ABBREVIATIONS 
BPd - Boland Pond BROO; BrPd - Brick Pond TIOG; BUNP - 
Binghamton Universtity Nature Preserve BROO; CCNAMC - Chenango 
County North American Migration Count 18 Sep; CinL - Cincinnatus 
Lake CHEN/CORT; DO AS - Delaware-Otsego Audubon Sanctuary; 
FHNC - Finch Hollow Nature Center, Maine BROO; FMHW - Franklin 
Mountain Hawkwatch OTSE; GrP - Greenwood Park, Maine BROO; 
GyL - Goodyear Lake OTSE; Mar - Maryland, OTSE; REEC - Roger's 
Environmental Education Center, Sherburne CHEN; RRHW - Riley 
Road Hawkwatch CORT; RTP - Round Top Park, Endicott BROO; UL - 
Upper Lisle BROO; Ves - Vestal BROO; WeB - West Burlington OTSE; 
WHHW - Wooley Hill Hawkwatch, West Burlington OTSE; WPR - 
Whitney Point Reservoir and nearby areas BROO. 
LOONS-DUCKS 
Com. Loon: Nanticoke L BROO 15 Sep; 
WPR 12 Nov; low count. 
Pied-billed Grebe: arr 5 BPd 20 Sep; 
max 6 Long Pd CHEN 26 Oct; Kirkwood 
BROO 9 Nov; Endwell 14 Nov; average. 
Homed Grebe: WPR 7 Nov; 2 there 16 
Nov. 
Double-crested Cormorant: 4 Rt. 17 
TIOG 3 Oct; 2 River Rd Endwell 27 Oct; 
WPR 16 Nov; not seen at GyL or 
Oneonta summer or fall (IW, MB); scarce. 
Great Blue Heron: 2 reports a month; 
max 3 Owego 28 Oct and Preston CHEN 
19 Sep. 
Great Egret: 2 Owego 8 Sep (TBC); 
scarce and early departure. 
Green Heron: 5 Owego 2 Sep (MP); GyL 
3 & 10 Sep; Portlandville OTSE 3 Sep 
(IW, MB); last Norwich 11 Sep (DW); 
TIOG Oct. 
BLACK VULTURE: 2 CCNAMC 18 Sep; 
WHHW 21 Oct (TS). 
Turkey Vulture: total 102 FMHW; max 
18 on 17 Oct; lowest total since 1996, yet 
above average; widespread reports. 
Mute Swan: 2 BPd Oct, Nov; 2 Struble P 
Union BROO 19 Nov, possibly same 
birds. 
Snow Goose: CCFMC 18 Sep; REEC 27 
Oct; 2 flocks BROO Nov (J&TS); TIOG 
66 
Nov; small flock WeB 7 Nov (TS); low. 
Brant: 380 FMHW 14 Oct; 400 WeB 24 
Oct (TS), good numbers, though lower 
than 2 previous years. 
Canada Goose: good numbers (200-300) 
at usual locations CinL, GrP, Mirror L, 
WPR, also Deposit; max 1000+ Norwich 
23 Oct (DW). 
Wood Duck: max 40 BrPd 2 Sep; 36 
CCNAMC 18 Sep; 8 Long Pd 26 Oct; 2 
WeB 9 Oct; 2 BROO reports Oct. 
Green-winged Teal: 5 GrP 5-10 Oct; max 
6 there 7 Nov; 2 BPd 5 Nov; 6 CinL 12 
Nov; average. 
Am. Black Duck: max 24 BPd 26 Oct; 24 
CinL 12 Nov; 17 CinL 18 Nov. 
N. Pintail: pair BPd 8 Nov (ES), not seen 
every fall. 
Blue-winged Teal: BPd 20 Sep; 2 CinL 12 
Nov (MP), very late; scarce. 
N. Shovel er. 2 BPd 13 Oct (NCBC), 
uncommon in fall. 
Am. Wigeon: 2 GrP 10 Oct (MP, EHw); 
CinL 12-18Nov. 
Ring-necked Duck: pair Mirror L 
Owego 28 Oct; max 5 Long Pd 26 Oct; 
WPR 16 Nov. 
Lesser Scaup: Dorchester P WPR 21 Oct 
(BT). 
White-winged Scoter: WPR 7-16 Nov 
(ES); often missed. 
The Kingbird 2000 March; 50(1) 
