A Phainopepla is being reported from Ontario Canada. Assuming a wild
bird, this is an extremely rare occurrence such a distance from its
expected range & habitat in the North American southwest: http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/ONTB.html
It might be noted that unfortunately this southwestern species, with a
home range deep into Mexico, has been among those captured illegally
for the pet trade, although presumably quite rare or, hopefully, not
even found as such in our northeastern region.
From the 1995 (first annual) report of the MARC (Massachusetts Avian
Records Commitee), Wayne R. Peterson, chair:
Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens) - #77-1: A single Phainopepla
observed on Tuckernuck Island, 7 October 1977 (M. LaFarge) was
apparently the second record for Massachusetts. The bird was an
immature male, well observed at close range, and later substantiated
by the observer when she examined Phainopepla skins at Yale
University's Peabody Museum. An earlier and convincing sight record at
Nantucket, February 1973, constituted the first state record. There is
at least one other well-documented record for New England - a bird at
Block Island, RI, 14 November 1975.
Good birding,
Tom Fiore,
Manhattan
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