Com. Goldeneye: arr BPd 26 Nov (DWt). 
Bufflehead: arr 3 Hillcrest BROO 26 Oct 
(ES); max 11 WPR 7 Nov; 2 CinL 7 Nov; 
average. 
Hooded Merganser, arr 8 CinL 26 Oct; 4 
GrP 29 Oct; 10 WPR 7 Nov; max 28 CinL 
7 Nov (ES); 22 there 18 Nov. 
Com. Merganser, max 102 CinL 18 Nov; 
30 Owego 28 Oct; 20 GyL 27 Nov; low. 
Ruddy Duck: arr 12 WPR and 6 Lisle Pd 
17 Oct (MP); max 19 WPR 7-16 Nov (ES); 
good numbers. 
HAWKS-ALCIDS 
Osprey: total 65 FMHW; max 12 on 3 
Oct; 2 Chenango R Chenango Forks 1 
Sep; Owego 2 Sep, 23 Oct; Nanticoke L 
BROO 15 Sep; REEC 27 Oct; Binghamton 
15 Nov. 
Bald Eagle: total 22 FMHW; max 3 on 2 
Oct; imm WeB 10 Sep (JS); imm 
CCNAMC 18 Sep; imm UL19 & 26 Sep 
(MP), different birds; Hillcrest 11 Oct; 
Chenango Bridge 20 Oct (SM); Port 
Crane BROO 24 Oct (MD, BT); ad 
Crumhom L Milford OTSE 7 Nov (IW, 
MB); ad. Westover 14 Nov (ES); 4 
Deposit 18 Nov (CB, MP, SK); Hancock 
26 Nov (ES); excellent numbers. 
N. Harrier, total 40 FMHW, max 9 on 27 
Oct, below average; few widespread 
reports. 
Sharp-shinned Hawk: total 330 FMHW, 
max 46 on 2 Oct. 
Cooper's Hawk: total 55 FMHW, max 9 
on 3 Oct, above average; 5 reports 
BROO; Mar week of 11 Oct, "after baby 
chickens" (DK). 
N. Goshawk: total 8 FMHW, low count; 
Ves 21 Nov (MP); T Candor TIOG 23 
Nov (J&TS); 4 other widespread reports. 
Red-shouldered Hawk: total 44 FMHW, 
max 11 on 15 Oct; no other reports. 
Broad-winged Hawk,* total 1041 FMHW, 
2nd best year, peak days 257 on 17 Sep, 
390 on 18 Sep, 248 on 19 Sep. 
Red-tailed Hawk: total 1974 FMHW, 
max 280 on 27 Oct & 7 Nov, above aver¬ 
age. 
Rough-legged Hawk: total 14 FMHW, 
arr 2 on 29 Oct.; 3 CinL area 12 Nov(MP). 
The Kingbird 2000 March; 50(1) 
Golden Eagle: total 90 FMHW, arr 4 on 
24 Oct; max 23 on 7 Nov, above average; 
total 3 WHHW, arr 21 Oct. 
Am. Kestrel: total 55 FMHW, 50 between 
17 Sep-15 Oct, below average; 7 Preston 
CHEN 25 Sep. 
Merlin: total 10 FMHW, 7 between 1-10 
Oct, average. 
Peregrine Falcon: total 7 FMHW, aver¬ 
age; pair downtown Binghamton 20 Sep 
(ES), last seen 1st week Oct (BC), same 
birds that were there all summer; T 
Preston 20 Sep (EH). 
Ring-necked Pheasant: Sep, Oct TIOG; 
CCFMC 18 Sep; T Candor TIOG Nov 
0&TS); Ves 25 Nov (SD); scarce in west¬ 
ern part of Region. 
Ruffed Grouse: 8 widespread reports, a 
little low. 
Wild Turkey: 43 Port Crane BROO 20 
Nov (MD); 30 Mar 16 Oct (DK); 10 other 
reports; smaller numbers overall. 
Am. Coot: 2 Dorchester P on WPR 17 
Oct-12 Nov, low. 
Semipalmated Plover GrP 2-5 Oct (MP), 
uncommon in fall. 
Killdeen max 34 GrP 29 Oct (MP); 
reported from only 2 other locations. 
Greater Yellowlegs: Susquehanna R 
Owego 2 Sep; Norwich 5 Sep; CCNAMC; 
GrP 2-29 Oct, max 4 there 2 Oct. 
Lesser Yellowlegs: CinL 29 Oct-7 Nov, 
max 3; BPd 5-8 Nov. 
Solitary Sandpiper 2 Chenango R 
Chenango Forks 1 Sep; TIOG Sep. 
Spotted Sandpiper 2 GyL 13 Sep; 
Nanticoke L15 Sep; TIOG Sep; max 9 
CinL 26 Oct. 
Least Sandpiper 3 Chenango R 
Chenango Forks 1 Sep; TIOG Sep. 
Pectoral Sandpiper 5 GrP 5-10 Oct 
(EHw, MP). 
Dunlin: GrP 2 Oct (MP). 
STILT SANDPIPER: 2 GrP 2 Oct (MP). 
Com. Snipe: GrP 5 Oct; unusually scarce. 
Am. Woodcock: Mar 24 Oct (DK); 2 
Pittsley Rd Morris OTSE 7 Nov (JF). 
Herring Gull: max 6 WPR 17 Oct & CinL 
29 Oct. 
Great Black-backed Gull: Dorchester P 
WPR 26 Oct (MD, BT), last seen 29 Oct. 
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