TANAGERS - WEAVERS 
Clay-colored Sparrow: Swan L SULL 7 
Oct (KC); CPP 9 Sep (TB). 
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow: MC 20 
Sep; 5 MC 3 Oct; last MC 31 Oct. 
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow: MC 27 
Sep. 
Snow Bunting: PP 28 Oct. 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak: last 23 Sep. 
Indigo Bunting: last Oct. 
Bobolink: last 12 Oct. 
Rusty Blackbird: 4 MC 12 Sep; Andrews 
Farm DUTC 6 Oct; 14 Thompson Pd 
DUTC 24 Oct; 70 MC 5 Nov. 
Com. Grackle: 20,000 MC 11 Nov. 
Baltimore Oriole: last 4 Sep. 
Purple Finch: common migrant in Nov. 
White-winged Crossbill: Liberty SULL 
10 Oct & 2 Nov; Monticello SULL 16 
Nov. 
Com. Redpoll: MC 7 Nov; 7 MC 18 Nov. 
Pine Siskin: common migrant late Oct & 
Nov but not stopping at feeders in any 
large numbers. 
Evening Grosbeak: occasional reports 
ULST; Poughkeepsie DUTC 28 Oct; 18 
LP 30 Oct; few Cortlandt Manor WEST 
12 Nov. 
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REGION 10 - MARINE 
Seymour Schiff 
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South Hempstead, NY 11550 
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4 Meadow Lane 
Rockville Centre, NY 11570 
The fall season's weather continued both dry and mild. The 5.02" of 
torrential rain associated with Hurricane Floyd, which fell in one day on 
16 September, has been subtracted from the comments. The fall was not 
all that wet and most rain arrived during the week, to the benefit of the 
birders who work and can only get out on weekends. Still, this year's 
tropical storm made September the eighth wettest on record. November 
was the seventh warmest. This warm weather resulted in many late lin¬ 
gering warblers. The departure dates were not records, but the large 
number of November birds was significant. There were 13 species of 
warblers reported in November, including typical wintering species such 
as Yellow-breasted Chat and Yellow-rumped. 
The first significant movement of the fall migration was on 11 
September. Birders at Jones Beach reported 22 species of warblers, mixed 
flocks of blackbirds, a Dickcissel and a Yellow-headed Blackbird. In 
Central Park and Prospect Park, 23 species of warblers were reported. 
The Kingbird 2000 March; 50(1) 
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