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A REQUEST:
When recommending an identification, please adhere to current standards of taxonomy as deployed by iNaturalist at this time — as opposed to identifying and classifying organisms based on personal beliefs about what taxonomy can, should, or of right ought to be in opposition to iNaturalist’s current taxonomy. Comments noting such taxonomic disagreements, however, are welcomed and encouraged. I prefer my observations to be inline with current taxonomic standards as deployed by iNaturalist (as opposed to my personal beliefs) so that this and other observations are readily accessible to iNaturalist users with greater efficiency and usability. Thanks!

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Janson Jones,
http://floridensis.com.

First record of a Roseate Spoonbill in MA. Possibly the same individual that was seen in New Haven. Previous observations of this individual have shown it to be a juvenile. Observed as it flew overhead, and soon after roosted in the distance.

In New England and surrounding states, this was one of several rare southern vagrants that appeared in July and August of this year.

The provenance of this Great White Pelican has not been satisfied. It is an Old World species, having never been recorded in the U.S. before. This female Great White Pelican spent three days in February 2016 at Ding Darling NWR on Sanibel Island, Florida, creating quite a stir. When it flew off in the company of American White Pelicans, its never reported again. Until it returned the following February for just a day. So were did it come from and were did go.
https://www.hngn.com/articles/184259/20160302/rare-great-white-pelican-appears-at-florida-refuge-4-000-miles-from-home.htm
http://blog.aba.org/2016/03/abarare-great-white-pelican-florida.html