STANDARD ABBREVIATIONS 
Regional rarities appear in BOLD UPPERCASE; county names are short¬ 
ened to their first four letters and appear in Upper Case letters; months 
are shortened to their first three letters. In species accounts: number of 
individuals omitted implies that one individual was reported;! — details 
seen by Regional Editor; ad — adult; Alt — Alternate plumage; Am. — 
American; arr — arrival or first of season; BBS — Breeding Bird Survey; 
BOTS — bird of the season; CBC — Christmas Bird Count; CO — con¬ 
firmed nesting; Com. — Common; E. — Eastern; FL — fledgling; FY — 
adult feeding young; I — Island; imm — immature; intro — see introduc¬ 
tion to report; juv — juvenile; L — Lake; max — maximum; mob — 
multiple observers; N. — Northern; NYSDEC — New York State 
Department of Environmental Conservation; NWR — National Wildlife 
Refuge; NYSARC — report to New York State Avian Records Committee; 
P—Park; Pd — Pond; ph — photographed; Pt—Point; Res — Reservoir; 
SP — State Park; spm — specimen; subad — subadult; T — Town of; 
Twn — township; W. — Western; WMA — Wildlife Management Area; y 
— young. 
REPORTING DEADLINES 
Winter Season: December, January, February 
Deadline is 7 March 
Spring Season: March, April, May 
Deadline is 7 June 
Summer Season: June, July, August 
Deadline is 7 September 
Fall Season: September, October, November 
Deadline is 7 December 
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