GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE: 
2INWR13 Nov (MM!, KF, WW). 
Snow Goose: arr INWR 28 Sep (RS!). 
ROSS'S GOOSE: INWR 11 Nov (TO!). 
Canada Goose (B. c. hutchinsii ): 28 
INWR 21 Oct (MM!); 32 INWR 13 Nov 
(MM!); 10 INWR 21 Nov (MM!). 
Brant: arr 450 GHSP, 190 Olcott NIAG 18 
Oct (BC); max 1045 T Somerset NIAG 24 
Oct (WD, mob). 
Trumpeter Swan: OOWMA 4 Oct-8 Nov 
(BK), had band, origin unknown. 
Wood Duck: SPNP 13 Nov (LH). 
Am. Wigeon: 220 OOWMA 3 Oct. 
Am. Black Duck: 50 OOWMA 23 Oct. 
Blue-winged Teal: BWWTP 7 Nov (GS). 
N. Shovelen 300 BWWTP 24 Oct (GS, 
BOS); 135 BWWTP 28 Nov (GS). 
Green-winged Teal: 113 BWWTP 23 Oct. 
Canvasback: arr TWMA 31 Oct. 
Redhead: arr Tifft NP1 Oct. 
Ring-necked Duck: arr 4 BWWTP, 
OOWMA 19 Sep. 
Greater Scaup: max 7600 Niagara Falls 
14 Nov (BK). 
Surf Scoter arr 2 T Somerset NIAG 4 
Oct. 
White-winged Scoter max 358 LBSP13 
Nov. 
Black Scoter max 105 Somerset NIAG 
25 Oct (BK). 
Ruddy Duck: 2-780 many locations 19 
Sep-21 Nov. 
HAWKS-ALCIDS 
Osprey: SPNP 21 Oct (LH). 
N. Goshawk: NIAG 24 Sep (SO); WB 27 
Sep (BK); both early fall dates. 
Merlin: T Sheridan CHAU 6 Oct. 
Peregrine Falcon: Niagara Falls 21 Nov 
(WD). 
Com. Moorhen: 2 BWWTP 2 Oct. 
Black-bellied Plover BWWTP 2 Oct. 
Am. Golden-Plover 2 T Wilson NIAG 24 
Oct. 
Greater Yellowlegs: 2 INWR 13 Nov 
(MM). 
Lesser Yellowlegs: 2 INWR 31 Oct. 
Semipalmated Sandpiper BWWTP 23 
Oct. 
Baird's Sandpiper BWWTP 19 Sep. 
Red-necked Phalarope: BWWTP 3 & 5 
Oct (GS). 
Red Phalarope: Bird I Pier Buffalo 24 
Nov (BC). 
PARASITIC JAEGER: GHSP 25 Oct 
(BK); LBSP 13 Nov (KF). 
CALIFORNIA GULL: Niagara River 
area 1-27 Nov (WD, mob). 
Thayer's Gull: 2 Lewiston NIAG 29 Nov 
(BK). 
Iceland Gull: arr Niagara Falls 9 Nov. 
Lesser Black-backed Gull: 1-8 St. 
Columbans CHAU on L Erie to Niagara 
Falls 1 Oct-28 Nov. 
Sabine's Gull: DH 9 Nov pM-ph, DN, 
mob). 
Caspian Tern: LaSalle P Buffalo 30 Sep. 
Forster's Tern: Niagara Falls 25 Oct, 6 
Nov (RR, WD, BP). 
PIGEONS - WOODPECKERS 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo: Tifft NP & GI13, 
15,19 Sep. 
Snowy Owl: T Belmont ALLE 21 Nov. 
Short-eared Owl: T Shelby ORLE 11 Nov 
(SO). 
N. Saw-whet Owl: Jamestown CHAU 6 
Oct (JB), window kill to Roger Tory 
Peterson Institute collection, 3rd earliest 
fall date. 
Com. Nighthawlc 2 Amherst & 1 
Lancaster ERIE 28 Sep. 
Chimney Swift: 1000 Bird I Pier Buffalo 
30 Sep (WW, mob) 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird: Amity L 
ALLE 30 Sep (VP). 
Red-Headed Woodpecker: FNSP29 
Nov (MG). 
FLYCATCHERS - WAXWINGS 
E. Wood-Pewee: 2 GI 8 Oct pRo). 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. T Charlotte 
CHAU, T Wheatfield NIAG 26 Sep (FR, 
BP). 
E. Kingbird: 4 Tillman WMA ERIE 6 Sep. 
N. Shrike: arr 2 T Yates ORLE 24 Oct; 
many more reports from various sites. 
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE: T Somerset 
NIAG 17 Oct (S&TO), scarce in recent 
years. 
Blue-headed Vireo: Forest Lawn 
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