Date: 11/30/25 10:39 am From: ned bohman <nbohman...> Subject: Nevada Bird Records Committee project
Hello Nevada Birders!
I am again writing to you all about the NBRC. At the end of 2024, the committee voted to reinstate 34 species back to the state review list. The complete list can be found here: https://www.gbbo.org/nevada-review-list. This list, by default, includes anything not yet seen in the sate, but we don't go to the trouble of listing those thousands of species.
In our process of reinstating these 34 species, I found over 200 records that were confirmed on ebird. The committee voted to review these and add them to the NBRC database. It would be immensely helpful to me if anyone that has seen anything on our current review list would please submit old sightings to the NBRC. These records go back as far as ebird has been around. Most of these 34 species were reviewed at one time and removed from review, but some, such as the Red Knot, were never reviewed, therefore prior to 2024 had no entries in the NBRC database.
You can find the current, up-to-date list of all records submitted to the committee here: https://gbboinfo.org/nbrc/FullReportDescending.htm. This list can be sorted alphabetically, by taxonomy, and by NBRC ID number (which are sequential based on submission date). I would be very grateful if those of you that have seen review species would consider submitting those to the NBRC. You can use this web form here to submit: https://www.gbbo.org/submit-sightings-1
In the meantime, we will be creating records and saving photos from ebird, but because there is no involvement from original observers, we will not have permission to use photos (display on web, publish in reports, etc) And the name displayed on the website will be listed as "collected from ebird". For these reasons, among others, it is always more ideal if the actual observer submits their sightings to us.
P.S. Stay tuned for the announcement of GBBO's annual rare bird recap presentation, when I will run through all of the species reviewed by the NBRC this past year, and other relevant NBRC updates.
Thanks everyone and good birding!
-- Ned Bohman Secretary, Nevada Bird Records Committee Reno, NV
Date: 11/22/25 8:47 pm From: Carl Lundblad <carl.lundblad...> Subject: Vermilion Flycatcher at Carson Lake
An HY female Vermilon Flycatcher was on the Rice Unit of Carson Lake WMA (~39.37017, -118.68809), south of Fallon (Churchill Co.), this afternoon and was my first for northern Nevada. Photos are in eBird: https://ebird.org/checklist/S285674442.
Date: 11/15/25 1:50 pm From: Dennis Serdehely <birders...> Subject: Scarlet Tanager in Reno
I don't know if you heard but there is a Scarlet Tanager at 1760 Canyonlands Way . It was reported on What's App this morning and several people have seen it. Dennis Serdehely
Date: 11/13/25 5:24 pm From: Carl Lundblad <carl.lundblad...> Subject: Southern Nevada Miscellaneous from early November
Sorry for the late report, but I did some additional birding in southern and eastern Nevada this month with mostly minor highlights, as follows:
*1 November* American Crow - Tonopah Cemetery (feeding on lawn and my first for the Tonopah area, I think)
*2 November* Pacific Wren - TNC Torrance Ranch north of Beatty (previously found by Ned Bohman) Varied Thrush - Amargosa River in Beatty Mexican Duck - Long-staying individual at the Longstreet Inn and Casino in Amargosa Valley
*3 November* Yellow-shafted Northern Flicker - Discovery Park in Pahrump (looked good for a pure individual unlike the intergrades we commonly see) White-throated Sparrow - Discovery Park in Pahrump Wilson's Warbler - very late individual at Calvada Eye Park in Pahrump Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - HY individual at the parking lot of the Mountain Springs Saloon on NV-160 between Pahrump and Las Vegas Varied Thrush - Female on the picnic area lawn at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park (with Rose Strickland and Dennis Ghiglieri) Gray Catbird - easy stakeout continuing at Floyd Lamb Park in North Las Vegas (with Rose Strickland and Dennis Ghiglieri)
*4 November* Brown Thrasher - glimpsed at Floyd Lamb near continuing Gray Catbird, seen again (with Rose Strickland and Dennis Ghiglieri)
*5 November* Western Cattle Egret (2) - Hemenway Harbor at Lake Mead, maybe the same two that resurfaced in the Henderson area today Golden-crowned Sparrow - Boulder Beach Campground, Lake Mead
*6 November* Lawrence's Goldfinch - Pyramid Canyon Park below Davis Dam (NV side) near Laughlin Bell's Sparrow: "Fort Mohave "(Aha Macav Parkway in NV) agricultural fields south of Laughlin
*7 November* Lawrence's Goldfinch - Overton WMA (closed to birding on hunt days generally even-numbered days, during season) Pacific Wren (2) - Warm Springs Natural Area near Moapa Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Adult male at Bunkerville Cemetery
*8 November* MacGillivray's Warbler - very late female at Pahranagat NWR headquarters trails
*10 November* Lapland Longspur - calling flyover at W.E. Kirch WMA Tule Fields Reservoir Short-eared Owl - W.E. Kirch WMA Tule Fields Reservoir
*11 November* Swamp Sparrow - Tonopah Sportsman's Park Wilson's Snipe - another local novelty on the lawn at the Tonopah Cemetery
Definitely some trends with the ongoing irruption of Lawrence's Goldfinches, a good year for Varied Thrush, and a banner season for Pacific Wrens in our region.
Date: 11/10/25 2:21 pm From: ned bohman <nbohman...> Subject: NBRC results and updates
Hello Nevada Birders, The Nevada Bird Records Committee (NBRC) just held its annual meeting. We typically meet annually to discuss various aspects of committee function. We typically do not vote on records, at these meetings, however a number of difficult records had accumulated. We did vote on these six records and continue the never ending discussion on how to get birds submitted to eBird to also be submitted to the committee.
In terms of records voted on, the committee endorsed four and chose to not endorse two. Among those endorsed include, a report of Snow Bunting from northern Elko Co, from back in March, 2024, Veery from Great Basin National Park in July, 2024, A Tropical Kingbird from Las Vegas Wash, July, 2021, and a Winter Wren from Corn Creek in November, 2022. A separate Winter Wren from Corn Creek, in November, 2023 was not endorsed, and a report of Black Rail from Lake Mead in March, 2024 was also not endorsed. All of these records have been circulated through the committee at least once, most were on their 3rd circulation.
The reason for the difficulty with these records include lack of media documentation and difficulty of assessing physical field marks. Winter Wrens are notoriously difficult to separate from Pacific Wren, and in this case one submission contained an audio recording sufficient to establish the identity, the other did not. Photos were inconclusive without supporting audio for both of these Winter Wren records. Tropical Kingbird is another species that can be difficult to identify without audio evidence, in this case the physical field marks were distinct enough to establish the identification. The other three records lacked media documentation.
The Veery is the first endorsed in Nevada that has not come from a "desert migrant trap" in the months of May or September, it is possible that this record represents breeding or attempted breeding, given that the sighting was in July in appropriate breeding habitat. The rest of the records fit the patterns expected for the species in the area. November is THE month for Winter Wren in Nevada, with 7 of the 12 endorsed sightings from that month, and nearly all from Clark County.
We have over a dozen pending records that will be voted on in the next month, these are primarily species seen over the course of 2025. Thanks to everyone who submitted reports to the NBRC. We appreciate your support. You can find more info on our website, including recent publications, and complete review list and state checklist. For an up-to-date list of NBRC submissions and decisions for those that have been voted on: https://gbboinfo.org/nbrc/FullReportDescending.htm
On Sunday morning I was able to refind the PACIFIC WREN first found by Ned Bohman at the TNC Torrance Ranch in the Oasis Valley north of Beatty. The wren favors the area near the start of the boardwalk, where the trail turns north near a bench in deep shade. A calling VARIED THRUSH was traveling with American Robins on the Amargosa River downstream of the U.S.-95 bridge in Beatty, though I never actually got eyes on it.
This morning, Pahrump's Discovery Park hosted a pure-looking "YELLOW-SHAFTED" NORTHERN FLICKER and a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. A very late WILSON'S WARBLER was at Calvada Eye Park in Pahrump.
Early this afternoon, I found a juvenile YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER in the southwest corner of the Mountain Springs Saloon parking lot, along NV-160 in the Spring Mountains. I then found a female VARIED THRUSH at Spring Mountain State Park, making the fourth reported from the Las Vegas Valley in the last week. To end the day, Rose Strickland and Dennis Ghiglieri helped me refind the continuing GRAY CATBIRD at Floyd Lamb Park in North Las Vegas.
