Recent observations of Green Violet-ear in the United States of America

Kentucky

Date

Sources

Location

Number

Notes

August 25 & 26, 1999

Unofficial List of
Current Rarities

Covington

1

-

Louisiana

Date

Sources

Location

Number

Notes

June 10 - July 21, 1999

BIRDCNTR,
Purrington 1999

Lafayette

1

At the Gail Andriano residence (Joe Oelkers et al.).  First state record.

Michigan

Date

Sources

Location

Number

Notes

August 11-14, 2002

Wulf 2002, Chartier 2002

Ontonagon County

1

Photographed at a feeder near Bergland (Kitt Wulf, Robert Seasor et al.).

July 16 to August 18, 1996

Michigan Bird Records Committee

Cass County

1

PH.  Edwardsburg.  Click HERE to link to photos on the Michigan Bird Records Committee's First State Records page.

Mississippi

Date

Sources

Location

Number

Notes

Fall, 1999

Mississippi RBA
on BIRDCNTR

Olive Branch

1

Last reported October 5.

Texas

Date

Sources

Location

Number

Notes

May 2000

Texas RBA
on BIRDCNTR

Corpus Christi

2

Early May 2000 , last reported May 7 (Joel Simon et al.).

September 27-30, 1999

Texas RBA
on BIRDCNTR

South Padre Island

1

-

July 1999

Austin RBA
on BIRDCNTR

Travis County

1

One was in the Volente area, last reported about July 17 (Walter and Aletha Snowden et al.).

June 1995

Greg Lasley's Web Site

Travis County

1

PH.  Immature male at Sandy Creek.  Click HERE to link to photos on Greg Lasley's Green Violet-ear page.

July 1961

Greg Lasley's Web Site

South Texas

1

First state record.

West Virginia

Date

Sources

Location

Number

Notes

June 26 to August 20, 2003

Minor 2004

Terra Alta, Alpine Lake

1

Click HERE to view photos of this bird on Kim Minor's web site.  First state record.