Oct, probably local breeders; max 1600 
Toad Harbor 31 Oct. 
Hooded Merganser max 13 GSC 13 Nov. 
Com. Merganser, max 50 DL15 Sept. 
Red-breasted Merganser: max 100 SVB 9 
Nov; L Ontario birds not recorded? 
Ruddy Duck: arr Minoa 4 Oct; max 186 
Minoa 15 Nov. 
HAWKS-ALCIDS 
Osprey: max 2 BRH 18 Oct; 5 other sin¬ 
gles reported. 
Bald Eagle: max 5 BRH 18 Oct; 1-2 DL 
thru Sep; repeated sightings of at least 
several birds LOL Oct-Nov. 
N. Harrier: max 4 BRH 18,27 Oct and 
Oneida Lookout 18 Oct; 20+ other reports. 
Sharp-shinned Hawk: max 8 DH 16 Oct; 
over 30 other reports. 
Cooper's Hawk: max 5 T Van Buren 2 
Oct; 16 other reports. 
N. Goshawk: max 7 DH 16 Oct, record 
seasonal one-day count; Big Moose 10 
Nov; FH 27 Nov. 
Red-shouldered Hawk: 4 Oneida 
Lookout 18 Oct; Beaver L 21 Oct, only 
reports. 
Broad-winged Hawk: max 8 W Winfield 
17 Sep; only 2 other reports. 
Red-tailed Hawk: max 224 BRH 18 Oct; 
180 DH 16 Oct, on south winds. 
Rough-legged Hawk: arr Paris 15 Oct; 
max 5 BRH 11 Nov. 
Golden Eagle: 2 BRH 18 Oct; 1 BRH 27 
Oct; 1 Altmar 28 Oct; 1 SSSP 7 Nov; 5 for 
season is record high- 
Am. Kestrel: max 8 T Lee 6 Sep; other 
counts of 5-6 per day thru Sep; last 
migrants 5 BRH 18 Oct. 
Merlin: max 3 SPd 1 Sep; singles Verona 
24 Sep, Fabius 25 Sep, FH 28 Sep. 
Peregrine Falcon: imm DL 5 Sep; DL 18 
Sep; FH 23 Sep; 2 Oneida Lookout 18 Oct; 
Syr 20-23 Oct; 2 Syr 23 Nov. 
Ring-necked Pheasant max 5 Paris 27 
Nov. 
Ruffed Grouse: low, observers reporting 
them only had 1-2 for season. 
Wild Turkey: max 40 Mexico 20 Nov; 
small flocks Region-wide thru. 
Virginia Rail: last UM 21 Sep. 
Sora: max 3 RCFS 25 Sep. 
Com. Moorhen: DL 5 Sep, only report. 
Am. Coot arr FH 22 Sep; max 130 FH 23 
Oct. 
Black-bellied Plover: max 7 SPd 1 Oct; 
last 5 FH 14 Nov. 
Am. Golden-Plover max 10 DL 5 Sep; 
last DL 23 Sep. 
Semipalmated Plover max 30 DL 4 Sep. 
Killdeer max 108 Sangerfield 1 Sep; 100 
DL to 5 Sep. 
Greater Yellowlegs: max 30 DL 5 Sep. 
Lesser Yellowlegs: max 85 DL 15 Sept. 
Solitary Sandpiper max 6 WM 21 Sep; 
last DL 23 Sep. 
Spotted Sandpiper only scattered singles 
Sep; 1 Oct, 
Hudsonian Godwit DL 11-15 Sep. 
Ruddy Turnstone: max 3 SPd 24 Sep; last 
DH 4 Nov. 
Sanderling: max 31 SPd 5 Nov. 
Semipalmated Sandpiper, max 150 DL 4 
Sep. 
Western Sandpiper DL 15 Sep (BP); FH 
21-23 Sep (GP). 
Least Sandpiper max 30 DL 5 Sep. 
White-rumped Sandpiper max 13 DL 5 
Sep; last DL 1 Oct, early departure. 
Baird's Sandpiper max 4 DL 4-5 Sep; last 
2 DL 8 Sep. 
Pectoral Sandpiper max 30 DL 1-15 Sep. 
Purple Sandpiper DH 4 Nov; 3 SPd 5 
Nov; SPd 9 Nov, FH 11 Nov. 
Dunlin: arr SVB 21 Sep; max 46 SPd 17 
Oct. 
Stilt Sandpiper max and last 6 DL 15 
Sep. 
Short-billed Dowitcher max 12 DL 5 
Sep; last SVB 9 Sep. 
Com. Snipe: max 8 SSSP 19 Oct; last 
Scriba 1 Nov. 
Am. Woodcock: total 8; last Saquoit 22 
Oct. 
Red-necked Phalarope: DL 4-5 Sep. 
Red Phalarope: FH 21 Sep; FH 8 Oct; DH 
8 Oct. 
Pomarine Jaeger 4 DH 4 Nov; DH 6 
Nov; 2 DH 11 Nov. 
Parasitic Jaeger. 8 DH 30 Sep; 5 DH 24 
Oct; Oneida L 25-27 Oct, harassing gulls 
(CA). 
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