NARBA has long stood as the best source for timely, curated updates on rare birds. Big Year birders rely on it for timely updates on species that might only appear once during a calendar year while other birders use it to fill out their ABA lists or learn about rare birds that show up nearby.

A membership provides you with one year of unlimited access to our curated rare bird alerts, as well as email updates when new and notable rarities show up.

Our goal is to continually improve the service and provide more detailed information about the birds you are most interested in.

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Here are some examples of alerts you could expect to see as a member, as well as a detail page showing a constant stream of updates as well as a detailed map of locations that bird has been seen. As a member, you'll be able to explore each alert in more depth.

• Species alert with photo and map
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Sample posts and alert listings

Brown Booby in NY and VT

Aug 23 at 10:44am

Lake Champlain, New York

Updates Aug 24, Aug 27, Sep 2, Sep 7, Sep 9

Reported by Gary Chapin

first sighting

map available

A Brown Booby is sitting on the water on the north side of the Champlain Bridge at the Crown Point State Historic Park. It has been moving back and forth from the VT and NY side of the Lake.
It continued to be observed through at least the late afternoon in the same area. It was off-shore quite a distance at points.

Bird ID Notes

Aug 24 at 8:56am

Westport Boat Launch

Lake Champlain, New York

continuing bird

map available

Continuing this morning near the Champlain Bridge.

Around 3:30 pm it headed north, out of view. It was later refound at the Westport Boat Launch where it stayed until about 4:30pm. It then flew off toward Button Bay, VT and has not been refound yet.

Aug 27 at 5:30pm

Lake Champlain, New York

Reported by Nat Smith

continuing bird

map available

The operator of one of the ferry's that goes between Charlotte and Essex on Lake Champlain reports seeing the Brown Booby at 5:30pm as he was leaving Essex.

The Brown Booby continued on to a sandy patch of shoreline in Essex where it is believed to have landed.

Sep 2 at 10:15am

Noblewood Park

Lake Champlain, New York

Reported by Matt Medler

continuing bird

map available

At 10:15 the Brown Booby was seen at Noblewood, flying south in the direction of Essex.

Sep 7 at 3:45pm

Lake Champlain

Charlotte, Vermont

Reported by multiple observers

continuing bird

map available

The Lake Champlain Brown Booby was relocated on a green buoy near the Vermont shore, then feeding with gulls and diving near 4 Brothers Island.

Sep 9 at 1:30pm

Shelburne Farms

Lake Champlain, Vermont

Reported by Maeve Kim

continuing bird

map available

Flying south past Shelburne Farms which is on the Vermont side of Lake Champlain. It made a couple circles then flew off again to the north.