side, Pomarine Jaegers (new to Essex County) passed between 4-17 
November, while Parasitic Jaegers were southbound from 24 October to 
25 November. Best bird was a dark type juvenile Long-tailed Jaeger care¬ 
fully identified by Dave Hoag, Ted Murin and Allan Strong on 4 
November. A further 7 jaeger (sp.) flew into Essex County waters, while 
another was spotted by Hoag at Gravelly Point, Cumberland Head, on 27 
November for the first Clinton County jaeger (sp.) record. 
Among the 17 species of shorebirds reported, there were some good 
finds by Krueger and Mitchell: Western and Pectoral sandpipers at the 
Chazy riverlands and Baird's Sandpiper at King's Bay. Tufted Titmice 
produced a strong showing, with reports from seven locations. Northern 
birds appeared early and in good numbers, promising an interesting win¬ 
ter: Northern Shrike 30 October, Bohemian Waxwing 1 November , 
American Tree Sparrow 19 October, Snow Bunting 9 November, Pine 
Grosbeak 5 November and Common Redpoll 10 November. Fifty Pine 
Siskins were banded near Elizabethtown between 28 September and 27 
October, but following this passage there was only a single November 
report from Tupper Lake. American Goldfinches also moved out, but 
Evening Grosbeaks began to appear at feeders once again. A respectable 
171 species were reported, up from 154 in the warm and windy fall of 
1998. 
The Town of Willsboro has provided public access to an outstanding 
birding area with the opening of Noblewood Park on the south bank of 
the Boquet River delta. We invite observers to visit the black sand beach¬ 
es, sandbars and neighboring mixed forest, which may still harbor the 
NY record Jack Pine {Pinus banksiana). Entrance is south of Willsboro on 
the east side of Rt. 22; in summer a $5 non-resident day-use fee is 
charged, but foot access is free year-round if the gate is closed. The park 
has a launching area for canoes and kayaks, convenient for exploring the 
lower Boquet flatwater, which Carleton felt was suitable for Cerulean 
Warbler. 
CONTRIBUTORS 
George Allen, Pierre Bannon, Thomas Barber, Bev Brown, J.C. Cribbs, 
Charlcie Delehanty, John David Delehanty, Jan & Thomas Dudones, 
Donna Frenya, Jane Graves, Mark Gretch, Robert Hagar, Terry Hall, Judy 
& Roger Heintz, David Hoag, Audrey Hyson, Bill Krueger, Gary Lee, 
Richard W. MacDonald (RWM), Theodore D. Mack (TDM), Jim McGraw, 
Chita & Robert G. McKinney (RGM), Charles Mitchell, Theodore G. 
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