REPORT OF THE NEW YORK AVIAN RECORDS 
COMMITTEE FOR 1997 
The Committee evaluated and made decisions on a total of 76 sight¬ 
ings of birds involving 106 reports. These included 72 reports from 1977, 
one froml995 and three from 1994. One report from 1996 is included that 
was decided previously. Seven reports remain to be resolved. Sixteen 
reports were filed without review because they were sightings of species 
not on the list of those which should be reported to NYSARC. 
Reports and other correspondence for the Committee should be sent to: 
The Secretary of the NYSARC : 
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology 
159 Sapsucker Woods Road 
Ithaca, New York 14850 
1997 ACCEPTED REPORTS 
Yellow-billed Loon ( Gavia adamsii). 1997-71-A-G: one in Oswego 
Harbor and Oswego River, City of Oswego, Town of Oswego, 
Oswego Co., 21-30 December (SDB, WTG, MAK, DWC, GH., BP, 
JM, TC). Photos on file. This is the second record for the state. 
Audubon's Shearwater (Pujfinus Iherminieri) 1997-43-A: two at 
Hudson Canyon., Atlantic Ocean, 14 September (PL). 
American White Pelican ( Pelecanus erythrorhynchos). 1997-27-A-B: one at 
north end of Strawberry Island, Niagara River, Town of Tonawanda, 
Erie Co., 24,25 May, 5 June (WW, WD); 1997-35-A: one near Long 
and Wantry Islands, western part of Oneida Lake, Oswego Co., 
6 June, 1,2, 8 July (CA). Photos on file. 
Great Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax carbo) 1997-53-A-B: one at Hamlin Beach 
State Park., Lake Ontario., Town of Hamlin, Monroe Co., 5, 7 
November (BME, ML); 1997 54-A-B: one at Oswego Harbor, Town of 
Oswego, Oswego Co., 13,17 November (GP, Bpur). 
Tricolored Heron ( Egretta tricolor). 1997-30-A-B: one at Pond's Pond, 
Town of Mexico, Oswego Co., 26 May (Bpur, JT). 
Black Vulture { Coragyps atratus)1997-12-A: one at Lake Shore 
Marshes Wildlife Management Area, Town of Wolcott, Wayne Co., 
28 March (GW); 1997-15-A: one along Route 6 one mile south of 
Bear Mountain Bridge, Town of Cortlandt, Westchester Co., 
3 April (DMN); 1997-31-A: two adults and two young at nest, 
The Kingbird 2000 March; 50(1) 
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