JP), ESSE record. 
Com. Goldeneye: 2350 Willsboro 13 Nov 
(TDM, JP), ESSE record. 
Barrow's Goldeneye: arr Plattsburgh 
marina 17 Nov (CM). 
Ruddy Duck: L Alice 16 Oct (BB), early 
CLIN by 9 days. 
HAWKS-ALCIDS 
Bald Eagle: ad Owls Head 5 Sep; 3 
Willsboro 16 Nov. 
Rough-legged Hawk: arr Champlain 23 
Oct. 
Golden Eagle: imm Sochia Pd, Saranac 
Inn 14 Oct (TD); Port Henry 25 Oct 
(MG). 
Merlin: CR 4 Sep; 4 chasing Am. Crows 
NCCC pd 11 Sep (TD). 
Peregrine Falcon: JBL 8 Sep (J&PT); 
migrant Catamount Pk 3 Oct (GA, TDM). 
Ring-necked Pheasant: 4-5 Wawbeek 
Cnrs 14 Sep (TD), unexpected; cock 
Westport 3 Oct, a more usual stocking 
area. 
Spruce Grouse: Uncas Rd by No Luck 
Bk, HAMI, 25 Sep (GL), always encour¬ 
aging. 
Ruffed Grouse: family 3700' Yard Mt 
Sep, high. 
Wild Turkey: max 18 Inlet feeder 28 Nov, 
with other reports from Blue Ridge, Jay, 
Long L, Sabattis Rd, TL, and Westport 
indicative of continued spread prior to 
Adas 2000. 
Com. Moorhen: CR 2-6 Sep (BK, CM, 
GW), scarce here. 
Am. Golden-Plover: arr 3 CR 4 Sep 
(NO), rare transient. 
Greater Yellowlegs: 2 Malone 3 Sep; Mill 
Pd, L Placid 19 Sep, dam out due to 
Hurricane Floyd, unusual inland reports. 
Western Sandpiper: CR 2-4 Sep (BK, 
CM), accidental CLIN. 
Baird's Sandpiper KB 9 Sep (BK, CM), 
accidental CLIN. 
Pectoral Sandpiper CR 2 Sep (BK, CM), 
only report. 
Dunlin: Westport 19 Sep (J&TD), a good 
find. 
Short-billed Dowitcher CLIN 28 Sep 
(J&RH), where rare. 
POMARINE JAEGER: juv SR 4 Nov 
(TGM); SR 7 Nov (DH, AS); juv SR 11 
Nov (TGM, FP, PR); juv SR 17 Nov 
(TGM), first ESSE records. There is a pre¬ 
vious FRAN record of an imm Oseetah L 
5 Sep 1965 (The Kingbird 16:25). 
PARASITIC JAEGER: 2 intermediate to 
dark-morphs SR 24 Oct (TGM); 1 on 
open lake headed to Westport later the 
same day (DH, TGM); dark morph SR 8 
Nov (TGM); SR 25 Nov (TH, DH, TGM), 
brings the number of ESSE birds since 
1970 to c. 8-10. Eaton reported an old 
HAMI record of 22 Aug 1886, without 
details. 
LONG-TAILED JAEGER: dark type juv 
SR 4 Nov (DH, TGM, AS), second 
Regional and ESSE record (Carleton 
1999). 
jaeger (sp.): 5 SR 24 Oct (TGM); SR 7 
Nov PH, AS); SR 25 Nov (TH, DH, 
TGM); Gravelly Pt, CH 27 Nov pH), the 
last a first jaeger record for CLIN. 
Bonaparte's Gull: max 200 Westport 24 
Sep OP, J&PT). 
Glaucous Gull: SR 27 Nov (TGM), early 
ESSE record. 
PIGEONS - WOODPECKERS 
Com. Nighthawk: 2 CH 1 Sep, only 
report. 
Black-backed Woodpecker BB, 
Helldiver Pd, Raquette L, SLB, usual 
haunts. 
FLYCATCHERS - WAXWINGS 
N. Shrike: arr Keene 30 Oct (ST); subse¬ 
quent sightings CH, Elizabethtown, Inlet, 
Wadhams, Westport, Whallonsburg. 
Gray Jay: BB, Brown's Tract Pd & 
Stream, FB, Helldiver Pd, Marion R, 
Raquette L, Red R, usual sites. 
Black-capped Chickadee: leudstic bird 
Westport 13 Nov (TDM, JP), white back 
and white on crown, primaries, and 
rectrices. 
Boreal Chickadee: Brown's Tract Pd, 
Bushnell Falls, FB, Helldiver Pd, Phelps, 
Red R, Shorey Short Cut, Third Brother, 
Yard, known areas, but a strong 
showing. 
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