The 64th Annual Buffalo Ornithological Society October Bird Count, 
conducted on the 10th, identified 159 species totaling 144,875 individuals. 
According to compilers Mike Hamilton, Gail Seamans and Terry Yonker, 
significant sightings included: two Glossy Ibis, a first record for the 
count, although two ibis (sp.) were recorded in 1990; a Lesser Black- 
backed Gull, a second report for the count, the first occurring last year; 
and, for the first time in a decade, a Philadelphia Vireo. 
CONTRIBUTORS 
Robert Andrle, Jim Berry, Buffalo Ornithological Society, Bruce Chilton, 
Willie D'Anna, Mike Davis, Kurt Fox, Mike Galas, Barbara Henderson, 
Linda Holmes, William Home, Dave Junkin, Brendan Klick, Hans Kunze, 
Dick Miga, Mike Morgante, David Neveu, Tom O'Donnell, Susan 
O'Donnell, Vivian Pitzrick, Betsy Potter, Frances Rew, Gerald Rising, 
Donald Roberson (DRo), Richard Rosche, Dorothy Rosche, Olga Rosche, 
Gail Seamans, Jack Skalicky, Richard Sowinski, David Suggs (Buffalo 
RBA), William Watson, Jim Wojewodzki, Peter Yoerg. 
ABBREVIATIONS 
BWWTP - Batavia Waste Water Treatment Plant, GENE; DH - Dunkirk 
Harbor, City of Dunkirk; FMCSP - Four Mile Creek State Park, NIAG; 
FNSP - Fort Niagara State Park, NIAG; GHSP - Golden Hill Sate Park, 
NIAG; GI - Goat Island, Niagara Falls; INWR - Iroquois National 
Wildlife Refuge, GENE/ORLE; LBSP- Lakeside Beach State Park, ORLE; 
OOWMA - Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area, GENE; SPNP - 
Sinking Ponds Nature Preserve, East Aurora, ERIE; Tifft NP - Tifft 
Nature Preserve, Buffalo; TWMA - Tonawanda Wildlife Management 
Area, WYOM; WB - Woodlawn Beach, ERIE. 
LOONS-DUCKS 
Red-throated Loon: arr 3 T Shadigee 21 
Oct (MM); max 328 GHSP 21 Nov (MM). 
Com. Loon: max 300 T Somerset NIAG 
& T Yates ORLE 30 Oct (WD, BOS). 
Red-necked Grebe: Olcott NIAG 31 Oct; 
1-3 L Ontario 13-23 Oct. 
WESTERN GREBE: Youngstown NIAG 
27 Nov (DF!). 
Double-crested Cormorant: max 1052 
The Kingbird 2000 March; 50(1) 
Buffalo 9 Sep (WW). 
Am. Bittern: TWMA 17 Oct (BK). 
Least Bittern: Sheldon Trail T 
Chautauqua CHAU 30 Oct OB!), ties 
record late date. 
Great Egret: 11-33 INWR 19 Sep-8 Oct. 
Black-crowned Night-Heron: WB 10 
Sep; BWWTP 2 Oct. 
Glossy Ibis: 2 BOS Oct Count 10 Oct, 
first for the count. 
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