2005 Cayuga Lake Basin First Records

Compiled by Michael Andersen and Tim Lenz

	Species	Locality	Observer	Date
1	Snow Goose		Ithaca Chistmas Bird Count (CBC)	1 Jan
2	Canada Goose		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
3	Tundra Swan	Montezuma NWR	Matt Victoria	1 Jan
4	Wood Duck		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
5	American Black Duck		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
6	Mallard		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
7	Canvasback		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
8	Redhead		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
9	Ring-necked Duck		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
10	Greater Scaup		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
11	Lesser Scaup		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
12	White-winged Scoter		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
13	Common Goldeneye		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
14	Bufflehead		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
15	Hooded Merganser		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
16	Common Merganser		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
17	Common Loon		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
18	Double-crested Cormorant		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
19	Turkey Vulture		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
20	Bald Eagle		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
21	Northern Harrier		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
22	Sharp-shinned Hawk		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
23	Cooper's Hawk		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
24	Northern Goshawk		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
25	Red-tailed Hawk		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
26	Rough-legged Hawk		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
27	American Kestrel		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
28	Peregrine Falcon		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
29	Ring-necked Pheasant		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
30	Ruffed Grouse		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
31	Wild Turkey		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
32	American Coot		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
33	Ring-billed Gull		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
34	Herring Gull		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
35	Lesser Black-backed Gull		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
36	Glaucous Gull	Cayuga Lake State Park	Matt Victoria	1 Jan
37	Great Black-backed Gull		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
38	Rock Pigeon		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
39	Mourning Dove		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
40	Eastern Screech-Owl		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
41	Great Horned Owl		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
42	Barred Owl		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
43	Belted Kingfisher		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
44	Red-bellied Woodpecker		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
45	Downy Woodpecker		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
46	Hairy Woodpecker		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
47	Northern Flicker		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
48	Pileated Woodpecker		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
49	Horned Lark		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
50	Blue Jay		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
51	American Crow		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
52	Fish Crow		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
53	Common Raven		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
54	Black-capped Chickadee		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
55	Tufted Titmouse		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
56	Red-breasted Nuthatch		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
57	White-breasted Nuthatch		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
58	Brown Creeper		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
59	Carolina Wren		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
60	Golden-crowned Kinglet		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
61	Ruby-crowned Kinglet		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
62	Eastern Bluebird		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
63	American Robin		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
64	Northern Mockingbird		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
65	Cedar Waxwing		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
66	Northern Shrike		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
67	European Starling		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
68	Northern Cardinal		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
69	American Tree Sparrow		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
70	Song Sparrow		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
71	Swamp Sparrow		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
72	White-throated Sparrow		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
73	Dark-eyed Junco		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
74	Snow Bunting		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
75	Purple Finch		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
76	House Finch		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
77	American Goldfinch		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
78	Evening Grosbeak		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
79	House Sparrow		Ithaca CBC	1 Jan
80	Mute Swan		Montezuma CBC	2 Jan
81	Northern Pintail		Montezuma CBC	2 Jan
82	Gadwall		Montezuma CBC	2 Jan
83	Red-breasted Merganser		Montezuma CBC	2 Jan
84	Great Blue Heron		Montezuma CBC	2 Jan
85	Iceland Gull		Montezuma CBC	2 Jan
86	Northern Saw-whet Owl		Montezuma CBC	2 Jan
87	Winter Wren		Montezuma CBC	2 Jan
88	Common Yellowthroat		Montezuma CBC	2 Jan
89	Field Sparrow		Montezuma CBC	2 Jan
90	Red-winged Blackbird		Montezuma CBC	2 Jan
91	Brown-headed Cowbird		Montezuma CBC	2 Jan
92	Horned Grebe	Aurora Bay, Town of Ledyard	Bob McGuire	2 Jan
93	Common Redpoll	Hunt Hill Road, Town of Dryden	Laura Stenzler	6 Jan
94	American Wigeon	Mill Pond, Village of Union Springs	Steve & Suzie Fast	6 Jan
95	Green-winged Teal	Mill Pond, Village of Union Springs	Steve & Suzie Fast	6 Jan
96	Yellow-rumped Warbler	Sapsucker Woods	Ken Rosenberg	7 Jan
97	Red-shouldered Hawk	Sapsucker Woods	Michael Andersen, Jesse Ellis, Thorsten Balsby, Anya Illes, et al.	7 Jan
98	Pine Siskin	Hunt Hill Road, Town of Dryden	Laura Stenzler	8 Jan
99	Chipping Sparrow	City of Ithaca	Larry & Sara Jane Hymes	8 Jan
100	Pied-billed Grebe	Ladoga	Michael Andersen, Jesse Ellis, Tim Lenz	8 Jan
101	Merlin	Lake Ridge Road, Town of Lansing	Michael Andersen, Jesse Ellis, Tim Lenz	8 Jan
102	Greater White-fronted Goose	Montezuma NWR	Michael Andersen, Jesse Ellis, Tim Lenz	8 Jan
103	Ruddy Duck	Farley's Point, Town of Ledyard	Jeff Gerbracht and Steve Kelling	9 Jan
104	Eared Grebe	Aurora Bay, Town of Ledyard	Michael Andersen, Tim Lenz	9 Jan
105	Cackling Goose	Stewart Park	Tim Lenz	9 Jan
106	Short-eared Owl	Rte. 90 x Lake Road, Town of Ledyard	Bob McGuire & Dave Nutter	15 Jan
107	White-crowned Sparrow	Union Springs	Fritzie Blizzard	26 Jan
108	Long-tailed Duck	Myers Point	Anne Marie Johnson & Mindy LaBranche	29 Jan
109	Lapland Longspur	Rte. 34B x Center Road, Town of Genoa	Jay & Kevin McGowan	29 Jan
110	Red-necked Grebe	Portland Point	Mike Harvey, Tim Lenz, Glen Seeholzer, & Brian Sullivan	30 Jan
111	Rusty Blackbird	Hammond Hill Road, Town of Caroline	John Confer	30 Jan
112	Black Scoter	Long Point State Park	Scott Haber	6 Feb
113	Common Grackle	Sapsucker Woods	Meena Haribal	15 Feb
114	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	Yellow Barn Road, Town of Dryden	Jay McGowan	19 Feb
115	Bohemian Waxwing	Newman Arboretum, Cornell Plantations	Kevin McGowan	24 Feb
116	Gyrfalcon	Town of Varick	Michael Andersen, Mike Harvey, Dan Lebbin, Tim Lenz, Jay McGowan, Bob McGuire, Matt Medler	27 Feb
117	Mountain Bluebird	Ellis Hollow, Town of Dryden	Brian Sullivan	6 Mar
118	Killdeer	Sapsucker Woods	John Arvin, Bill Eley, Jeff Gerbracht, Steve Kelling, Tim Lenz, Ken Rosenberg, Brian Sullivan	7 Mar
119	Eastern Towhee	Sapsucker Woods	Scott Haber	12 Mar
120	American Woodcock	Mecklenburg	Nancy Dickinson	17 Mar
121	Golden Eagle	Sapsucker Woods	Brian Sullivan	18 Mar
122	Eastern Meadowlark	Snyder Road, Town of Lansing	Mark Chao	19 Mar
123	Tree Swallow	Stewart Park	Susan Danskin	19 Mar
124	Fox Sparrow	Sapsucker Woods	Mark Chao	20 Mar
125	Bonaparte's Gull	Stewart Park	Steve Kelling and Ken Rosenberg	20 Mar
126	American Pipit	Myers Point	CBC Field Trip (Gladys Birdsall)	20 Mar
127	Northern Shoveler	Village of Cayuga, Town of Aurelius	Deirdra Anderson, Susan Danskin, and Bob McGuire	20 Mar
128	Wilson's Snipe	Freese Road, Town of Dryden	Tim Lenz	23 Mar
129	Eastern Phoebe	East Shore Park, Town of Ithaca	Dave Nutter	23 Mar
130	Savannah Sparrow	Sapsucker Woods	Mike Harvey	23 Mar
131	Blue-winged Teal	Cayuga Lake, Village of Cayuga	Michael Andersen, Mike Harvey, Tim Lenz, Chris Wood	26 Mar
132	Ross's Goose	Cayuga Lake, Village of Cayuga	Michael Andersen, Mike Harvey, Tim Lenz, Chris Wood	26 Mar
133	Eurasian Wigeon	East Road, Town of Tyre	Bob Guthrie	27 Mar
134	Osprey	Mud Lock, Town of Aurelius	Steve Fast and Bob McGuire	28 Mar
135	Sandhill Crane	Carncross Road, Town of Savannah	Joe and Carol Slattery	31 Mar
136	Barn Swallow	Myers Point	Brian Sullivan	2 Apr
137	Northern Rough-winged Swallow	Aurora	Mike Harvey and Tim Lenz	2 Apr
138	Common Moorhen	Montezuma NWR	Bill Ostrander	2 Apr
139	Purple Martin	Lighthouse Jetty	Bill Evans	3 Apr
140	Hermit Thrush	Mundy Wildflower Garden	Scott Haber	4 Apr
141	Greater Yellowlegs	Martens Track, Town of Savannah	Matt Victoria	4 Apr
142	Lesser Yellowlegs	Martens Track, Town of Savannah	Matt Victoria	4 Apr
143	Vesper Sparrow	Mount Pleasant	Brian Sullivan	6 Apr
144	Pine Warbler	Freese Road, Town of Dryden	Jay McGowan	6 Apr
145	Green Heron	Cornell Experimental Ponds Unit I, Town of Lansing	Scott Haber	7 Apr
146	Blue-headed Vireo	Hunt Hill Road, Town of Dryden	Martha Fischer	9 Apr
147	Louisiana Waterthrush	Town of Ithaca	Joel and Jeanne Baines	9 Apr
148	Pectoral Sandpiper	Savannah Mucklands	Mike Harvey, Tim Lenz, & Glen Seeholzer	9 Apr
149	Brown Thrasher	Town of Ithaca	Larry & Sara Jane Hymes	10 Apr
150	Dunlin	Savannah Mucklands	Tim Lenz	10 Apr
151	Long-eared Owl	Robert Trent Jones Golf Course, Town of Ithaca	John Fitzpatrick	10 Apr
152	American Bittern	Sapsucker Woods	Jeff Gerbracht	14 Apr
153	Black-crowned Night-Heron	Stewart Park	Tim Lenz and Bob McGuire	15 Apr
154	Palm Warbler	Sapsucker Woods	Christine Crane and Greg Delisle	15 Apr
155	Broad-winged Hawk	Mount Pleasant	Ken Rosenberg	15 Apr
156	Virginia Rail	Montezuma NWR	D. Trimble	15 Apr
157	Solitary Sandpiper	Village of Etna, Town of Dryden	Jay McGowan	15 Apr
158	Spotted Sandpiper	Dryden Lake	Matt Young	16 Apr
159	Caspian Tern	Morgan Road, Town of Savannah	Matt Victoria	16 Apr
160	Upland Sandpiper	Martin Road, Town of Fayette	Michael Andersen, Scott Haber, Mike Harvey, Erin Hewett, Tim Lenz, and Ben Winger	16 Apr
161	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	Brooktondale	Eric Banford	17 Apr
162	House Wren	Town of Ithaca	Lisa Wood	17 Apr
163	Surf Scoter	Montezuma NWR	Julie Horton	17 Apr
164	Glossy Ibis	Carncross Road, Town of Savannah	Chuck Gibson	18 Apr
165	Black-throated Green Warbler	Beam Hill, Town of Dryden	Kevin Cummings	19 Apr
166	Yellow Warbler	Lake Road, Town of Ledyard	Jay McGowan	20 Apr
167	Bank Swallow	George Road, Town of Dryden	Jay McGowan	21 Apr
168	Common Tern	Dryden Lake	Jay and Kevin McGowan	23 Apr
169	Black Tern	Long Point State Park	Michael Andersen, Mike Harvey, Tim Lenz, and Colby Neuman	23 Apr
170	Little Gull	Long Point State Park	Michael Andersen, Mike Harvey, Tim Lenz, and Colby Neuman	23 Apr
171	Chimney Swift	Union Springs	Michael Andersen, Mike Harvey, Tim Lenz, and Colby Neuman	23 Apr
172	Warbling Vireo	Montezuma NWR	Michael Andersen, Mike Harvey, Tim Lenz, and Colby Neuman	23 Apr
173	Cliff Swallow	George Road, Town of Dryden	Jay McGowan	24 Apr
174	Forster's Tern	Stewart Park	Mike Harvey and Tim Lenz	24 Apr
175	Northern Waterthrush	Stewart Park	Steve Broyles	24 Apr
176	Blue-winged Warbler	Cornell University	Scott Haber	25 Apr
177	American Redstart	East Ithaca Recreation Way	Mark Dettling	27 Apr
178	Rose-breasted Grosbeak	Cornell University	Scott Haber	27 Apr
179	Black-and-white Warbler	Cornell University	Scott Haber	27 Apr
180	Nashville Warbler	Beam Hill, Town of Dryden	Jay McGowan	27 Apr
181	Ovenbird	Sapsucker Woods	Mark Chao	28 Apr
182	Wood Thrush	Hawthorn Orchard	Bob McGuire	28 Apr
183	Great Crested Flycatcher	Comfort Road, Danby	Kathy Clements	28 Apr
184	Indigo Bunting	Hawthorn Orchard	Dave Streater	29 Apr
185	Prairie Warbler	Portland Point	Mike Harvey, Tim Lenz, Colby Neuman, and Ben Winger	1 May
186	Sora	Railroad Road, Town of Savannah	Steve Fast	1 May
187	Short-billed Dowitcher	Railroad Road, Town of Savannah	Steve Fast	1 May
188	Marsh Wren	Montezuma NWR	Mike Harvey and Tim Lenz	1 May
189	Veery	Sapsucker Woods	Scott Haber	1 May
190	Eastern Kingbird	Dryden Lake	Steve Fast	3 May
191	Baltimore Oriole	East Shore Park, Town of Ithaca	Tim Lenz	4 May
192	Bobolink	Summer Hill	Michael Andersen	4 May
193	Gray Catbird	Hawthorn Orchard	Bob McGuire	5 May
194	Blackburnian Warbler	Town of Ithaca	Michael Andersen	5 May
195	Scarlet Tanager	Hunt Hill Road, Town of Dryden	Laura Stenzler	5 May
196	Black-throated Blue Warbler	Newman Arboretum, Cornell Plantations	Scott Haber	5 May
197	Lincoln's Sparrow	Beam Hill, Town of Dryden	Kevin Cummings	5 May
198	Great Egret	Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge	Dave Nutter	5 May
199	Cape May Warbler	Mecklenburg	Nancy Dickinson	5 May
200	Ruby-throated Hummingbird	Town of Romulus	Mary Jane Thomas	5 May
201	Least Flycatcher	Sapsucker Woods	Laura Stenzler	6 May
202	Chestnut-sided Warbler	Dryden Lake	Kevin McGowan	6 May
203	Magnolia Warbler	Dryden Lake	Kevin McGowan	6 May
204	Least Sandpiper	Morgan Road, Town of Savannah	Jay McGowan	6 May
205	Stilt Sandpiper	Morgan Road, Town of Savannah	Jay McGowan	6 May
206	Yellow-throated Vireo	Hawthorn Orchard	David Gooding	6 May
207	Cerulean Warbler	Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge	Jay McGowan	6 May
208	Hooded Warbler	Green Hills Cemetery, Town of Dryden	Jay McGowan	7 May
209	Clay-colored Sparrow	Creamery Road, Brooktondale	Tim Johnson	7 May
210	Golden-winged Warbler	Edwards Lake Cliff Preserve	Deirdre Anderson, Mark Chao, Susan Danskin, and Bob McGuire	7 May
211	Northern Parula	Howland Island	Michael Andersen	8 May
212	Red-eyed Vireo	Mundy Wildflower Garden	Laura Stenzler	9 May
213	Philadelphia Vireo	Comfort Road, Town of Danby	Kathy Clements	9 May
214	Swainson's Thrush	Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve	Roger Sleeper	9 May
215	Canada Warbler	Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve	Bob McGuire	10 May
216	Worm-eating Warbler	Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve	Bob McGuire	10 May
217	Eastern Wood-Pewee	Sapsucker Woods	Michael Andersen	10 May
218	Tennessee Warbler	Green Hills Cemetery, Town of Dryden	Colleen Hamilton, Bard Prentiss, and Matt Young	10 May
219	Wilson's Warbler	Jetty Woods, Town of Ithaca	Scott Haber, Mike Harvey, Glenn Seeholzer, and Ben Winger	10 May
220	Orchard Oriole	Hawthorn Orchard	Meena Haribal	10 May
221	Black-billed Cuckoo	Hawthorn Orchard	Meena Haribal	10 May
222	Bay-breasted Warbler	Sapsucker Woods	Will Chatfield-Taylor	11 May
223	Blackpoll Warbler	Sapsucker Woods	Shelagh Smith	11 May
224	Yellow-billed Cuckoo	Sapsucker Woods	Anne Marie Johnson	14 May
225	Least Bittern	Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge	Larry Hymes	14 May
226	Orange-crowned Warbler	Sapsucker Woods	Kindra Bell and Mark Chao	15 May
227	Alder Flycatcher	Dryden Lake	Steve Fast	15 May
228	Gray-cheeked Thrush	Sapsucker Woods	Mike Harvey and Tim Lenz	15 May
229	Sedge Wren	Trumansburg	Scott Sutcliffe	15 May
230	Common Nighthawk	Stewart Park	Tim Lenz	15 May
231	Willow Flycatcher	Salt Point, Town of Lansing	Mark Chao	16 May
232	Semipalmated Sandpiper	Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge	Mark Dettling	16 May
233	Semipalmated Plover	Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge	Mark Dettling	16 May
234	American White Pelican	Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge	Mark Dettling	16 May
235	Mourning Warbler	Beam Hill, Town of Dryden	Jay McGowan	17 May
236	Black-bellied Plover	Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge	Dominic Sherony and Bob Spahn	18 May
237	Grasshopper Sparrow	Lake Road, Town of Ledyard	Michael Andersen, Mike Harvey, Tim Lenz, Colby Neuman, and Glenn Seeholzer	19 May
238	Olive-sided Flycatcher	Sapsucker Woods		19 May
239	White-rumped Sandpiper	Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge	Michael Andersen, Mike Harvey, Tim Lenz, Colby Neuman	21 May
240	Brant	Myers Point	Tim Lenz	24 May
241	Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	Town of Ithaca	Jay McGowan	24 May
242	Acadian Flycatcher	Ford Hill Road, Town of Lansing	Bob McGuire	26 May
	White-eyed Vireo *	Howland Island	Bob McGuire	26 May
243	Ruddy Turnstone	George Road, Town of Dryden	Matt Young	27 May
244	Red-headed Woodpecker	Howland Island	Tim Lenz, Curtis Marantz, and Glenn Seeholzer	28 May
245	Sanderling	Myers Point	Mark Chao	6 Jul
246	Baird's Sandpiper	Myers Point	Mark Chao	31 Jul
247	Wilson's Phalarope	Marten's Tract	Michael Andersen	7 Aug
248	Western Sandpiper	Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge	Linda and Steve Bennedict, Mark Chao, Barbara Herrgesell, and Caissa Wilmer	13 Aug
249	Red Knot	Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge	Gary Chapin	13 Aug
250	American Golden-Plover	Towpath Road	Jay McGowan and Kevin McGowan	14 Aug
251	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Towpath Road	Bob McGuire and Dave Nutter	18 Aug
252	Red-necked Phalarope	Towpath Road	Matt Medler	18 Aug
253	Whimbrel	Towpath Road	Carol Schmitt	19 Aug
254	Long-billed Dowitcher	Towpath Road	Glenn Seeholzer and Tim Lenz	23 Aug
255	Dickcissel	Town of Montezuma	Jeff Gerbracht, Tim Lenz, Brian Sullivan, and Chris Wood	10 Sep
256	Red Crossbill	Hammond Hill	Gerrit Vyn	17 Sep
257	Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow	Hog Hole	Glenn Seeholzer and Tim Lenz	30 Sep
	Red Phalarope **	Hog Hole	Michael Andersen	9 Oct
258	LeConte's Sparrow	Route 366, Varna	Mike Harvey	11 Oct
259	Blue Grosbeak	Cornell University	Curtis Marantz, Brian Sullivan, mob.	12 Oct
260	Laughing Gull	Stewart Park	Jay McGowan	13 Oct
261	Red-throated Loon	Taughannock Falls State Park	Susan Danskin, Bob McGuire, and Bob Meade	16 Oct
262	Pomarine Jaeger	Aurora Bay	Mike Harvey, Tim Lenz, Curtis Marantz, and Lena Samsonenko	30 Oct
	Cave Swallow ***	Sapsucker Woods	* See note below *	19 Nov
263	Pine Grosbeak	Beam Hill	Kevin Cummings	19/20 Nov

* One bird was heard only and some hesitation as to the true identity of the singer was expressed by the observer. I include it hear for the sake of documentation, but I have not included a number for this species.

** One bird was observed by the author (MJA), but some hesitation in the bird's identification was warranted as the observation was made in poor light from some distance. Given the rarity of this species in the Cayuga Lake Basing, I include it here for the sake documentation despite being only 95% certain of the identification. I have not included a number for this species.

*** A specimen was found on the ledge above the entrace to the Lab of Ornithology. It is unclear whether this bird was alive at Sapsucker Woods and died while roosting over the doorway, or if someone found the specimen elsewhere and brought it to the lab. I have not included a number for this species.