Bonticou Crag, Mohonk Preserve, Town of New Paltz, Ulster Co., 
27 April to 10 August (JTB). This is the first breeding record for 
the state. Photos on file. See The Kingbird Vol.48(4): 289-300, 
December 1998. 
Ross's Goose ( Chen rossii). 1997-3-A: one at Braddock Bay, Town of 
Greece, Monroe Co., 15 January (BM); 1997-13-A: one white morph 
at Fort Miller, Hudson River, Town of Fort Edward, Washington 
Co., 30 March (BP); 1997-14-A: one blue morph below Lock Dam, 
Fort Miller, Hudson River, Town of Fort Edward, Washington Co., 
30 March (WGE); 1997-45-A: one at Howland Island Wildlife 
Management Area, Town of Conquest, Cayuga Co., 9 March (SA). 
Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus). 1997-10-A: one at Snowshoe Road, Stony 
Point(Henderson Harbor), Town of Henderson, Jefferson Co., 16 
March (NL). Photos on file. 
Sandhill Crane ( Grus canadensis). 1997-17-A: one at pond north of 
Lake Ontario State Parkway, 0.5 mile east of Route 98, Town of 
Carlton, Orleans Co., 27 April (WW). 
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana). 1997-38-A: one at Stewart 
Park, Ithaca, Tompkins Co., 24 July (JL); 1997-42-A: one on Lake 
Erie beach near Bay View, Town of Hamburg, Erie Co., 27 August 
(WW); 1997-61-A-B: one at Woodlawn Beach State Park, Town of 
Hamburg, Erie Co., 1 November (MAZ, RWB). 
Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa). 1997-40-A-B: one at Sylvan Beach, 
Oneida Lake, Town of Vienna, Oneida Co., 19,21 August (DWC, 
DJC). Photos on file. 
Little Gull ( Larus minutus). 1997-72-A: one at Raquette Pond, Tupper 
Lake, Town of Altamont, Franklin Co., 9 July (TD). 
California Gull ( Larus californicus). 1997-6.-A-B: one in field off 
Wakeman Road and on landfill. Town of Perinton, Monroe Co., 
2,15 February (DS,KCG); 1997-55-A: one on mowed grass area in 
Reservoir State Park, Town of Lewiston, Niagara Co., 20 
September (WD); 1997-56-A: one at Niagara River off Robert 
Moses Power Plant, Town of Lewiston, Niagara Co., 23,27 
November (WD); 1997-57-A: one at Niagara River off Robert 
Moses Power Plant, Town of Lewiston, Niagara Co., 14 December 
(WD); 1997-66-A: one at Lake Ontario, Durand Eastman Park, 
Rochester, Monroe Co., 12 December (BM). 
Thayer's Gull ( Larus thayeri). 1997-5-A-C: one in field off Route 31F, 
on a landfill and in field east of Fairport, Town of Perinton, 
Monroe Co, 1,15 February, 10 March (DS., MT, KCG, RGM). 
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