Tricolored Heron: JBWE 20 Nov. 
Glossy Ibis: 2 Gilgo 21 Oct. 
Black Vulture: CP 7 Oct (fide NYRBA, no 
details). 
Turkey Vulture: 2 CP 11 Sep; 12 SI 13 
Sep; CP 18 Sep; PP11,19 Sep; 2 CP 11 
Nov; SI 16 Oct; 2 Gilgo 22 Oct; 4 CP 25 
Oct; 6 VCP 7 Nov; 2 CP 11 Nov; a few 
others. 
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE: 
ML 14 Nov thru; another Short's Pd, 
north side of Scuttlehole Rd, 
Bridgehampton 14 Nov thru; possibly a 
third in area. 
Snow Goose: blue morph Short's Pd, 
Bridgehampton 26 Nov thru; 150 + inc 2 
blue JBWR 8 Oct; several blue JBWR 20 
Nov thru. 
ROSS'S GOOSE: RP10 Oct, flyby with 
150 Snow Geese (AG, AnW). 
Tundra Swan: up to 5 HP early Nov 
thru. 
Eurasian Wigeon: JBWR 5 Sep-late Nov; 
Mill Pd, Oyster Bay and another on Mill 
Pd, Centerport mid-Oct; ML 13 Nov; PP 
27-28 Nov. 
Green-winged Teal: 1 A.c.crecca FTT 12 
Nov; JBWR 27-28 Nov. 
King Eider the summering bird at JBCH 
fishing piers thru late Sep; MP 23 Oct 
thru, with 150 Common Eider 
Com. Eider: female Sore Thumb thru 6 
Sep; 3 between Hart and Huckleberry Is 
near PBP 29Sep; 150 MP 23 Oct thru. 
Harlequin Duck: 3 flying over HP 7 
Nov; MP 13 Nov thru; 3 PL 18 Nov thru; 
female Ft Pd Bay MP 26-27 Nov. 
HAWKS-ALCIDS 
Osprey: 25 PBP 2 Sep, perching together 
and eating fish; others thru 3 Nov. 
Bald Eagle: imm MEB 17 Sep; SGP18 
Sep; 6 CP 18 Sep; JFKWS 19 Sep; Inwood 
Hill P NEWY 25 Sep; 3 CP 25 Sep; 
Bayside QUEE 4 Oct; PP 3 Oct; CP 3 Oct; 
5 CP 7 Oct; 3 FIHW 8 Oct; mid 
Manhattan 13 Oct; CP 16, 28 Oct; RP 18 
Oct; Peconic 22 Oct; 2 CP 22 Oct; SHIN 
27 Oct. 
N. Goshawk: VCP 25 Sep (CJ, DK), 
early; others from 12 Oct; more wide¬ 
spread this year. 
Red-shouldered Hawk: a few. 
Broad-winged Hawk: CP 10 Sep; PP 17 
Sep; 313 CP 18 Sep; SI 18 Sep; others to 3 
Oct. 
Red-tailed Hawk: 65+ CP hawk watch 
24 Oct. 
Rough-legged Hawk: a few. 
Golden Eagle: SI dump 25 Oct (HF). 
Am. Kestrel: 754 FIHW 7 Oct; overall 
numbers continue down. 
Peregrine Falcon: 61 FIHW 10 Oct, 
record one day total; also a record season 
high of 260+. 
Wild Turkey: 9 PBP late Nov, being fed. 
Virginia Rail: see intro for big city 
reports; others. 
Sora: PP early Sep; CP late Sep. 
PURPLE GALLINULE: injured bird cap¬ 
tured QUEE 12 Oct, taken to a rehabilita- 
tor. 
Com. Moorhen: PP early Sep; 
Blydenburgh P, Smithtown SUFF14-15 
Oct. 
Am. Golden-Plover. JBWR 11 Sep; 4 
Cutchogue 13 Sep; MEB 17 Sep; 11 SHIN 
17 Sep; JBWE 17 Sep; ZB 18 Sep; JBCH 26 
Sep; 56 Riverhead sod fields 29 Sep; SG 5 
Oct; JBCH 3 Nov; Napeague Bay 20 Nov; 
others. 
Semipalmated Plover to 26 Sep. 
Piping Plover, to 5 Sep. 
Am. Oystercatcher. 250 North line I 2 
Sep (JF); 184 JBWE 26 Sep; good numbers 
JBCH thru. 
Am. Avocet: JBWR 1-15 Sep 
Lesser Yellowlegs: to 23 Oct. 
Willet: JBWR 16 Oct, last. 
Spotted Sandpiper to 20 Oct. 
Upland Sandpiper Montauk dude ranch 
12 Sep; fewer birds each year. 
Whimbrel: early Sep-8 Oct; 12 SHIN 17 
Sep. 
Hudsonian Godwit: 2 JBWR 6 Sep; DP 8 
Sep, CUP mid Sep; BP 17 Sep. 
Marbled Godwit: JBWR Sep; 2 DP and 
Oak Beach Inn mudflats; MEB 18 Sep; 
SHIN 17 Sep-30 Oct. 
Semipalmated Sandpiper to 5 Oct. 
Baird's Sandpiper JBWR 4 Sep; Plumb 
Beach 5 Sep; BP 17 Sep; DP 22 Sep. 
The Kingbird 2000 March; 50(1) 
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