Common Eider ( Somateria mollissima). 1997-65-A: 11 in six sightings at 
Hamlin Beach State Park, Lake Ontario, Town of Hamlin, Monroe 
Co., 7-24 November. 
King Rail ( Rallus elegans). 1997-34-A: one along Parma-Hamlin 
Townline Road, Towns of Parma and Hamlin, Monroe Co., 
6 June. 
Sandhill Crane (Crus canadensis), 1997-32-A: two at George A.Taylor 
Marsh. Town of Richmond, Ontario Co., 31 May. 
Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia) 1997-24-A: one at Pike's Inlet, 
Westhampton Dunes, Moriches Bay, Long Island, Town of 
Southhampton, Suffolk Co., early May. 
Spotted Redshank ( Tringa erythropus). 1997-22- A: one in wetlands 
east of West Sweden Road ca. one mile north of Torpey Hill Road, 
Town of Sweden, Monroe Co., 9 May. 
Mew Gull (Larus canus) 1997-4-A: one at Charlotte Harbor, Genesee 
River, Rochester, Monroe Co., 28 January; 1997-62-A-C: one at 
Point Lookout, Jones Inlet, Long Island, Town of Hempstead, 
Nassau Co., 23 November to 2 December. 
Thayer's Gull ( Larus thayeri) 1997-8-A: one at Perinton Landfill., 
Town of Perinton, Monroe Co.18 February; 1997-47-A: one at 
Ausable Point, Town of Peru, Clinton Co., 28 September; 
1997-67-A: one at Hamlin Beach State Park, Lake Ontario, Town of 
Hamlin, Monroe Co., 19 November. 
Ross's Gull (Rhodostethia rosea). 1997-69-A: one at Hamlin Beach 
State Park, Lake Ontario, Town of Hamlin, Monroe Co., 
9, 20 November. 
Murrelet species. 1997-70-A: one at Hamlin Beach State Park, Town 
of Hamlin, Monroe Co., 15 November. 
Bell's Vireo ( Vireo bellii). 1997-23-A: one at Island Cottage Woods, 
Town of Greece, Monroe Co., 14 May. 
Lark Sparrow, ( Chondestes grammacus ). 1997-37-A: one in Town of Lima, 
Livingston Co., 11 July 
Blue Grosbeak ( Guiraca caerulea). 1997-29-A: one at Salmon Creek Road, 
Town of Lansing, Tompkins Co., 26 May. 
Brewer's Blackbird ( Euphagus cyanocephalus). 1997-11-A: one four miles 
southwest of Mecklenburg, Town of Hector, Schuyler Co., 19 March; 
1997-20-A: one in yard, Rochester, Monroe Co., 6 May. 
Hoary Redpoll ( Carduelis hornemanni) 1997-63-A: one about 0.5 mile 
south of intersection of Jewel and Kobor Roads, Town of 
Northumberland, Saratoga Co., 20 December. 
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