Taunton River, Dighton. December 17, 2021. Photograph by David Ennis.
1 records
| MARC number | Decision | Species | # | Location | County | Arrival | Departure | Observers | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-090 | A | Steller's Sea-Eagle | 1 | Shaw Cove Boat Yard, Dighton | Bristol | 12/12/2021 | 12/20/2021 | David Ennis* (ph), Jonathan Eckerson, m.ob. (ph) | 26 |
This remarkable state record was discussed in depth by Schibley and Iliff (2022). Any questions of provenance were simplified since its arrival path from native range was clarified. Individually identifiable based on details of its wing pattern, it was first noted on the Denali Highway, Alaska, on 30 Aug 2020, then in Texas 7 Mar 2021 (probably but not certainly the same bird), and then in Atlantic Canada (Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick) in summer 2021, before appearing in Massachusetts and then Maine 31 Dec 2021 to 14 Feb 2022. Its peregrinations around eastern Canada have continued since, although it has yet to stray into the United States again.