HUDSON-DELAWARE 
Yellowlegs at Bombay Hook 15 Aug OBo); 20 
Marbled Godwits at Absecon, Ocean, NJ 16 
Nov (JMcD); 200 Ruddy Turnstones at 
Barnegat 25 Nov (GQ); 400 Red Knots at 
Stone Harbor 8 Nov (MN); 2500 Sanderlings 
at Breezy Pt., Queens, NY 15 Aug (KM); 
10,000 Semipalmated Sandpipers at Brigan- 
tine 2 Aug (WK); 400 Western Sandpipers at 
Stone Harbor 7 Sep (MO’B); and 10,000 Dun- 
lins at Brigantine 17 Nov O^u). Many of 
these counts were entered into eBird. 
The Regional total of 10 Hudsonian God- 
wits was low, but a flock of 5 at Montezuma 
28 Aug (Mike Powers) was notable, as was 
one on the late date of 29 Nov at Brigantine 
(TBa et al). Single ad. Red-necked Stints 
were at Jamaica Bay 1-4 Aug (DGo, RJ, SB 
m.ob.) and Cape May 30 Aug (RC et al); 
there are now about 13 Regional records, all 
of ads. in alternate plumage and all during fall 
migration. There was a rather low Regional 
total of 30 Baird’s Sandpipers, and higher 
counts of Pectoral Sandpipers were just 70 at 
Montezuma 5 Oct (TJ) and 30 at Cape May 7 
Sep (CJV). An ad. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 
was at Jamaica Bay 3-4 Aug (TWB, GB, DGo, 
RJK et al.) for a 5th Regional record and the 
2nd for Jamaica Bay. A Curlew Sandpiper at 
Chazy, Clinton, NY (BK, CM) furnishes only 
the 3rd inland record for New York, while one 
at Bombay Hook 17 Aug (David Wilton) was 
a bit more expected. One hundred ninety-five 
Stilt Sandpipers at Bombay Hook 6 Aug QBo) 
and 60+ at Brigantine 30 Aug (TB) were 
rather low peaks. A total of about 50 Buff- 
breasted Sandpipers was found; this was less 
than half the record total found last fall but 
still above average for the Region. Larger 
flocks were 12 at the Johnson Sod Farms, 
Cumberland, NJ 7 Sep OMcD), 10 at Santa Fe 
Way, Middlesex, NJ 14 Sep (V Koczurik), and 
7 at Brigantine 30 Aug 0- Workman). The 
only Ruff was one at Brigantine 1-8 Oct 
(MO’B et al). Short-billed Dowitchers peaked 
in early Aug, with 1268 at Brigantine 4 Aug 
(MH) and 1375 at Jamaica Bay 1 Aug (DGo). 
A juv. Long-billed Dowitcher at Jamaica Bay 2 
Sep (RJK) was at the early end of their normal 
occurrence. Ten Wilson’s Phalaropes were 
found at the coast, and one was inland at 
Marten’s Tract, Wayne, NY 6 Oct (E Morlock). 
Small groups (10 or fewer) of Red-necked 
Phalaropes were seen on the pelagic trips, 5 
were at Brigantine throughout Aug, and about 
10 were seen in upstate New York. The only 
Red Phalaropes reported were singles at Buf- 
falo 28-29 Oct QP et ah) and Hamlin Beach 
30 Oct (RSp). 
A juv. Black-legged Kittiwake at Mecox 14 
Sep (John Shemilt) was a bit early, and 2 were 
seen along the L. Ontario shoreline in Nov. 
About 20 Little Gulls included 3 migrants 
past Derby Hill; a rather low total of 6 Black- 
headed Gulls included one at Noblewood 
Park, Essex, NY 26 Aug (MDM). There were 
25,000 Bonaparte’s Gulls on the Niagara R. 16 
Nov (RSp) and 1400 at Manasquan Inlet 17 
Nov (SB). About 10,000 Laughing Gulls were 
at Montauk 2 Nov (PJL, SSM). Two first-cycle 
Franklin’s Gulls were at Braddock Bay 30 Sep 
(GL), and another, also a first-cycle bird, was 
at Montauk 16 Nov (AnW). A second-cycle 
California Gull was at Niagara 23-30 Nov 
(WD’A, BPo et al), where they have been ap- 
pearing almost annually since 1990. There 
were 22 Iceland and 5 Glaucous Gulls report- 
ed, one of the latter at Brigantine through the 
summer until 14 Aug (MW et al). One hun- 
dred fifty-five Lesser Black-backed Gulls at 
Merrill Creek Res., Watren, NJ 13 Sep (TV) 
probably included both migrants and sum- 
mering birds; 21 at Cape May were present 
May-7 Aug (CJV). Three 
juv. Sabine’s Gulls were in 
the Niagara area 27 Oct-9 
Nov; one was at Noble- 
wood Park, Essex, NY 6 
Sep (MM); and another 
was at Braddock Bay 29 
Nov (KCG). 
Two Sooty Terns were 
at Cape May 6-7 Sep (VE) 
and another on Broadkill 
Beach Rd., Sussex, DE 6 
Sep (ES), associated with 
Tropical Storm Hanna. 
Single Bridled Terns were 
also seen 7 Sep at Cape 
May (KL) and Democrat 
Pt. (DEu). Non-storm re- 
lated Bridleds included 
one off Belmar 16-17 Aug 
and 3 off Lewes 24 Aug 
(PAG et al.). A juv. Gull- 
billed Tern at Mecox 15- 
27 Sep (HM et al.) was 
consistent with recent 
eastward dispersal, and 
67 were counted at their traditional inland 
haunt at Chatsworth, Burlington, NJ (TB). 
Seventy Black Terns were at Montauk 7 Sep 
(PJL, SSM), probably somewhat influenced by 
Hanna, but there have been increasing num- 
bers in the past few years. Similarly, 150 
Roseate Terns were at Montauk 7 Sep, and 
one was there as late as 28 Sep (PJL, SSM). 
Eleven hundred Forster’s Terns were at Cape 
May 4 Oct; 3 were in the Oneida Lake Basin; 
and 5 were at Hamlin Beach, the latest of 
these 5 Oct (RSp, BPu). A juv. Arctic Tern was 
seen at Hamlin Beach 7 Sep (WS, DT), possi- 
bly displaced, or forced down, by Hanna. 
There is only one other fall record of Arctic 
Tern from inland New York, in Nov 1989. 
Eighty-seven Royal Terns were at Pike’s Beach 
7 Sep, and single Sandwich Terns were at 
Cape May 22 Sep (Glen Davis) and Avalon 1 
Oct (CW). Larger concentrations of Black 
Skimmers were 1062 at Cape May 17 Sep 
(MH) and 720 at Breezy Pt., Queens, NY 17 
Aug (KM). Eight Pomarine Jaegers were 
found, including 4 from Derby Hill and Ham- 
lin Beach through 16 Nov, and 30 Parasitics 
included 8 inland birds through 22 Nov. Nine 
unidentified jaegers were seen from Derby 
Hill 6 Sep. A juv. Long-tailedjaeger was close- 
ly watched by many at Cape May 28 Aug as it 
chased Least Terns and a Great Black-backed 
Gull (CJV et al); 2 were seen on the Belmar 
pelagic 24 Aug (PAG et al); and 4 singles 
were seen from Hamlin Beach 12 Aug-4 Sep 
(RSp, DS). A Thick-billed Murre was seen at 
Cape May 7 Nov (L. Kenny, TL, Bob Eogg). 
DOVES THROUGH WOODPECKERS 
A Eurasian Collared-Dove was at Cape May 
27 Sep (KL, SG), and another was at Parma, 
Monroe, NY 1 Sep-16 Nov (DT et al). The 
species has been slow to expand northward 
along the East Coast. Two White-winged 
Doves at a feeder in Cape May 28 Sep (Bev 
Linn) were the only ones reported. A count of 
75 Monk Parakeets in the Greenwood Ceme- 
tery, Brooklyn, NY 28 Nov suggests that the 
population there may be growing. The begin- 
ning of a Snowy Owl incursion was evident; 
35 were reported, as far s. as Liberty Park, 
Hudson, NY and Staten 1., the latter on the 
Unexpected in late autumn in the Hudson-Delaware region, this Least Flycatcher was 
carefully identified at Mount Loretto, Staten Island, New York 15-18 (here 16) November 
2008. Photograph by Scott Whittle. 
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