2004 Cayuga Lake Basin First Records
Compiled by Matthew Medler, with assistance from Jay McGowan
| Species | Locality | Observer(s) | Date | |
| 1 | Snow Goose | Montezuma Christmas Bird Count (CBC) | Jan. 1 | |
| 2 | Canada Goose | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 3 | Mute Swan | Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 4 | Tundra Swan | Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 5 | Wood Duck | Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 6 | Gadwall | 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, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 10 | Canvasback | Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 11 | Redhead | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 12 | Ring-necked Duck | Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 13 | Greater Scaup | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 14 | Lesser Scaup | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 15 | Long-tailed Duck | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 16 | Bufflehead | Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 17 | Common Goldeneye | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 18 | Hooded Merganser | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 19 | Common Merganser | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 20 | Red-breasted Merganser | Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 21 | Ruffed Grouse | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 22 | Wild Turkey | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 23 | Common Loon | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 24 | Pied-billed Grebe | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 25 | Double-crested Cormorant | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 26 | Great Blue Heron | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 27 | Turkey Vulture | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 28 | Bald Eagle | Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 29 | Northern Harrier | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 30 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 31 | Cooper's Hawk | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 32 | Northern Goshawk | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 33 | Red-tailed Hawk | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 34 | Rough-legged Hawk | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 35 | American Kestrel | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 36 | Peregrine Falcon | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 37 | American Coot | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 38 | Ring-billed Gull | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 39 | Herring Gull | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 40 | Great Black-backed Gull | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 41 | Rock Pigeon | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 42 | Mourning Dove | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 43 | Eastern Screech-Owl | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 44 | Great Horned Owl | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 45 | Barred Owl | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 46 | Belted Kingfisher | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 47 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 48 | Downy Woodpecker | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 49 | Hairy Woodpecker | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 50 | Northern Flicker | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 51 | Pileated Woodpecker | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 52 | Northern Shrike | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 53 | Blue Jay | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 54 | American Crow | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 55 | Fish Crow | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 56 | Common Raven | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 57 | Horned Lark | Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 58 | Black-capped Chickadee | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 59 | Tufted Titmouse | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 60 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 61 | White-breasted Nuthatch | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 62 | Brown Creeper | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 63 | Carolina Wren | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 64 | Winter Wren | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 65 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 66 | Eastern Bluebird | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 67 | American Robin | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 68 | Northern Mockingbird | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 69 | European Starling | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 70 | Cedar Waxwing | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 71 | Eastern Towhee | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 72 | American Tree Sparrow | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 73 | Chipping Sparrow | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 74 | Song Sparrow | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 75 | Swamp Sparrow | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 76 | White-throated Sparrow | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 77 | White-crowned Sparrow | Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 78 | Dark-eyed Junco | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 79 | Northern Cardinal | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 80 | Red-winged Blackbird | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 81 | Brown-headed Cowbird | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 82 | Purple Finch | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 83 | House Finch | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 84 | Common Redpoll | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 85 | Pine Siskin | Ithaca CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 86 | American Goldfinch | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 87 | House Sparrow | Ithaca CBC, Montezuma CBC | Jan. 1 | |
| 88 | White-winged Crossbill | Summerhill | Bruce Tracey | Jan. 1 |
| 89 | Horned Grebe | Wells College Boathouse, Aurora | Bruce Tracey | Jan. 1 |
| 90 | Eared Grebe | Wells College Boathouse, Aurora | Bruce Tracey | Jan. 1 |
| 91 | Green-winged Teal | Union Springs | Bruce Tracey | Jan. 1 |
| 92 | American Wigeon | Union Springs | Bruce Tracey | Jan. 1 |
| 93 | Hoary Redpoll | Beam Hill | Kevin Cummings | Jan. 2 |
| 94 | Evening Grosbeak | Hovel Chalet, Summerhill | Jay, Kevin, & Perri McGowan and Steve & Susie Fast | Jan. 3 |
| 95 | Ring-necked Pheasant | Rafferty Road, Town of Ledyard | Jay and Kevin McGowan | Jan. 3 |
| 96 | Bonaparte's Gull | Stewart Park | Jesse Ellis | Jan. 5 |
| 97 | Red-shouldered Hawk | Sapsucker Woods | Jesse Ellis et al. | Jan. 6 |
| 98 | Merlin | Sapsucker Woods | Ken Rosenberg | Jan. 6 |
| 99 | Snow Bunting | Stewart Park | Matt Medler | Jan. 8 |
| 100 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | Lake Road, just n. of Long Point SP | Steve Fast | Jan. 9 |
| 101 | Rusty Blackbird | Valley Road, Brooktondale | Ben Clock | Jan. 11 |
| 102 | Iceland Gull | Myers Point | Mark Dettling and Jay & Kevin McGowan | Jan. 11 |
| 103 | Lapland Longspur | Morgan Road, Town of Ovid | Jesse Ellis and Matt Medler | Jan. 11 |
| 104 | Glaucous Gull | Cayuga Lake (south of Parker Road) | Jesse Ellis and Matt Medler | Jan. 11 |
| 105 | Northern Saw-whet Owl | West Danby | Geo Kloppel | Jan. 12 |
| 106 | Hermit Thrush | Sapsucker Woods | Jeff Gerbracht | Jan. 14 |
| 107 | Short-eared Owl | Poplar Ridge Road | Steve and Susie Fast | Jan. 17 |
| 108 | Red-necked Grebe | Myers Point | Bruce Tracey | Jan. 17 |
| 109 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Stewart Park | Ken Rosenberg | Jan. 18 |
| 110 | Barrow's Goldeneye | Myers Point | Mark Dettling | Jan. 25 |
| 111 | Black Scoter | Long Point State Park | Tim Lenz | Jan. 25 |
| 112 | White-winged Scoter | Long Point State Park | Tim Lenz | Jan. 25 |
| 113 | Pacific Loon | Myers Point | Pete Hosner and Tim Lenz | Feb. 8 |
| 114 | Red-trhoated Loon | Myers Point | Jay McGowan and Matt Medler | Feb. 8 |
| 115 | Bohemian Waxwing | Asbury Road, Town of Lansing | Meena Haribal | Feb. 22 |
| 116 | American Pipit | Myers Point | Scott Haber, Pete Hosner, Tim Lenz, and Lena Samsonenko | Feb. 28 |
| 117 | Killdeer | McGowan's Woods, Ithaca | Cornell University Ornithology Course (Scott Haber) | Feb. 29 |
| 118 | Savannah Sparrow | Conlon Road, Town of Lansing | Dave Nutter | Mar. 1 |
| 119 | Common Grackle | Interlaken | Marty Schlabach | Mar. 1 |
| 120 | American Woodcock | Mecklenburg | Nancy Dickinson | Mar. 3 |
| 121 | Surf Scoter | Myers Point | Bard and Gina Prentiss | Mar. 3 |
| 122 | Northern Shoveler | Cayuga | Steve Fast | Mar. 3 |
| 123 | Fox Sparrow | Ringwood Road, Town of Dryden | Marie Read | Mar. 7 |
| 124 | Golden Eagle | George Road, Town of Dryden | Jay and Kevin McGowan | Mar. 7 |
| 125 | Ross's Goose | Savannah Mucklands | Joe Brin | Mar. 7 |
| 126 | Wilson's Snipe | Etna Road, Town of Dryden | Martha Fischer | Mar. 9 |
| 127 | Ruddy Duck | Cayuga | Jay McGowan and Bard Prentiss | Mar. 11 |
| 128 | Eastern Meadowlark | Scofied Road | Gladys Birdsall | Mar. 11 |
| 129 | Blue-winged Teal | Stewart Park | Roger Sleeper | Mar. 18 |
| 130 | Tree Swallow | Stewart Park | Bruce Tracey | Mar. 24 |
| 131 | Eastern Phoebe | Long Point State Park | Tim Lenz | Mar. 24 |
| 132 | Osprey | Montezuma NWR | Bob Guthrie and Leona Lauster | Mar. 27 |
| 133 | Sandhill Crane | Savannah Mucklands | John Askildsen, Chris Tessaglia-Hymes, and Matt Young | Mar. 27 |
| 134 | Eurasian Wigeon | Savannah Mucklands | Gary Chapin | Mar. 28 |
| 135 | Pine Warbler | Cornell University Campus | Scott Haber | Mar. 29 |
| 136 | Greater Yellowlegs | George Road, Town of Dryden | Scott Haber | Apr. 1 |
| 137 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sapsucker Woods | Spring Field Ornithology (Ben Clock) | Apr. 4 |
| 138 | Vesper Sparrow | Sapsucker Woods | Scott Haber, Tim Lenz, and Lena Samsonenko | Apr. 6 |
| 139 | Field Sparrow | Bomax Road, Town of Lansing | Mark Chao | Apr. 7 |
| 140 | N. Rough-winged Swallow | Newman Arboretum, Cornell Plantations | Marie Read | Apr. 10 |
| 141 | Palm Warbler | Stewart Park | Spring Field Ornithology (Gladys Birdsall) | Apr. 10 |
| 142 | Lesser Yellowlegs | Armitage Road | Spring Field Ornithology (Matt Young) | Apr. 10 |
| 143 | Barn Swallow | Aurora | Spring Field Ornithology (Matt Young) | Apr. 10 |
| 144 | Dunlin | Savannah Mucklands | Spring Field Ornithology (Dave Nutter) | Apr. 10 |
| 145 | American Bittern | Rt. 89, Town of Ulysses | Kim Bostwick | Apr. 10 |
| 146 | Virginia Rail | Etna Road, Town of Dryden | Jay, Kevin, and Perri McGowan | Apr. 11 |
| 147 | Great Egret | Montezuma NWR | Bob Guthrie | Apr. 12 |
| 148 | Common Moorhen | Montezuma NWR | Candace Cornell and Nancy Ostman | Apr. 12 |
| 149 | Broad-winged Hawk | Montezuma NWR | Candace Cornell and Nancy Ostman | Apr. 12 |
| 150 | Purple Martin | Canoga | Gladys Birdsall | Apr. 12 |
| 151 | Brown Thrasher | Dryden Lake | Kevin McGowan | Apr. 14 |
| 152 | Caspian Tern | Montezuma NWR | Jay McGowan and Bard Prentiss | Apr. 15 |
| 153 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Dryden Lake | Jay McGowan | Apr. 17 |
| 154 | Chimney Swift | Dryden Lake | Jay McGowan | Apr. 17 |
| 155 | Blue-headed Vireo | Dryden Lake | Jay McGowan | Apr. 17 |
| 156 | House Wren | Culver Road, Town of Ithaca | Lisa Wood | Apr. 17 |
| 157 | Pectoral Sandpiper | Montezuma NWR | Scott Haber, Erin Hewett, Lena Samsonenko, and Ben Winger | Apr. 17 |
| 158 | Louisiana Waterthrush | Hammond Hill State Forest | Mark Chao and Steve Fast | Apr. 18 |
| 159 | Spotted Sandpiper | George Road, Town of Dryden | Jay, Kevin, and Perri McGowan | Apr. 18 |
| 160 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Stewart Park | Dave Nutter | Apr. 18 |
| 161 | Black-throated Green Warbler | Sapsucker Woods | Mark Chao and Linda Orkin | Apr. 19 |
| 162 | Green Heron | Sapsucker Woods | Martha Fischer and Mark Reaves | Apr. 19 |
| 163 | Northern Waterthrush | Dryden Lake | Jay McGowan | Apr. 21 |
| 164 | Solitary Sandpiper | Etna | Allison, Evan, and Jeff Wells | Apr. 21 |
| 165 | Forster's Tern | Stewart Park | Ken Rosenberg | Apr. 22 |
| 166 | Warbling Vireo | Stewart Park | Ken Rosenberg | Apr. 22 |
| 167 | Yellow Warbler | Stewart Park | Ken Rosenberg | Apr. 22 |
| 168 | Bank Swallow | Dryden Lake | Jay McGowan | Apr. 23 |
| 169 | Black-and-white Warbler | Sapsucker Woods | Meena Haribal | Apr. 23 |
| 170 | Bobolink | Monkey Run North | Sarah Fern Striffler | Apr. 24 |
| 171 | Cattle Egret | George Road, Town of Dryden | Allison and Jeff Wells | Apr. 24 |
| 172 | Great Crested Flycatcher | Salmon Creek Road, Town of Lansing | Karen Edelstein | Apr. 24 |
| 173 | Cliff Swallow | Myers Point | Jay and Kevin McGowan | Apr. 25 |
| 174 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Yellow Barn Road, Town of Dryden | Melanie Driscoll and Mickey Scillingo | Apr. 25 |
| 175 | Common Tern | Dryden Lake | Jay McGowan | Apr. 26 |
| 176 | Wood Thrush | Hawthorn Orchard | Larry Hymes | Apr. 26 |
| 177 | Nashville Warbler | Beam Hill, Town of Dryden | Jay McGowan | Apr. 27 |
| 178 | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Hunt Hill, Town of Dryden | Laura Stenzler | Apr. 27 |
| 179 | Magnolia Warbler | Sapsucker Woods | Meena Haribal | Apr. 27 |
| 180 | Black-throated Blue Warbler | Cornell University Research Ponds | Cornell University Ornithology Course (Ben Winger) | Apr. 27 |
| 181 | Marsh Wren | Martens Tract, N. Montezuma WC | Steve Fast | Apr. 27 |
| 182 | Baltimore Oriole | Main Street, Newfield | Donna Jean Darling | Apr. 28 |
| 183 | Gray Catbird | Sapsucker Woods | Mark Chao | Apr. 29 |
| 184 | Common Yellowthroat | Sapsucker Woods | Anne Marie Johnson | Apr. 29 |
| 185 | Northern Parula | Cornell Plantations (Flat Rock) | Scott Haber and Tim Lenz | Apr. 29 |
| 186 | Ovenbird | Yellow Barn Road, Town of Dryden | Mickey Scillingo | Apr. 29 |
| 187 | Least Sandpiper | George Road, Town of Dryden | Melanie Driscoll | Apr. 29 |
| 188 | Blackburnian Warbler | Green Hills Cemetery, Dryden | Jay McGowan and Bard Prentiss | Apr. 29 |
| 189 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Cornell University Campus | Scott Haber | Apr. 29 |
| 190 | Least Flycatcher | Hawthorn Orchard | Larry Hymes | Apr. 29 |
| 191 | Indigo Bunting | Hawthorn Orchard | Larry Hymes | Apr. 29 |
| 192 | Black Tern | Montezuma NWR | Roger Sleeper | Apr. 29 |
| 193 | American Redstart | Cornell Plantations (Flat Rock) | Ken Rosenberg | Apr. 30 |
| 194 | Veery | DIL Woods | John Baur and Mark Chao | Apr. 30 |
| 195 | Scarlet Tanager | DIL Woods | John Baur and Mark Chao | Apr. 30 |
| 196 | Yellow-breasted Chat | Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve | Roger Sleeper | Apr. 30 |
| 197 | Prairie Warbler | Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve | Roger Sleeper | Apr. 30 |
| 198 | Blue-winged Warbler | Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve | Roger Sleeper | Apr. 30 |
| 199 | Wilson's Phalarope | George Road, Town of Dryden | Bob McGuire | Apr. 30 |
| 200 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | Montezuma NWR | Montezuma NWR Volunteer | Apr. 30 |
| 201 | Eastern Kingbird | Dryden Lake | Roger Sleeper | May 1 |
| 202 | White-eyed Vireo | Mundy Wildflower Garden | Mike Andersen and Tim Lenz | May 1 |
| 203 | Red-eyed Vireo | Hunt Hill, Town of Dryden | Laura Stenzler | May 1 |
| 204 | Yellow-throated Vireo | Sapsucker Woods | Laura Stenzler | May 1 |
| 205 | Canada Warbler | Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve | Geo Kloppel | May 4 |
| 206 | Orchard Oriole | East Hill Recreation Way | Cornell Campus Club Bird Study Group | May 4 |
| 207 | Lincoln's Sparrow | Cornell University Campus | Tim Lenz | May 5 |
| 208 | Orange-crowned Warbler | Sapsucker Woods | Mark Chao | May 6 |
| 209 | Upland Sandpiper | Martin Road, Town of Seneca Falls | Gary Chapin and Dominic Sherony | May 6 |
| 210 | Cerulean Warbler | Montezuma NWR | Gary Chapin and Dominic Sherony | May 6 |
| 211 | Ruff | Montezuma NWR | Bob Guthrie | May 7 |
| 212 | Sora | Montezuma NWR | Jay and Kevin McGowan | May 7 |
| 213 | Worm-eating Warbler | Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve | Geo Kloppel | May 7 |
| 214 | Snowy Egret | Montezuma NWR | Joe Brin | May 8 |
| 215 | Tricolored Heron | Montezuma NWR | Joe Brin | May 8 |
| 216 | Hooded Warbler | West Danby | Geo Kloppel | May 8 |
| 217 | Golden-winged Warbler | West Danby | Geo Kloppel | May 8 |
| 218 | Clay-colored Sparrow | Creamery Road, Brooktondale | Anne Marie and Tim Johnson | May 9 |
| 219 | Tennessee Warbler | Hawthorn Orchard | Robin Tuttle | May 9 |
| 220 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | Cornell Plantations (Flat Rock) | Mark Chao | May 10 |
| 221 | Philadelphia Vireo | Hawthorn Orchard | Chris Tessaglia-Hymes et al. | May 10 |
| 222 | Wilson's Warbler | Hawthorn Orchard | Chris Tessaglia-Hymes et al. | May 10 |
| 223 | Black-billed Cuckoo | Valley Road, Brooktondale | Steve and Susie Fast | May 10 |
| 224 | Willet | Hawthorn Orchard | Tim Johnson | May 11 |
| 225 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | Hawthorn Orchard | Tim Johnson | May 11 |
| 226 | Blackpoll Warbler | Hawthorn Orchard | Amielle Dewan, Christine Sousa, and Fred Werner | May 11 |
| 227 | Bay-breasted Warbler | Hawthorn Orchard | Meena Haribal | May 11 |
| 228 | Willow Flycatcher | Cornell University Research Ponds | Mike Andersen | May 12 |
| 229 | Ruddy Turnstone | Myers Point | Mark Chao | May 13 |
| 230 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Sapsucker Woods | Meena Haribal | May 13 |
| 231 | Olive-sided Flycatcher | Sapsucker Woods | Eric Banford | May 14 |
| 232 | Swainson's Thrush | Hawthorn Orchard | Sal Cerchio, Larry Hymes, and Chris Tessaglia-Hymes | May 14 |
| 233 | Alder Flycatcher | Dorothy McIlroy Preserve | Bruce Tracey | May 14 |
| 234 | Mourning Warbler | Dorothy McIlroy Preserve | Matt Young | May 14 |
| 235 | Grasshopper Sparrow | King Road, Town of Ithaca | Mike Andersen, Scott Haber, and Tim Lenz | May 15 |
| 236 | Red-headed Woodpecker | Branch Road, Town of Summerhill | Spring Field Ornithology (Matt Young) | May 15 |
| 237 | Short-billed Dowitcher | Myers Point | Mark Chao | May 15 |
| 238 | Glossy Ibis | Lime Hollow Nature Center | fide Steven Broyles | May 15 |
| 239 | Western Sandpiper | Myers Point | Allison Wells | May 15 |
| 240 | Semipalmated Plover | Hawthorn Orchard | Bard Prentiss | May 16 |
| 241 | Gray-cheeked Thrush | City of Ithaca | Tim Lenz | May 19 |
| 242 | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Hawthorn Orchard | Ken Rosenberg | May 19 |
| 243 | Whimbrel | Myers Point | Ken Rosenberg | May 20 |
| 244 | Common Nighthawk | Myers Point | Jay and Kevin McGowan | May 21 |
| 245 | Black-bellied Plover | Myers Point | Mark Chao, Tim Lenz, and Jay & Kevin McGowan | May 21 |
| 246 | Acadian Flycatcher | Ford Hill Road, Town of Lansing | Jay and Kevin McGowan | May 23 |
| 247 | Brant | Stewart Park | Judy Jones | May 25 |
| 248 | Dickcissel | Reynolds Game Farm | Jeffrey Smith | May 28 |
| 249 | American Golden-Plover | Montezuma NWR | Gary Calabrese | May 28 |
| 250 | White-rumped Sandpiper | Montezuma NWR | Bob Spahn | May 29 |
| 251 | Sanderling | Montezuma NWR | Bob Spahn | May 29 |
| 252 | Least Bittern | Montezuma NWR | Mark Chao and Meena Haribal | May 30 |
| 253 | Red Knot | Montezuma NWR | David Neveu | May 31 |
| 254 | Sedge Wren | Martens Tract, N. Montezuma WC | Bonnie Parton | June 2 |
| 255 | Red Crossbill | Sapsucker Woods | Mindy LaBranche | July 7 |
| 256 | Stilt Sandpiper | Montezuma NWR | Mike Andersen and Scott Haber | July 21 |
| 257 | Baird's Sandpiper | Montezuma NWR | Ken Rosenberg and Catherine Sandell | Aug. 14 |
| 258 | Long-billed Dowitcher | Montezuma NWR | Ken Rosenberg and Catherine Sandell | Aug. 14 |
| 259 | Red-necked Phalarope | Montezuma NWR | Scott Haber and Mike Harvey | Aug. 22 |
| 260 | Cape May Warbler | Comstock Knoll, Cornell University | Mike Harvey | Aug. 31 |
| 261 | Hudsonian Godwit | Montezuma NWR | Matt Victoria | Sept. 9 |
| 262 | Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Game Farm Road, Town of Dryden | Ken Rosenberg | Sept. 10 |
| 263 | Jaeger sp. | Stewart Park | Ken Rosenberg | Sept. 18 |
| 264 | Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow | Hog Hole | Ken Rosenberg and Hector Gomez de Silva | Oct. 3 |
| 265 | Greater White-fronted Goose | Montezuma NWR | Jay McGowan, Jillian Liner, and Catherine Sandell | Oct. 7 |
| 266 | Cackling Goose | Montezuma NWR | Bob McGuire | Oct. 11 |
| 267 | Black Guillemot | Myers Point | Paul Hurtado, Marcus Collins, and Erin Stephens | Oct. 23 |
| 268 | Snowy Owl | Montezuma NWR | Doug Pippen | Nov. 13 |
| 269 | Cave Swallow | Stewart Park | Roger Sleeper | Nov. 24 |
| NB1: For the second winter in a row, wing-tagged Trumpeter Swans (presumably from an Ontario reintroduction program) have been seen in the Basin. Due to the reintroduced nature of these birds, Trumpeter Swan is not included on the main First Records list. The relevant information is included here: | ||||
| Trumpeter Swan | Myers Point | Jay and Kevin McGowan | Jan. 11 | |
| NB2: The following distinct forms were also seen in the Cayuga Lake Basin in 2004: | ||||
| Common Teal | George Road, Town of Dryden | Jay McGowan | Mar. 5 | |
| Oregon Junco | Bomax Road, Town of Lansing | Mike Harvey | Oct. 11 | |
| Audubon's Warbler | Stewart Park | Tim Lenz | Oct. 31 | |
