ABBREVIATIONS 
BRH - Bishop Road Hawk Lookout, Pulaski; CM - Clay Marsh; DH - 
Derby Hill; DL - Delta Lake; EIC - Niagara Mohawk Energy 
Information Center at Nine Mile Point; FH - Fair Haven, Little Sodus Bay 
and vicinity; GSC - Great Swamp Conservancy lands, T Lenox; HIWMA 
- Howland Island WMA; LOL - Lake Ontario littoral; RCFS - Rice Creek 
Field Station, Oswego; SPd - Sandy Pond; SSSP - Selkirk Shores State 
Park; SVB - Sylvan and Verona Beach; Syr - Syracuse; TRWMA - Three 
Rivers WMA; UM - Utica Marsh; WPd - Woodman Pond, T Eaton. 
LOONS-DUCKS 
Red-throated Loon: arr DH 25 Oct; max 
10 DH 4 Nov. 
Com. Loon: max 100 DH 4 Nov 
Pied-billed Grebe: max 25 FH 8 Oct; 
other highs, 13 SPd 24 Sep and 11 UM 29 
Sep, a good showing. 
Homed Grebe: arr DH 24 Oct; max 28 
DH 1 Nov 
Red-necked Grebe: max 3 DH 14 Nov; 
about 6 other reports LOL 24 Oct thru. 
GREAT CORMORANT: ad Oswego 9 
Nov thru (GP, mob); 1 large cormorant in 
a small flock DH 24 Oct thought to be 
this species. 
Am. Bittern: Tully 2 Sep; HIWMA 11 
Sep. 
Least Bittern: UM 2 Sep (MP), rare in 
fall. 
Great Blue Heron: max 20 DL 1 Oct. 
Great Egret: max 4 DL 5 Sep; last 3 Fair 
Haven 24 Sep. 
Green Heron: max 8 UM 2 Sep; last UM 
29 Sep. 
Black-crowned Night-Heron: 1-2 
Liverpool 13 Sep-21 Nov. 
GLOSSY IBIS: Biddlecum Pd 16-18 Oct 
(Ruth Knight, mob). 
BLACK VULTURE: T Sterling 14 Sep 
(GP), 2nd fall record. 
Turkey Vulture: max 78 BRH 18 Oct. 
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE: 
2 FH 8 Nov (MAK). 
Snow Goose: max 300 W Winfield 19 
Nov; other max of 30-90 all late Nov. 
Canada Goose: max 3000 WPd 28 Nov. 
Brant: 3060 DH 14 Oct; max 4310 DH 24 
Oct; early flight. 
Mute Swan: usual pair WPd thru; 1 SVB 
26 Oct; 1 SPd thru. 
Tundra Swan: arr 3 FH 30 Oct; max 4 
DH 4 Nov & FH 8 Nov. 
Wood Duck: max 90 UM 8 Oct. 
Gadwall: arr UM 21 Sep; max 50 FH 24 
Oct. 
Am. Wigeon: max 250 FH 25 Oct. 
Am. Black Duck: max 120 DH 24 Oct. 
Blue-winged Teal: max 75 DL 8 Sep; last 
DL 25 Oct. 
N. Shovelen max 8 FH 14 Nov. 
N. Pintail: arr 2 DL 5 Sep; max 55 DH 24 
Oct. 
Green-winged Teal: max 200 DL 26 Sep- 
1 Oct. 
Canvasback: FH 25-28 Oct, only report. 
Redhead: 2 FH 8 Oct, only report. 
Ring-necked Duck: max 175 WPd 28 
Nov. 
Greater Scaup: arr 7 DH 6 Oct; 1800 
scaup SVB 21 Nov were mainly this 
species. 
Lesser Scaup: arr 8 DH 6 Oct; max 80 
Toad Harbor 31 Oct. 
Surf Scoter: arr and max 11 DH 6 Oct. 
White-winged Scoter: max 160 DH 10 
Oct. 
Black Scoter, arr 4 DH 6 Oct; max 10 
SPd 5 Nov; 6 Big Moose L early Nov, 
unusual site. 
Oldsquaw: max 670 DH 24 Oct; flights to 
500/day Nov. 
Bufflehead: arr DH 14 Oct; max 74 SPd 5 
Nov 
Com. Goldeneye: 9 Third L HERK 12 
The Kingbird 2000 March; 50(1) 
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