Pectoral Sandpiper 10 WR 4 Oct; 46 
Meadowdale Rd 10 Oct; only reports. 
Dunlin: juv SI 3 Oct (WE). 
Com. Snipe: max 4 Meadowdale Rd 10 
Oct. 
Am. Woodcock: last Amsterdam 22 Oct 
(TP). 
Red-necked Phalarope: LG 24 Sep (Jack 
Howe fide JG), first in Region since 1995. 
Ring-billed Gull: max 2000 lower MR 4 
Sep (WE). 
Herring Gull: max 360 lower MR 4 Sep; 
300 SI 3 Oct (WE). 
Lesser Black-backed Gull: 2nd basic 
plumage Crescent Dam 4 Sep (WE); 4 SI 
3 Oct (WE); TR17 Oct (WE). 
Great Black-backed Gull: max 200 lower 
MR Colonie 4 Sep (NM). 
PIGEONS - WOODPECKERS 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo: Chatham 3 Oct 
(CW). 
E. Screech-Owl: 13 reports of singles. 
Great Homed Owl: 2 Amsterdam 3 Oct; 
13 reports of singles. 
Barred Owl: only 5 reports of singles. 
Short-eared Owl: arr and max 5 FtE 14 
Nov; no reports from MONT. 
N. Saw-whet Owl: Slingerlands 9 Sep 
(AV), only report. 
Com. Nighthawk: 6 Saratoga 4 Sep; 2 VF 
5 Sep; 8-9 VF 7 Sep; 14 Normanskill 
Farm 8 Sep; 6 Slingerlands 8 Sep; last 2 
along Rt 1890 9 Sep. 
Chimney Swift: 200 Cohoes 11 Sep (WE, 
NM), descending into chimney at City 
Hall. 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird: 2 NRP 5 
Sep; 2 NB 16 Sep; 15 reports of singles. 
Red-bellied Woodpecker: max 4 VF 19 
Sep; 3 Mill Creek Marsh 27 Sep; 27 
reports of singles. 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: 8 reports of 
singles; last 2 VF 3 Oct. 
N. Flicker max 10 WR 5 Oct. 
Pileated Woodpecker max 4 WR 5 Oct; 
28 reports of singles. 
FLYCATCHERS - WAXWINGS 
E. Wood-Pewee: max 3 NRP 12 Sep; only 
8 reports of singles. 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher NB 18 Sep 
(RG); VF 23 Sep (WW); only reports. 
Least Flycatcher 9 reports of singles. 
E. Phoebe: max 9 SNHP11 Sep. 
Great Crested Flycatcher max 3 SNHP 
11 Sep. 
WESTERN KINGBIRD: imm 
Meadowdale Rd Guilderland 11-18 Oct 
(L. Alden, mob); NYSARC filed; first 
report since 1983, intro. 
E. Kingbird: Coeymans 1 Sep; FR 2 Sep; 
only reports. 
N. Shrike: arr FR 27 Oct; 17 reports of 
singles. 
Yellow-throated Vireo: SSP 8 Sep; 
Greenport 6,18 Sep; Jefferson 13 Sep; 
only reports. 
Blue-headed Vireo: 5 Sep, 9 Oct. 
Warbling Vireo: only 7 reports of sin¬ 
gles. 
Philadelphia Vireo: SNHP 2,13,18 Sep; 
2 Ferry Dr 4 Sep; VF 23 Sep. 
Red-eyed Vireo: max 7 SNHP 2 Sep; 31 
reports of singles. 
Blue Jay: max 75 migrating over TP 25 
Sep (WE). 
Am Crow: c 2000 in staging flocks GI, 
Troy 31 Oct (WE). 
Fish Crow: 8 Crescent Dam 4 Sep (WE); 
6 reports of singles. 
Com. Raven: widely reported through¬ 
out. 
Homed Lark: max 20 Swamp Rd FtE 28 
Nov; generally low numbers reported. 
Tree Swallow: 1000+ NL16 Sep (PC), 
after hurricane. 
Bank Swallow: no reports. 
Cliff Swallow: 2 NRP 12 Sep, only 
report. 
Bam Swallow: max 22 Chatham 24 Sep 
(CW, OW) 
Black-capped Chickadee: max 38 WR 5 
Oct; irruption yr JL. 
Tufted Titmouse: max 11 PISP 3 Oct; 4 
banded JL 4 Nov (RY). 
Red-breasted Nuthatch: irruption yr JL. 
White-breasted Nuthatch: max 7 
Amsterdam 9 Oct; well above average yr 
JL, 6 banded Oct. 
Brown Creeper: 4 WR 5 Oct. 
Carolina Wren: 7 reports of singles. 
The Kingbird 2000 March; 50(1) 
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