1998 Cayuga Lake Basin First Records

Compiled by Matthew Medler, utilizing Bill Ostrander's Region 3 Database

	Species	Locality	Observer(s)	Date
1	Common Loon		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
2	Pied-billed Grebe		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
3	Great Blue Heron		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
4	Snow Goose		Montezuma Christmas Bird Count (CBC)	Jan. 1
5	Brant		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
6	Canada Goose		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
7	Mute Swan		Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
8	Tundra Swan		Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
9	Gadwall		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
10	American Black Duck		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
11	Mallard		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
12	Northern Pintail		Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
13	Canvasback		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
14	Redhead		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
15	Greater Scaup		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
16	Lesser Scaup		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
17	Common Goldeneye		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
18	Hooded Merganser		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
19	Common Merganser		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
20	Ruffed Grouse		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
21	Wild Turkey		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
22	Northern Harrier		Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
23	Sharp-shinned Hawk		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
24	Cooper's Hawk		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
25	Red-tailed Hawk		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
26	Rough-legged Hawk		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
27	American Kestrel		Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
28	American Coot		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
29	Ring-billed Gull		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
30	Herring Gull		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
31	Iceland Gull	Town of Seneca Falls	Catherine Sandell	Jan. 1
32	Great Black-backed Gull		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
33	Rock Dove		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
34	Mourning Dove		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
35	Eastern Screech-Owl		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
36	Great Horned Owl		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
37	Snowy Owl		Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
38	Short-eared Owl		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
39	Belted Kingfisher		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
40	Red-bellied Woodpecker		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
41	Downy Woodpecker		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
42	Hairy Woodpecker		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
43	Northern Flicker		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
44	Pileated Woodpecker		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
45	Blue Jay		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
46	American Crow		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
47	Fish Crow		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
48	Common Raven		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
49	Horned Lark		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
50	Black-capped Chickadee		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
51	Tufted Titmouse		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
52	Red-breasted Nuthatch		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
53	White-breasted Nuthatch		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
54	Brown Creeper		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
55	Carolina Wren		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
56	Winter Wren		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
57	Golden-crowned Kinglet		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
58	Eastern Bluebird		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
59	Hermit Thrush		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
60	American Robin		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
61	Gray Catbird		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
62	Northern Mockingbird		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
63	European Starling		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
64	Cedar Waxwing		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
65	Yellow-rumped Warbler		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
66	Common Yellowthroat		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
67	American Tree Sparrow		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
68	Song Sparrow		Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
69	Swamp Sparrow		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
70	White-throated Sparrow		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
71	Dark-eyed Junco		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
72	Lapland Longspur		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
73	Snow Bunting		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
74	Northern Cardinal		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
75	Red-winged Blackbird		Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
76	Brown-headed Cowbird		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
77	Purple Finch		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
78	House Finch		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
79	Common Redpoll		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
80	Pine Siskin		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
81	American Goldfinch		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
82	Evening Grosbeak		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
83	House Sparrow		Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC	Jan. 1
84	Long-eared Owl	Rt. 90, Cayuga County	Jay and Kevin McGowan	Jan. 3
85	Eastern Meadowlark	Goodman Rd., Town of Lansing	Gladys Birdsall	Jan. 3
86	Pine Grosbeak	Summer Hill State Forest	Stephen Davies and Katherine Feldman	Jan. 17
87	Wood Duck	Cayuga Lake Basin	New York State Waterfowl Survey	Jan. 24
88	American Wigeon	Cayuga Lake	New York State Waterfowl Survey	Jan. 24
89	Green-winged Teal	Cayuga Lake Basin	New York State Waterfowl Survey	Jan. 24
90	Ring-necked Duck	Cayuga Lake Basin	New York State Waterfowl Survey	Jan. 24
91	Bufflehead	Cayuga Lake	New York State Waterfowl Survey	Jan. 24
92	Red-breasted Merganser	Cayuga Lake Basin	New York State Waterfowl Survey	Jan. 24
93	Horned Grebe	Cayuga Lake Basin	New York State Waterfowl Survey	Jan. 24
94	Hoary Redpoll	Beam Hill Rd., Town of Dryden	Jay and Kevin McGowan	Feb. 2
95	Red-headed Woodpecker	Taughannock Falls State Park	Niall Hatch	Feb. 13
96	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Stewart Park	Ken Rosenberg	Feb. 15
97	Glaucous Gull	Cayuga Marsh	Meena Haribal	Feb. 15
98	Northern Saw-whet Owl	Tupper Rd., Newfield	Geo Kloppel	Feb. 15
99	Double-crested Cormorant	Myers Point	Stephen Davies	Feb. 16
100	Northern Goshawk	Summer Hill State Forest	John Morris	Feb. 16
101	Ring-necked Pheasant	Thorpe Rd., Town of Seneca Falls	Carol Anne Anderson	Feb. 18
102	Bald Eagle	Montezuma NWR	Anne Kendall	Feb. 20
103	Red Crossbill	Sapsucker Woods	Chris Tessaglia-Hymes	Feb. 20
104	Common Grackle	Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve	Geo Kloppel	Feb. 21
105	American Woodcock	Mecklenburg	Nancy Dickinson	Feb. 22
106	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	Mecklenburg	Nancy Dickinson	Feb. 22
107	White-winged Crossbill	Summer Hill State Forest	Geo Kloppel	Feb. 22
108	Turkey Vulture	Mecklenburg	Nancy Dickinson	Feb. 27
109	Killdeer	Dryden Lake	Ken Rosenberg	Mar. 1
110	Red-necked Grebe	Myers Point	Stephen Davies	Mar. 2
111	Fox Sparrow	Buttermilk Falls State Park	Martha Fischer	Mar. 2
112	Rusty Blackbird	Brooktondale	Sandy Podulka	Mar. 5
113	Golden Eagle	Cayuga Heights	Allison and Jeff Wells	Mar. 7
114	Northern Shoveler	Montezuma NWR	Allison and Jeff Wells	Mar. 8
115	American Pipit	Myers Point	Stephen Davies	Mar. 11
116	Black Vulture	Cayuga Heights Exit, Rt. 13	Dave Nutter	Mar. 15
117	Eurasian Wigeon	Savannah Mucklands	Stephen Davies	Mar. 22
118	Red-shouldered Hawk	Mt. Pleasant	Stephen Davies	Mar. 24
119	Merlin	Mt. Pleasant	Steve Kelling	Mar. 26
120	Bonaparte's Gull	Myers Point	Stephen Davies	Mar. 26
121	Eastern Phoebe	Cornell Research Ponds	Jay and Kevin McGowan	Mar. 26
122	Northern Shrike	Hanshaw Rd., Town of Dryden	Dave Nutter	Mar. 26
123	Tree Swallow	Mt. Pleasant	Steve Kelling	Mar. 26
124	Blue-winged Teal	Montezuma NWR	Kevin McGowan	Mar. 27
125	Ruddy Duck	Montezuma NWR	Kevin McGowan	Mar. 27
126	Osprey	Mud Lock, Town of Aurelius	Kevin McGowan	Mar. 27
127	Wilson's Snipe	Montezuma NWR	Kevin McGowan	Mar. 27
128	Long-tailed Duck	Tompkins County Airport	Stephen Davies and Katherine Feldman	Mar. 28
129	Greater Yellowlegs	Sapsucker Woods	Dave Nutter	Mar. 28
130	Savannah Sparrow	Hanshaw Rd., Town of Dryden	Dave Nutter	Mar. 28
131	White-winged Scoter	Stewart Park	Dave Nutter	Mar. 29
132	Vesper Sparrow	Water Wagon Rd., Town of Lansing	Kevin McGowan	Mar. 29
133	Surf Scoter	Myers Point	Stephen Davies	Mar. 30
134	Barred Owl	West Danby	Geo Kloppel	Mar. 30
135	Eastern Kingbird	Van Buskirk Rd., West Danby	Geo Kloppel and Pat Lia	Mar. 31
136	Field Sparrow	West Danby	Geo Kloppel and Pat Lia	Mar. 31
137	Rose-breasted Grosbeak	Hammond Hill State Forest	Geo Kloppel and Pat Lia	Mar. 31
138	Pine Warbler	The Parkway, Cayuga Heights	Chris Tessaglia-Hymes	Apr. 1
139	Chipping Sparrow	Sapsucker Woods	Steve Kelling	Apr. 1
140	Gyrfalcon	Savannah Mucklands	Bill Grow, Steve Kelling, Ken Rosenberg, & Jeff Wells	Apr. 4
141	Broad-winged Hawk	Mecklenburg	John Bower	Apr. 5
142	Least Sandpiper	Savannah Mucklands	Chris Butler	Apr. 6
143	Great Egret	Sapsucker Woods	Kim Whitaker and Debbie Wood	Apr. 9
144	Purple Martin	Myers Point	Spring Field Ornithology (Karl David)	Apr. 11
145	Blue-headed Vireo	West Danby	Geo Kloppel	Apr. 12
146	Ruby-crowned Kinglet	West Danby	Marie McRae	Apr. 13
147	Eastern Towhee	Cayuga Heights Rd., Town of Lansing	Matt Medler	Apr. 13
148	Caspian Tern	Sunset Park, Cayuga Heights	Kevin McGowan	Apr. 14
149	Barn Swallow	Myers Point	Niall Hatch, Matt Medler, and Matt Sarver	Apr. 14
150	Grasshopper Sparrow	Mt. Pleasant	Alan Krakauer	Apr. 14
151	Dunlin	Myers Point	Geo Kloppel	Apr. 16
152	Northern Rough-winged Swallow	Six Mile Creek, City of Ithaca	Jon and Rachel Kloppel	Apr. 16
153	Bank Swallow	Newman Arboretum, Cornell Plantations	Niall Hatch, Matt Medler, and Matt Sarver	Apr. 16
154	Louisiana Waterthrush	West Danby	Geo Kloppel	Apr. 16
155	Spotted Sandpiper	Hog Hole, City of Ithaca	Allison and Jeff Wells	Apr. 17
156	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	Hog Hole, City of Ithaca	Allison and Jeff Wells	Apr. 17
157	Solitary Sandpiper	Mt. Pleasant	Marie Read	Apr. 18
158	Brown Thrasher	City of Ithaca	Bill Ostrander	Apr. 18
159	Peregrine Falcon	Town of Ulysses	Marty DeHart	Apr. 19
160	Lesser Yellowlegs	Montezuma NWR	Marty DeHart	Apr. 19
161	Pectoral Sandpiper	Montezuma NWR	Marty DeHart	Apr. 19
162	American Bittern	Montezuma NWR	Geo Kloppel	Apr. 20
163	Green Heron	Dryden Lake	Jon and Rachel Kloppel	Apr. 21
164	Common Moorhen	Montezuma NWR	Cornell Campus Club Bird Study Group	Apr. 21
165	Virginia Rail	Dryden Lake	Jay and Kevin McGowan	Apr. 24
166	Chimney Swift	Tompkins County Airport	Nari Mistry	Apr. 24
167	House Wren	Pine Tree Rd., Town of Ithaca	Meena Haribal	Apr. 24
168	Black-throated Green Warbler	Dryden Lake	Jay and Kevin McGowan	Apr. 24
169	Forster's Tern	Dryden Lake	Geo Kloppel	Apr. 26
170	Cliff Swallow	Johnson Rd., Freeville	Kevin McGowan	Apr. 28
171	Northern Waterthrush	Sapsucker Woods	Chris Tessaglia-Hymes	Apr. 28
172	Black-throated Blue Warbler	West Danby	Geo Kloppel	Apr. 29
173	Black-and-white Warbler	Sapsucker Woods	Niall Hatch, Matt Medler, and Matt Sarver	Apr. 29
174	Ovenbird	Beam Hill Rd., Town of Dryden	Ken Rosenberg	Apr. 29
175	Black-crowned Night-Heron	Montezuma NWR	Meena Haribal	Apr. 30
176	Marsh Wren	Montezuma NWR	Meena Haribal	Apr. 30
177	Veery	Sapsucker Woods	Jay and Kevin McGowan	Apr. 30
178	Wood Thrush	West Danby	Geo Kloppel	Apr. 30
179	Palm Warbler	Judd Falls Rd., Cornell University	Alan Krakauer	Apr. 30
180	White-crowned Sparrow	Sapsucker Woods	Tom Fredericks, Steve Kelling, and Howie Waldman	Apr. 30
181	Wilson's Phalarope	Montezuma NWR	Chris Butler	May 1
182	Least Flycatcher	Montezuma NWR	Anne Kendall	May 1
183	Warbling Vireo	Lower Creek Rd., Town of Dryden	Chris Tessaglia-Hymes	May 1
184	Yellow Warbler	Tompkins County	Matt Young	May 1
185	American Redstart	Cornell University	Nicki Dardinger and Matt Sarver	May 1
186	Indigo Bunting	Ellis Hollow Creek Rd., Town of Dryden	Anne Kendall	May 1
187	Baltimore Oriole	Highland Avenue, Cayuga Heights	Dan Scheiman	May 1
188	Least Bittern	Sapsucker Woods	Bill Ostrander	May 2
189	Upland Sandpiper	Lake Rd., Town of Ledyard	Stephen Davies and Katherine Feldman	May 2
190	Black Tern	Montezuma NWR	Stephen Davies	May 2
191	Blue-winged Warbler	Snyder Hill Rd., Town of Dryden	Lina DiGregoria	May 2
192	Nashville Warbler	West Danby	Chris Butler	May 2
193	Bobolink	Lake Rd., Town of Ledyard	Stephen Davies	May 2
194	Chestnut-sided Warbler	West Danby	Geo Kloppel	May 3
195	Great Crested Flycatcher	Hunt Hill Rd., Town of Dryden	Laura Stenzler	May 4
196	Red-eyed Vireo	Ellis Hollow Rd., Town of Dryden	Nari Mistry	May 4
197	Prairie Warbler	West Danby	Geo Kloppel	May 4
198	Yellow-throated Vireo	Salmon Creek, Town of Lansing	Matt Medler and Dave Ross	May 5
199	Acadian Flycatcher	Sapsucker Woods	Chris Butler	May 6
200	Blackburnian Warbler	Sapsucker Woods	Curtis Marantz and Steve Pantle	May 6
201	Henslow's Sparrow	Rafferty Rd., Town of Ledyard	Matt Medler and Dave Ross	May 6
202	Ruby-throated Hummingbird	Cornell Research Ponds	Ben Taft	May 7
203	Magnolia Warbler	West Danby	Niall Hatch and Matt Sarver	May 7
204	Scarlet Tanager	Hunt Hill Rd., Town of Dryden	Laura Stenzler	May 7
205	Black-billed Cuckoo	Town of Ulysses	Annette Finney	May 8
206	Whip-poor-will	West Danby	Geo Kloppel	May 12
207	Cerulean Warbler	Salmon Creek, Town of Lansing	Chris Tessaglia-Hymes	May 12
208	Wilson's Warbler	Mecklenburg	Nancy Dickinson	May 13
209	Canada Warbler	West Danby	Geo Kloppel	May 13
210	Red-throated Loon	Cayuga Lake (Town of Varick)	Geo Kloppel	May 14
211	Eastern Wood-Pewee	Beam Hill Rd., Town of Dryden	Ken Rosenberg	May 14
212	Golden-winged Warbler	Sheldrake	Jon Kloppel	May 14
213	Tennessee Warbler	Sapsucker Woods	Allison Wells	May 14
214	Mourning Warbler	Beam Hill Rd., Town of Dryden	Bard Prentiss	May 14
215	Hooded Warbler	Beam Hill Rd., Town of Dryden	Bard Prentiss	May 14
216	Bay-breasted Warbler	West Danby	Geo Kloppel	May 15
217	Blackpoll Warbler	Green Hills Cemetery, Dryden	Matt Young	May 15
218	Orchard Oriole	Long Point State Park	Anne Kendall	May 15
219	Olive-sided Flycatcher	Beam Hill Rd., Town of Dryden	Sandy Podulka	May 16
220	Northern Parula	Sapsucker Woods	Alan Krakauer	May 16
221	Cape May Warbler	Sapsucker Woods	Alan Krakauer	May 16
222	Gray-cheeked Thrush	Winston Court Apts., Town of Ithaca	Allison and Jeff Wells and Casey Sutton	May 17
223	Swainson's Thrush	Sapsucker Woods	Allison and Jeff Wells and Casey Sutton	May 17
224	Short-billed Dowitcher	Myers Point	Allison Wells	May 18
225	Prothonotary Warbler	Armitage Rd., Town of Galen	Matt Young	May 18
226	Alder Flycatcher	Town of Dryden	Ken Rosenberg	May 20
227	Philadelphia Vireo	Hammond Hill State Forest	Bill Ostrander	May 20
228	Common Nighthawk	Montezuma NWR	Alan Krakauer	May 21
229	Semipalmated Plover	Montezuma NWR	Anne Kendall	May 22
230	Semipalmated Sandpiper	Montezuma NWR	Anne Kendall	May 22
231	White-rumped Sandpiper	Montezuma NWR	Gary Chapin and Dominic Sherony	May 22
232	Black-bellied Plover	Montezuma NWR	Jay McGowan	May 23
233	Common Tern	Montezuma NWR	Jay and Kevin McGowan	May 23
234	Willow Flycatcher	Montezuma NWR	Jay and Kevin McGowan	May 23
235	Yellow-billed Cuckoo	West Danby	Geo Kloppel and Pat Lia	May 24
236	Lincoln's Sparrow	Beam Hill Rd., Town of Dryden	Annette Finney and Martha Fischer	May 27
237	Worm-eating Warbler	Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve	Geo Kloppel	May 29
238	Ruddy Turnstone	Myers Point	Allison and Jeff Wells and Curtis Marantz	May 30
239	Sanderling	Myers Point	Alan Krakauer and Matt Medler	June 3
240	American Avocet	Myers Point	Matt Young	June 30
241	Curlew Sandpiper	Montezuma NWR	Gerard Phillips	Aug. 12
242	American Golden-Plover	Montezuma NWR	Chris Butler	Aug. 13
243	Long-billed Dowitcher	Montezuma NWR	Jay and Kevin McGowan and Ken Rosenberg	Aug. 13
244	Whimbrel	Montezuma NWR	Geo Kloppel	Aug. 15
245	Stilt Sandpiper	Montezuma NWR	Geo Kloppel	Aug. 15
246	Little Gull	Myers Point	Matt Young	Aug. 17
247	Baird's Sandpiper	Montezuma NWR	Gerard Phillips	Aug. 19
248	Sora	Montezuma NWR	Margaret Dyer, David Guaspari, and Matt Stillerman	Aug. 21
249	Franklin's Gull	Montezuma NWR	Gary Chapin	Aug. 30
250	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Montezuma NWR	David and Sunny Gooding	Aug. 31
251	Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	Sapsucker Woods	Ken Rosenberg	Sept. 2
252	American White Pelican	Montezuma NWR	Fide John VanNiel; Montezuma NWR Staff	Sept. 23
253	Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow	Dryden Lake	Cayuga Bird Club (Bard Prentiss)	Oct. 5
254	Greater White-fronted Goose	Montezuma NWR	Gary Chapin	Oct. 11
255	Dickcissel	Dryden Lake	Ken Rosenberg	Oct. 11
256	Orange-crowned Warbler	Beam Hill Rd., Town of Dryden	Jay and Kevin McGowan and Bard Prentiss	Oct. 13
257	Black Scoter	Myers Point	Matt Young	Oct. 27
258	Sandhill Crane	Rt. 89, Town of Tyre	Paul Hess	Nov. 23
259	Ross's Goose	Savannah Mucklands	Gerard Phillips	Dec. 15
	NB: This list was compiled in July 2004, utilizing Bill Ostrander's database of Region 3 sightings. Therefore, it is possible that this list might exclude one or more species seen in the Cayuga Lake Basin, but in Region 2 or Region 5. If you are aware of any such sightings, please contact Matthew Medler.