LOONS-DUCKS 
Red-throated Loon: TFSP15 Nov (BE, 
BM, mob), only report. 
Com. Loon: arr CL 5 Sep; max 4414 TFSP 
15 Nov; 200 AB 31 Oct. 
Pied-billed Grebe: max 19 TCAH 10 
Sep; 9 ED 8 Oct. 
Homed Grebe: arr and max 8 MyPt 12 
Oct; 5 SLSP 23 Oct. 
Red-necked Grebe: StP 20 Oct; PS 13 
Nov; CL 21 Nov; first fall reports since 
1994. 
Double-crested Cormorant: 30 GM 18 
Sep; max and last 41 WD 7 Nov, low. 
Am. Bittern: MNWR13 Sep, 17 Oct; 
TCAH 15, 23 Oct; only reports. 
Great Blue Heron: max 17 MNWR 11 
Sep; 12 So 5 Oct. 
Great Egret: max 10 MNWR 4 Sep, low; 
last MNWR 15 Oct. 
CATTLE EGRET: MNWR 8 Oct (BG) - 31 
Oct (RB). 
Green Heron: max 7 TCAH 10 Sep; last 
LoPd 24 Sep. 
Black-crowned Night-Heron: max 26 
MNWR 4 Sep, very high; 2 WERF 1 Sep; 
last 2 MNWR 19 Sep. 
GLOSSY IBIS: 2 MNWR thru 11 Sep 
(mob). 
Turkey Vulture: max 44 ED 19 Oct; last 
WERF 7 Nov. 
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE: 
MNWR 17 Oct 0B, EBC) & 27 Oct (GP, 
MV); SM 24 Nov (GP, MV). 
Snow Goose: arr MNWR 11 Sep; max 41 
MNWR 17 Oct, low; "good sized flock" 
MNWR 27 Nov. 
ROSS'S GOOSE: MNWR 14 Oct (MGa, 
GP, BW) - 18 Oct (BF); last Hope 15 Nov 
(SSh). 
Brant: arr 30 Route 38 Dryden 3 Oct; 
max 400 TCAH 24 Oct; 300 Ithaca 14 Oct; 
last "some" Caro 7 Nov. 
Tundra Swan: arr MNWR 23 Oct; max 
"several hundred" CL 30 Nov. 
Trumpeter Swan: (not yet on NYS 
Checklist); 2 MNWR 18 Oct. 
Wood Duck: max 57 TCAH 10 Sep; last 
KH 2 Nov. 
Gadwall: max 2 TCAH 8-15 Oct; last 
MNWR 13 Nov. 
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EURASIAN WIGEON: MNWR 11-12 
Sep (GP, MoMu); MNWR 13 Nov (GC). 
Am. Wigeon: max 120 MNWR 11 Sep; 
last MNWR 13 Nov. 
Am. Black Duck: "rafts" AB 22 Nov. 
Blue-winged Teal: max 26 TCAH 10 Sep; 
last MNWR 27 Oct. 
N. Shovelen "lots" MNWR 9 Oct; last 2 
MNWR 22 Nov, 
N. Pintail: max 200 MNWR 7 Nov. 
Green-winged Teal: max 300 MNWR 14 
Oct; 55 TCAH 23 Oct. 
Canvasback: arr MNWR 13 Nov, very 
low, only report. 
Redhead: MNWR 28 Sep; MNWR 18 
Oct; last MNWR 27 Oct; only reports. 
Ring-necked Duck: max 19 PS 24 Oct, 
low; last 13 PS 20 Nov. 
Greater Scaup: 2 MyPt 14 Nov, only 
report. 
Lesser Scaup: max 10 DryL 21 Oct; last 5 
MyPt 14 Nov. 
scaup (sp): arr MNWR 28 Sep. 
Surf Scoter arr & max 2 Hog Hole 
TOMP 21 Oct; last Portland Pt 26 Oct. 
White-winged Scoter arr AB 10 Oct; 
max & last 3 MyPt 27 Oct. 
BLACK SCOTER: arr AB 10 Oct (DG), 
early; max & last 30 MyPt 8 Nov (BF). 
Oldsquaw: arr 6 MyPt 27 Oct; max & 
last 25 Ithaca 16 Nov. 
Bufflehead: arr MNWR 23 Oct; max 70 
CL 21 Nov. 
Com. Goldeneye: arr 3 MyPt 6 Nov; max 
30 CL 21 Nov. 
Hooded Merganser max 30 PS 16 Nov; 
last 6 MWC 24 Nov. 
Com. Merganser max 22 WERF 4 Sep. 
Red-breasted Merganser arr MNWR 28 
Sep, early; max & last 4 CL 21 Nov. 
Ruddy Duck: max 16 DryL 21 Oct; last 
TCAH 22 Nov, late. 
HAWKS - ALCIDS 
Osprey: max 6 StP 21 Sep; last PS 24 Oct. 
Bald Eagle: max 2 MNWR 13, 27 Nov; 
KH 4 Sep; Dryden 3 Oct; MtP 6 Nov. 
N. Harrier max 4 MNWR 28 Sep. 
Sharp-shinned Hawk: max 3 KH 17 Sep. 
N. Goshawk: SSF 2, 31 Oct; KH 3, 7 Oct; 
CayH 2 Nov; only reports. 
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