Pectoral Sandpiper: to 16 Oct. 
Purple Sandpiper: BP jetty 15-20 Nov; 2 
Orient Pt 21 Nov; PL/JBCH mid Nov 
thru. 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper MEB 11,18 
Sep; DP 18 Sep; 6 Riverhead sod fields 25 
Sep. 
Wilson's Phalarope: JBWR 4-11 Sep 
Red-necked Phalarope: 8 RMSP 6 Sep. 
Pomarine Jaeger DP 8 Sep. 
Parasitic Jaeger light morph ad JBCH 
Field #6; light morph ad and 3 interme¬ 
diate/light morph juv RMSP 6 Sep; 
light/ intermediate morph SHIN 6 Sep; 
off MEB 13 Sep, 10 Oct; off JBCH Field 
#6 23 Oct, 20 Nov; DP 22 Oct. 
Franklin's Gull: 1st winter SHIN 5 Sep 
(MC); ad MEB 17-18 Sep (HM); possibly 
same bird, foot of Road I, East Hampton 
26 Sep (LS). 
Little Gull: Montauk Harbor jetty 13 
Nov. 
Black-headed Gull: SG 2 Oct thru. 
Bonaparte's Gull: several hundred MP 
area mid Nov thru; otherwise scattered 
individuals, no arrivals in Jones or FI 
inlets at season's end. 
Iceland Gull: MP area sporadically 31 
Oct thru. 
Lesser Black-backed Gull: 1st yr to ad, 
widespread thru along all ocean beaches; 
has become most abundant of our 
"uncommon" gulls. 
Glaucous Gull: 1st winter JBWE 14, 23 
Nov; imm MEB 18 Nov; 1st winter JBCH 
Field #6 28 Nov thru. 
Black-legged Kittiwake: RMSP 6 Sep; 
MEB 19 Sep, 31 Oct; off JBCH Field #6 23 
Oct; MP 13 Nov thru; 3 MP 27 Nov. 
Gull-billed Tern: CUB 15 Sep; MEB 18 
Sep; CB 4 Oct. 
Caspian Tern: regular along South Shore 
of LI 17 Sep-5 Oct. 
Royal Tern: 24 SHIN 4 Sep; 18 SHIN 18 
Sep; 40 Robins I mid Sep; others along 
South Shore of LI thru 20 Nov. 
Sandwich Tern: all associated with 
Hurricane Floyd; 2 MP, SHIN, ZB, 2 
JBWE 17 Sep; 4 SHIN, ZB, JBWE 18 Sep; 
5 MEB, BP 20 Sep; MEB 25 Sep. 
Com. Tern: last MP 13 Nov. 
Forster's Tern: 150+ SHIN 6 Sep; 100+ 
MEB 13 Sep; 170 MEB 16 Sep; others thru 
early Nov. 
Least Tern: to 19 Sep. 
Sooty Tern: 6 ad & 3 juv SHIN Sep 17 
(PB et al), day after Hurricane Floyd. 
Black Tern: 200 SHIN, 100 MP 5 Sep; 40 
SHIN 18 Sep. 
PIGEONS - WOODPECKERS 
Monk Parakeet: Whitestone QUEE feed¬ 
er 21 Nov. 
E. Screech-Owl: 6 released into CP 20 
Aug 1998. An attempt to reintroduce the 
species to a 1960s breeding locale. At 
least 3 were still present one year later. 
Great Homed Owl: FBF 13 Nov, unusual 
location. 
Snowy Owl: BP 9 Nov; imm picked up 
on Wards I by Urban Park Ranger Linda 
Rurak on about 15 Nov, brought to Bronx 
Zoo; CB 19-21 Nov, harassed by a pho¬ 
tographer and apparently moved across 
inlet to RMSP and DP. 
BARRED OWL: PP 26 Nov (fide RJ), 1st 
published NYC record in 50 yrs. 
Long-eared Owl: CP 9 Nov on; HI 5 
Nov; JBWE 17-18 Nov; PBP 28 Nov. 
Short-eared Owl: RMSP 25 Sep; SG 23 
Oct; Gilgo 7 Nov; 2 FTT 17 Nov; JBWE 
18 Nov; BP 20 Nov. 
N. Saw-whet Owl: PP 8 Oct; 70 mi off 
MP landed on boat 12 Oct; JFKWS 24, 31 
Oct; JBWE 7,17 Nov; a few others. 
Chimney Swift: to 16 Oct. 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird: to 3 Nov. 
FLYCATCHERS - WAXWINGS 
Olive-sided Flycatcher Kissena P QUEE 
mid Sep. 
E. Wood-Pewee: to 28 Oct. 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher SI banded 18 
Sep. 
E. Phoebe: to 6 Nov. 
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER: FTT 
20 Nov (DD, mob)! 
Great Crested Flycatcher to 22 Sep. 
Western Kingbird: FIT 4 Sep; JBWE 22- 
26 Oct; FIHW 29 Oct; 
E. Kingbird: to 6 Sep. 
N. Shrike: Bayville 30 Oct-1 Nov; FTT 
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