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Nova Scotia Rare Bird Alert

The report below shows observations of rare birds in Nova Scotia. Includes both unreviewed and reviewed/approved observations.

Observations for last 7 days

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Snow Goose Anser caerulescens

Number observed: 1
CONFIRMED
Date: May 27, 2023 12:10
Location: 11–95 Dayton Rd, Yarmouth CA-NS (43.8740,-66.1058), Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Tony Millard

Snow Goose Anser caerulescens

Number observed: 1
CONFIRMED
Date: May 27, 2023 12:10
Location: 11–95 Dayton Rd, Yarmouth CA-NS (43.8740,-66.1058), Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Angie Millard

Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: Jun 01, 2023 07:12
Location: Dominion Beach Provincial Park, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Barb Glassey

Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 29, 2023 10:33
Location: Bridgetown Sewage Lagoons, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Mary Kennedy

Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: Jun 01, 2023 06:24
Location: Melvern Square - Bridge St., Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Lyall Bouchard

American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus

Number observed: 1
CONFIRMED
Date: May 30, 2023 14:57
Location: Glace Bay Beach Park Reserve, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Steven McGrath

Red Knot Calidris canutus

Number observed: 5
CONFIRMED
Date: May 27, 2023 08:12
Location: Crescent Beach, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Logan Moore

Red Knot Calidris canutus

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 30, 2023 19:37
Location: Debert Beach Rd (45.374, -63.528), Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Jake Walker

Red Knot Calidris canutus

Number observed: 1
CONFIRMED
Date: May 26, 2023 08:41
Location: Garden Lots/Back Oler Farm Marsh & Area, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Eric Mills

Sanderling Calidris alba

Number observed: 1
CONFIRMED
Date: May 27, 2023 08:24
Location: Big Glace Bay Lake Bird Sanctuary, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Steven McGrath

Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima

Number observed: 1
CONFIRMED
Date: May 26, 2023 08:17
Location: Bull Point Rd., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Diane LeBlanc

Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 28, 2023 05:41
Location: Brier Island (Please use a more specific hotspot), Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Eric Mills

Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia

Number observed: 1
CONFIRMED
Date: May 27, 2023 10:28
Location: Trunk 6, Cumberland CA-NS 45.85016, -63.73937, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Zach Wile

Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia

Number observed: 3
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 27, 2023 13:07
Location: Trunk 6, Cumberland CA-NS 45.85017, -63.73942, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Diane LeBlanc

Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata

Number observed: 6
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 30, 2023 08:12
Location: Big Island--causeway, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Ken McKenna

Green Heron Butorides virescens

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 27, 2023 09:00
Location: French Basin Trail, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Dominic Cormier

Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 27, 2023 19:25
Location: Highway 1, Annapolis CA-NS (44.7615,-65.5042), Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Jake Chute

Red-tailed Hawk (abieticola) Buteo jamaicensis abieticola

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 31, 2023 06:59
Location: Port Williams, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: George Forsyth

Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 28, 2023 10:07
Location: Amherst Point Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Zach Wile

Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 30, 2023 05:50
Location: Bear Lake 1, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Dominic Cormier

Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus

Number observed: 1
CONFIRMED
Date: May 27, 2023 08:20
Location: Bon Portage Island (restricted access), Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Alix d'Entremont

Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus

Number observed: 1
CONFIRMED
Date: May 27, 2023 08:20
Location: Bon Portage Island (restricted access), Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Kathleen MacAulay

Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus

Number observed: 1
CONFIRMED
Date: May 27, 2023 09:17
Location: Country Island, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Kristine Hanifen

Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus

Number observed: 1
CONFIRMED
Date: May 27, 2023 09:17
Location: Country Island, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Ruby Schweighardt

Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus

Number observed: 1
CONFIRMED
Date: May 27, 2023 09:17
Location: Country Island, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Asha Grewal

Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus

Number observed: 2
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 27, 2023 06:50
Location: Dartmouth--Birch Cove Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Marty Zelenietz

Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: Jun 01, 2023 11:46
Location: Hugh Fairn DU pond, Sheffield Mills, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Todd Smith

Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 30, 2023 10:57
Location: Hugh Fairn DU pond, Sheffield Mills, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Lyall Bouchard

Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 30, 2023 10:51
Location: Hugh Fairn DU pond, Sheffield Mills, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Marty Finch

Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 28, 2023 15:00
Location: Hugh Fairn DU pond, Sheffield Mills, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Kyle d'Entremont

Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 28, 2023 14:20
Location: Hugh Fairn DU pond, Sheffield Mills, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Bernie Brown

Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 28, 2023 11:16
Location: Hugh Fairn DU pond, Sheffield Mills, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Jake Chute

Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 28, 2023 10:58
Location: Hugh Fairn DU pond, Sheffield Mills, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Natalie Barkhouse-Bishop

Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 28, 2023 10:58
Location: Hugh Fairn DU pond, Sheffield Mills, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Wayne Greene

Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 28, 2023 07:49
Location: Hugh Fairn DU pond, Sheffield Mills, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Jake Walker

Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 30, 2023 15:27
Location: Lk Charles area, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Ray Wershler

Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 27, 2023 06:59
Location: Seven Acres Farm, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Jocelyn Durston

Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 27, 2023 06:59
Location: Seven Acres Farm, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Timothy Burns

Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 30, 2023 18:01
Location: Wentworth Provincial Park, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Eric Wilson

Sedge Wren Cistothorus stellaris

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 30, 2023 07:21
Location: Kelleys Cove--Sunday Point, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Jared Abbott

Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus

Number observed: 1
CONFIRMED
Date: May 27, 2023 07:24
Location: Stillman Rd, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Steve Vines

Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 30, 2023 10:50
Location: 80 Front Centre Road, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, CA (44.374, -64.357), Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Joan Lantz

House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 28, 2023 18:28
Location: 1586 Trunk 7, West Lochaber CA-NS 45.45581, -62.01084, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Karen Stewart

Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 28, 2023 12:52
Location: Port Williams Sewage Lagoons, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: John Forsyth

Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 28, 2023 12:52
Location: Port Williams Sewage Lagoons, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: George Forsyth

Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 29, 2023 10:22
Location: Waterside Beach Provincial Park, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Ken McKenna

Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 27, 2023
Location: Fish Dragging-Western Meadowlark Location, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Nova Scotia Bird Records

Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea

Number observed: 1
CONFIRMED
Date: May 29, 2023 08:33
Location: Fougere Point Rd, Petit-de-Grat, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Rowland Spear

Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea

Number observed: 1
CONFIRMED
Date: May 28, 2023 09:00
Location: Halifax Peninsula--Africville Lookoff Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Justin Crosby

Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea

Number observed: 1
CONFIRMED
Date: May 28, 2023 17:00
Location: Isle Madame--Boudreauville, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: CB_Bird_Reports Data

Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea

Number observed: 3
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 30, 2023 09:40
Location: Lower Sackville--Second Lake, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Guylaine McGuire

Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea

Number observed: 1
CONFIRMED
Date: May 27, 2023 07:00
Location: Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Rebecca Parker

Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea

Number observed: 1
CONFIRMED
Date: May 27, 2023 06:46
Location: Porters Lake, Nova Scotia, CA (44.735, -63.287), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Jake Walker

Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 28, 2023 06:54
Location: Smileys Provincial Park, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Ray Wershler

Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 29, 2023 09:29
Location: Yarmouth--Yarmouth Mountain Cemetery, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Logan Moore

Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea

Number observed: 1
UNCONFIRMED
Date: May 30, 2023
Location: Pictou--Greenhill, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada
Observer: Nova Scotia Bird Records
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