adjacent states but have not been seen here (which by one
narrow definition may make them all considered more likely to occur than
the oystercatcher or the goose).
That search included *at least* the sixty species on the following list.
All of these have been reliably reported at least once in IL, IN, OH, WV,
and TN (I left out Virginia because it has coast and Missouri because it
extends so far west). There are a few of these species that have been
reported in KY "hypothetically" but I used our "official" state list as the
guideline. Obviously a number of these are as "unlikely" as the
oystercatcher and the goose, but I had to use something as a guide! I
likely missed at least a few and I also omitted a couple that might be
considered unvalidated by a skeptic (me? certainly not!).
Garganey
Common Eider
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Clark’s Grebe
Greater Flamingo
Crested Caracara
Gyrfalcon
Clapper Rail
Northern Lapwing
Snowy Plover
Wilson’s Plover
Lesser Sand-Plover
Mountain Plover
Spotted Redshank
Long-billed Curlew
Black-tailed Godwit
Purple Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
South Polar Skua
Black-tailed Gull
Kelp Gull
Ivory Gull
Ross’s Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Western Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Heerman’s Gull
Royal Tern
Arctic Tern
Brown Noddy
Bridled Tern
Ancient Murrelet
White-throated Swift
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Broad-billed Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Allen’s Hummingbird
Hammond’s Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Couch’s Kingbird
Cassin’s Kingbird
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Variegated Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Townsend’s Solitaire
Sage Thrasher
Sprague’s Pipit
Bohemian Waxwing
Virginia’s Warbler
Townsend’s Warbler
Painted Restart
Lazuli Bunting
Cassin’s Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Thick-billed Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Great-tailed Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Brambling
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
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