2001 Cayuga Lake Basin First Records
Compiled by Matthew Medler
| Species | Locality | Observer(s) | Date | |
| 1 | Pied-billed Grebe | Ithaca Christmas Bird Count (CBC) | Jan. 1 | |
| 2 | Horned Grebe | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 3 | Red-necked Grebe | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 4 | Great Blue Heron | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 5 | Snow Goose | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 6 | Canada Goose | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 7 | American Black Duck | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 8 | Mallard | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 9 | Northern Pintail | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 10 | Gadwall | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 11 | American Wigeon | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 12 | Canvasback | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 13 | Redhead | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 14 | Ring-necked Duck | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 15 | Greater Scaup | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 16 | Lesser Scaup | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 17 | Long-tailed Duck | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 18 | Common Goldeneye | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 19 | Bufflehead | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 20 | Hooded Merganser | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 21 | Common Merganser | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 22 | Ruddy Duck | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 23 | Bald Eagle | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 24 | Northern Harrier | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 25 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 26 | Cooper's Hawk | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 27 | Red-tailed Hawk | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 28 | Rough-legged Hawk | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 29 | American Kestrel | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 30 | Ring-necked Pheasant | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 31 | Ruffed Grouse | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 32 | Wild Turkey | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 33 | American Coot | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 34 | Killdeer | Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 35 | Ring-billed Gull | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 36 | Herring Gull | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 37 | Great Black-backed Gull | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 38 | Rock Dove | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 39 | Mourning Dove | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 40 | Eastern Screech-Owl | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 41 | Great Horned Owl | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 42 | Barred Owl | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 43 | Short-eared Owl | Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 44 | Belted Kingfisher | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 45 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 46 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 47 | Downy Woodpecker | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 48 | Hairy Woodpecker | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 49 | Northern Flicker | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 50 | Pileated Woodpecker | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 51 | Northern Shrike | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 52 | Blue Jay | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 53 | American Crow | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 54 | Fish Crow | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 55 | Common Raven | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 56 | Horned Lark | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 57 | Black-capped Chickadee | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 58 | Tufted Titmice | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 59 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 60 | White-breasted Nuthatch | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 61 | Brown Creeper | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 62 | Carolina Wren | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 63 | Winter Wren | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 64 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 65 | Eastern Bluebird | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 66 | Hermit Thrush | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 67 | American Robin | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 68 | Northern Mockingbird | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 69 | European Starling | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 70 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 71 | Cedar Waxwing | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 72 | Eastern Towhee | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 73 | American Tree Sparrow | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 74 | Field Sparrow | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 75 | Song Sparrow | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 76 | Swamp Sparrow | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 77 | White-throated Sparrow | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 78 | White-crowned Sparrow | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 79 | Dark-eyed Junco | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 80 | Lapland Longspur | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 81 | Snow Bunting | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 82 | Northern Cardinal | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 83 | Red-winged Blackbird | Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 84 | Common Grackle | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 85 | Brown-headed Cowbird | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 86 | Purple Finch | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 87 | House Finch | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 88 | American Goldfinch | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 89 | House Sparrow | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 90 | Red-breasted Merganser | Cayuga Lake | Bob Fogg | Jan. 4 |
| 91 | Eared Grebe | Ithaca Yacht Club | Jeff and Allison Wells | Jan. 6 |
| 92 | Red-shouldered Hawk | Sapsucker Woods | Meena Haribal | Jan. 6 |
| 93 | Tundra Swan | Union Springs | Nicolas Barbarin and Bob Fogg | Jan. 7 |
| 94 | Peregrine Falcon | Union Springs | Nicolas Barbarin and Bob Fogg | Jan. 7 |
| 95 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Canoga | Bob Fogg | Jan. 8 |
| 96 | Glaucous Gull | Canoga | Bob Fogg | Jan. 8 |
| 97 | Green-winged Teal | Union Springs | Ben Fambrough | Jan. 10 |
| 98 | Snowy Owl | Cayuga Lake | Ryan Bakelaar | Jan. 12 |
| 99 | Barrow's Goldeneye | Canoga | Ben Fambrough | Jan. 12 |
| 100 | Mute Swan | Sheldrake | Anne Marie Johnson | Jan. 13 |
| 101 | Iceland Gull | Canoga | Allison and Jeff Wells | Jan. 13 |
| 102 | Merlin | Ludlowville | Rachel Dickinson | Jan. 15 |
| 103 | Common Loon | Sheldrake | Ben Fambrough and Matt Medler | Jan. 21 |
| 104 | White-winged Scoter | Sheldrake | Ben Fambrough and Matt Medler | Jan. 21 |
| 105 | Northern Saw-whet Owl | West Danby | Geo Kloppel | Jan. 23 |
| 106 | Pine Siskin | Sapsucker Woods | Ken Rosenberg | Jan. 26 |
| 107 | Gyrfalcon | Town of Venice | Ben Fambrough and Meena Haribal | Jan. 28 |
| 108 | Turkey Vulture | Cayuga Heights | Carol and Ron Schmitt | Feb. 2 |
| 109 | Northern Goshawk | East Varick | Pete Hosner | Feb. 16 |
| 110 | Greater White-fronted Goose | Myers Point | Jeff Gerbracht | Feb. 24 |
| 111 | American Woodcock | Freeville | Gladys Birdsall | Mar. 3 |
| 112 | White-winged Crossbill | Summer Hill | Matt Young | Mar. 3 |
| 113 | Long-eared Owl | Summer Hill | Matt Young et al. | Mar. 8 |
| 114 | Eurasian Wigeon | Union Springs | Bob Fogg and Matt Young | Mar. 10 |
| 115 | Northern Shoveler | Myers Point | Chemung Valley Audubon Society | Mar. 10 |
| 116 | Savannah Sparrow | Mud Lock | Chemung Valley Audubon Society | Mar. 10 |
| 117 | Red-throated Loon | Cayuga Lake | Nicolas Barbarin, Bob Fogg, and Matt Williams | Mar. 11 |
| 118 | Golden Eagle | Town of Dryden | Matt Williams | Mar. 12 |
| 119 | American Pipit | Lansing | Ben Fambrough | Mar. 13 |
| 120 | Eastern Meadowlark | Lansing | Chuck Hetzel | Mar. 13 |
| 121 | Blue-winged Teal | Hangar Theater, Ithaca | Susan Barnett and Greg Delisle | Mar. 13 |
| 122 | Wood Duck | Stewart Park | Jim Lowe | Mar. 14 |
| 123 | Tree Swallow | Stewart Park | Meena Haribal | Mar. 16 |
| 124 | Red-headed Woodpecker | Mt. Pleasant | Meena Haribal | Mar. 18 |
| 125 | Ross's Goose | Jump Corners | Meena Haribal | Mar. 18 |
| 126 | Rusty Blackbird | Sheldrake | Matt Medler and Matt Williams | Mar. 20 |
| 127 | Fox Sparrow | Etna | Sylvia Anglin | Mar. 21 |
| 128 | Eastern Phoebe | Stewart Park | Ben Fambrough | Mar. 21 |
| 129 | Bonaparte's Gull | Stewart Park | Bob Fogg and Matt Williams | Mar. 23 |
| 130 | Osprey | East side of Cayuga Lake | Fred Bertram | Mar. 26 |
| 131 | Sandhill Crane | Town of Savannah | Jay and Kevin McGowan | Mar. 31 |
| 132 | Double-crested Cormorant | Stewart Park | Bob Fogg | Apr. 3 |
| 133 | Common Snipe | George Rd., Dryden | Matt Williams | Apr. 3 |
| 134 | Louisiana Waterthrush | Lick Brook | Ben Fambrough | Apr. 4 |
| 135 | Greater Yellowlegs | Railroad Rd., Savannah | Matt Williams | Apr. 5 |
| 136 | Chipping Sparrow | Sapsucker Woods | Allison Wells | Apr. 5 |
| 137 | Lesser Yellowlegs | Morgan Rd., Savannah | Matt Williams | Apr. 6 |
| 138 | Vesper Sparrow | East Rd., Tyre | Matt Victoria | Apr. 6 |
| 139 | Pectoral Sandpiper | Morgan Rd., Savannah | Spring Field Ornithology | Apr. 7 |
| 140 | Barn Swallow | Lake Rd., Ledyard | Spring Field Ornithology | Apr. 7 |
| 141 | Forster's Tern | Stewart Park | Steve Kelling, Tom Nix, and Ken Rosenberg | Apr. 8 |
| 142 | Cliff Swallow | Mt. Pleasant | Jeff Wells | Apr. 8 |
| 143 | Pine Warbler | Monkey Run North | Jake Walker | Apr. 8 |
| 144 | Caspian Tern | City Cemetery, Ithaca | Kevin McGowan | Apr. 9 |
| 145 | N. Rough-winged Swallow | Six Mile Creek, Ithaca | Jon Kloppel | Apr. 9 |
| 146 | Virginia Rail | Etna Rd. | Pete Hosner | Apr. 10 |
| 147 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Beam Hill, Dryden | Jay McGowan | Apr. 10 |
| 148 | Common Tern | Dryden Lake | Kevin McGowan | Apr. 12 |
| 149 | Broad-winged Hawk | Cornell University | Meena Haribal | Apr. 12 |
| 150 | Spotted Sandpiper | Stewart Park | Nari Mistry | Apr. 14 |
| 151 | Bank Swallow | Myers Point | Pete Hosner | Apr. 14 |
| 152 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Dryden Lake | Spring Field Ornithology | Apr. 14 |
| 153 | Little Gull | Long Point State Park | Steve Kelling, Ken Rosenberg, and Jeff Wells | Apr. 15 |
| 154 | American Bittern | Carncross Rd., Savannah | Steve Kelling, Ken Rosenberg, and Jeff Wells | Apr. 15 |
| 155 | Blue-headed Vireo | Buttermilk Falls State Park | Martha Fischer | Apr. 16 |
| 156 | Upland Sandpiper | Seneca Falls | Bob Guthrie | Apr. 17 |
| 157 | Dunlin | Carncross Rd., Savannah | Bob Fogg | Apr. 20 |
| 158 | Green Heron | Sheldrake | Nate Cote | Apr. 20 |
| 159 | Yellow Warbler | Danby | Margaret Shepard | Apr. 20 |
| 160 | Chimney Swift | Collegetown, Ithaca | Jake Walker | Apr. 22 |
| 161 | Purple Martin | Sheldrake | Marty Schlabach | Apr. 22 |
| 162 | House Wren | Cayuga Heights | Watt and Page Webb | Apr. 22 |
| 163 | Brown Thrasher | Mecklenburg | Nancy Dickinson | Apr. 22 |
| 164 | Black-throated Green Warbler | Lick Brook | Cayuga Bird Club | Apr. 22 |
| 165 | Northern Waterthrush | Montezuma NWR | Meena Haribal et al. | Apr. 22 |
| 166 | Palm Warbler | Dryden Lake | N. Barbarin, B. Fogg, E. Germano, & M. Williams | Apr. 22 |
| 167 | Black-and-white Warbler | S. Ithaca Recreation Way | Joel Baines | Apr. 23 |
| 168 | Eastern Kingbird | Ludlowville | John Greenly | Apr. 24 |
| 169 | Great Crested Flycatcher | Ellis Hollow | Laura Stenzler | Apr. 24 |
| 170 | Gray Catbird | West Danby | Geo Kloppel | Apr. 24 |
| 171 | Wood Thrush | Beam Hill, Dryden | Ken Rosenberg | Apr. 24 |
| 172 | Veery | Freeville | Karen Steffy | Apr. 24 |
| 173 | Nashville Warbler | Buttermilk Falls SP | Joe Aliperti and Jake Walker | Apr. 24 |
| 174 | Common Yellowthroat | Sapsucker Woods | Ken Rosenberg | Apr. 24 |
| 175 | Northern Parula | Brooktondale | Sandy Podulka | Apr. 25 |
| 176 | Black Vulture | Ithaca | Meena Haribal | Apr. 25 |
| 177 | Sora | Tompkins County Airport | Bob Fogg | Apr. 25 |
| 178 | Ovenbird | Snyder Hill Rd., Ithaca | Scott Boomer | Apr. 25 |
| 179 | Warbling Vireo | Sapsucker Woods | Brenda Best and Matt Medler | Apr. 26 |
| 180 | Blue-winged Warbler | Monkey Run North | Stefan Rayer | Apr. 26 |
| 181 | Least Flycatcher | Dryden Lake | Pete Hosner | Apr. 27 |
| 182 | Baltimore Oriole | Ulysses | Marie Read | Apr. 28 |
| 183 | Glossy Ibis | Montezuma NWR | Marva Gingrich | Apr. 28 |
| 184 | Common Moorhen | Montezuma NWR | Meena Haribal | Apr. 29 |
| 185 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Brooktondale | Sandy Podulka | Apr. 29 |
| 186 | Grasshopper Sparrow | Martin Rd., Seneca Falls | Meena Haribal | Apr. 29 |
| 187 | Lincoln's Sparrow | Brooktondale | Sandy Podulka | Apr. 29 |
| 188 | Surf Scoter | Dryden Lake | Jake Walker | Apr. 30 |
| 189 | Solitary Sandpiper | Sapsucker Woods | Kevin McGowan | Apr. 30 |
| 190 | Blackburnian Warbler | Dryden Lake | Bruce Robertson, Ken Rosenberg, and Jeff Wells | Apr. 30 |
| 191 | Black-throated Blue Warbler | Beam Hill | Ben Fambrough and Bob Fogg | Apr. 30 |
| 192 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Burns Rd., Ithaca | Joel and Jeanne Baines | Apr. 30 |
| 193 | Chestnut-sided Warbler | West Danby | Geo Kloppel | Apr. 30 |
| 194 | American Redstart | S. Ithaca Recreation Way | Sarah Fern Striffler | May 1 |
| 195 | Cerulean Warbler | Monkey Run North | Joe Aliperti | May 1 |
| 196 | Indigo Bunting | Mt. Pleasant | Marie Read | May 1 |
| 197 | Bobolink | N. Van Dorn Rd., Ithaca | Nancy Spero | May 1 |
| 198 | Black Tern | Montezuma NWR | Tracy Gingrich | May 2 |
| 199 | Common Nighthawk | Lansing | Roy Murdough | May 2 |
| 200 | Magnolia Warbler | Monkey Run South | Joe Aliperti, Wayne Hsu, and Jake Walker | May 2 |
| 201 | Scarlet Tanager | Mt. Pleasant | Graham Kerslick | May 2 |
| 202 | Red-eyed Vireo | Sapsucker Woods | Jaymi LeBrun and Bruce Robertson | May 3 |
| 203 | Cape May Warbler | Green Hills Cemetery | Ken Rosenberg | May 3 |
| 204 | Canada Warbler | Monkey Run South | Jake Walker | May 3 |
| 205 | Prairie Warbler | Sapsucker Woods | Jake Walker | May 3 |
| 206 | Black-bellied Plover | Montezuma NWR | Bob Fogg | May 4 |
| 207 | Least Sandpiper | Montezuma NWR | Bob Fogg | May 4 |
| 208 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Danby | Ben Fambrough | May 4 |
| 209 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | Sapsucker Woods | Bruce Robertson | May 4 |
| 210 | Yellow-throated Vireo | Sapsucker Woods | Bruce Robertson | May 4 |
| 211 | Golden-winged Warbler | Freeville | Kevin McGowan | May 4 |
| 212 | Bay-breasted Warbler | Sapsucker Woods | Véronique Connolly | May 4 |
| 213 | Hooded Warbler | Beam Hill | Bob Fogg | May 4 |
| 214 | Marsh Wren | Cayuga Marsh | Jai Balakrishnan | May 5 |
| 215 | Philadelphia Vireo | Beam Hill | Ken Rosenberg | May 6 |
| 216 | Swainson's Thrush | Monkey Run North | Jai Balakrishnan | May 6 |
| 217 | Wilson's Warbler | Sapsucker Woods | Joe Aliperti and Jake Walker | May 7 |
| 218 | Alder Flycatcher | S. Ithaca Recreation Way | Joel and Jeanne Baines | May 8 |
| 219 | Semipalmated Plover | Montezuma NWR | Bob Fogg and Bruce Tracey | May 8 |
| 220 | Black-billed Cuckoo | Summer Hill | Matt Young | May 8 |
| 221 | Tennessee Warbler | East Ithaca Recreation Way | Matt Williams | May 8 |
| 222 | Orchard Oriole | East Ithaca Recreation Way | Meena Haribal | May 8 |
| 223 | Mourning Warbler | West Danby | Geo Kloppel | May 9 |
| 224 | Blackpoll Warbler | East Ithaca Recreation Way | Laura Stenzler | May 12 |
| 225 | Worm-eating Warbler | Lindsay-Parsons BP | J. Balakrishnan, P. Hosner, G. Kloppel, & M. Medler | May 13 |
| 226 | Wilson's Phalarope | Montezuma NWR | Susan Danskin | May 13 |
| 227 | Henslow's Sparrow | Town of Ledyard | J. Balakrishnan, P. Hosner, M. Medler & M. Williams | May 13 |
| 228 | Brant | Cayuga Marsh | Jai Balakrishnan | May 19 |
| 229 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | Montezuma NWR | Larry and Sara Jane Hymes | May 19 |
| 230 | Short-billed Dowitcher | Montezuma NWR | Anne Marie and Tim Johnson | May 20 |
| 231 | Willow Flycatcher | Montezuma NWR | Anne Marie and Tim Johnson | May 20 |
| 232 | Ruddy Turnstone | Myers Point | Steve Kelling and Ken Rosenberg | May 22 |
| 233 | White-rumped Sandpiper | Montezuma NWR | Bob Fogg | May 22 |
| 234 | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Summer Hill | Cayuga Bird Club | May 27 |
| 235 | Olive-sided Flycatcher | East Ithaca Recreation Way | Jai Balakrishnan | May 27 |
| 236 | Yellow-headed Blackbird | Town of Ovid | Julian and Mary Jane Thomas | May 28 |
| 237 | Acadian Flycatcher | Town of Lansing | Anne Marie and Tim Johnson | May 28 |
| 238 | Great Egret | Montezuma NWR | Meena Haribal | July 22 |
| 239 | Sanderling | Myers Point | Matt Medler, Matt Sarver, and Matt Williams | July 26 |
| 240 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | Montezuma NWR | Meena Haribal and Gerard Phillips | Aug. 12 |
| 241 | Baird's Sandpiper | Seybolt Rd. | Meena Haribal | Aug. 12 |
| 242 | Stilt Sandpiper | Seybolt Rd. | Meena Haribal | Aug. 12 |
| 243 | American Golden-Plover | Montezuma NWR | Bill Mauck | Aug. 20 |
| 244 | Wood Stork | Clyde | Leona Lauster | Aug. 24 |
| 245 | Red-necked Phalarope | Montezuma NWR | Gary Chapin | Aug. 24 |
| 246 | Long-billed Dowitcher | Montezuma NWR | Steve Kelling and Jay & Kevin McGowan | Aug. 25 |
| 247 | Least Bittern | Montezuma NWR | N. Barbarin, L. Fletcher, B. Fogg, & M. Sarver | Aug. 26 |
| 248 | Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Montezuma NWR | Ken Rosenberg | Aug. 30 |
| 249 | Gray-cheeked Thrush | Beam Hill | Jay McGowan | Aug. 30 |
| 250 | Piping Plover | Myers Point | Birding Club at Cornell (Matt Medler, Pete Hosner, et al.) | Sept. 15 |
| 251 | Orange-crowned Warbler | Ithaca Lighthouse Woods | Bill Evans | Sept. 16 |
| 252 | Evening Grosbeak | Beam Hill | Kevin McGowan | Sept. 30 |
| 253 | Hudsonian Godwit | Montezuma NWR | Birding Club at Cornell | Oct. 13 |
| 254 | Black Scoter | Taughannock Falls SP | Bob Meade | Oct. 28 |
| 255 | Common Redpoll | Mecklenburg | Nancy Dickinson | Oct. 29 |
| 256 | Red Crossbill | Summer Hill | Matt Young | Nov. 2 |
| 257 | Cattle Egret | Romulus | Fred Sibley | Nov. 21 |
| 258 | Pine Grosbeak | Ithaca College | Susan and Steve Fast | Nov. 24 |
| 259 | Long-billed Murrelet | Stewart Park | Steve Kelling | Dec. 17 |
| 260 | Northern Gannet | East Shore Park, Ithaca | Dan Lebbin | Dec. 20 |
