2006 Cayuga Lake Basin First Records

Compiled by Michael Andersen, Timothy Lenz, and Matthew Medler

	Species	Locality	Observer	Date
1	Canada Goose		Ithaca Christmas Bird Count (CBC)	Jan. 1
2	Gadwall		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
3	American Wigeon		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
4	American Black Duck		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
5	Mallard		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
6	Green-winged Teal		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
7	Redhead		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
8	Ring-necked Duck		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
9	Greater Scaup		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
10	Lesser Scaup		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
11	Bufflehead		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
12	Common Goldeneye		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
13	Hooded Merganser		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
14	Common Merganser		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
15	Ruddy Duck		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
16	Ring-necked Pheasant		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
17	Ruffed Grouse		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
18	Wild Turkey		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
19	Common Loon		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
20	Pied-billed Grebe		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
21	Double-crested Cormorant		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
22	Great Blue Heron		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
23	Turkey Vulture		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
24	Northern Harrier		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
25	Sharp-shinned Hawk		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
26	Cooper's Hawk		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
27	Northern Goshawk		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
28	Red-tailed Hawk		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
29	Rough-legged Hawk		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
30	American Kestrel		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
31	Peregrine Falcon		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
32	American Coot		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
33	Ring-billed Gull		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
34	Herring Gull		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
35	Iceland Gull		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
36	Lesser Black-backed Gull		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
37	Great Black-backed Gull		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
38	Rock Pigeon		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
39	Mourning Dove		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
40	Eastern Screech-Owl		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
41	Great Horned Owl		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
42	Snowy Owl	Savannah Mucklands	Bob Grosek	Jan. 1
43	Barred Owl		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
44	Belted Kingfisher		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
45	Red-bellied Woodpecker		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
46	Downy Woodpecker		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
47	Hairy Woodpecker		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
48	Northern Flicker		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
49	Pileated Woodpecker		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
50	Northern Shrike		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
51	Blue Jay		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
52	American Crow		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
53	Fish Crow		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
54	Common Raven		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
55	Horned Lark		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
56	Black-capped Chickadee		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
57	Tufted Titmouse		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
58	Red-breasted Nuthatch		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
59	White-breasted Nuthatch		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
60	Brown Creeper		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
61	Carolina Wren		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
62	Winter Wren		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
63	Golden-crowned Kinglet		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
64	Ruby-crowned Kinglet		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
65	Eastern Bluebird		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
66	Hermit Thrush		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
67	American Robin		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
68	Northern Mockingbird		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
69	European Starling		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
70	Cedar Waxwing		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
71	American Tree Sparrow		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
72	Field Sparrow		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
73	Song Sparrow		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
74	Swamp Sparrow		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
75	White-throated Sparrow		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
76	Dark-eyed Junco		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
77	Snow Bunting		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
78	Northern Cardinal		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
79	Common Grackle		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
80	Purple Finch		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
81	House Finch		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
82	Common Redpoll		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
83	Pine Siskin		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
84	American Goldfinch		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
85	Evening Grosbeak		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
86	House Sparrow		Ithaca CBC	Jan. 1
87	Snow Goose	Van Dyne Spoor Rd., Town of Savannah	Dave Tetlow	Jan. 2
88	Ross's Goose	Van Dyne Spoor Rd., Town of Savannah	Dave Tetlow	Jan. 2
89	Tundra Swan	Montezuma NWR	Jay and Kevin McGowan	Jan. 2
90	Wood Duck	Factory Street Pond, Union Springs	Jay and Kevin McGowan	Jan. 2
91	Canvasback	Aurora Bay	Michael Andersen and Tim Lenz	Jan. 2
92	Red-breasted Merganser	Cayuga Lake	Michael Andersen, Jay & Kevin McGowan, and Tim Lenz	Jan. 2
93	Horned Grebe	Aurora Bay	Bob McGuire and Dave Nutter	Jan. 2
94	Eared Grebe	Aurora Bay	Michael Andersen and Tim Lenz	Jan. 2
95	Bald Eagle	Savannah Mucklands	Michael Andersen and Tim Lenz	Jan. 2
96	Yellow-rumped Warbler	Lettie M. Cook Woods, Union Springs	Bob McGuire and Dave Nutter	Jan. 2
97	White-crowned Sparrow	Union Springs	Fritzie and John Blizzard	Jan. 2
98	Eastern Towhee	Summerhill	Jay McGowan	Jan. 3
99	Lapland Longspur	Town of Dryden	Jay McGowan	Jan. 3
100	Brown-headed Cowbird	Town of Dryden	Jay McGowan	Jan. 3
101	Rusty Blackbird	Summerhill	Michael Andersen, Nick Block, and Chris Wood	Jan. 6
102	Northern Pintail	Ladoga	Bob McGuire and Dave Nutter	Jan. 7
103	Short-eared Owl	Rafferty Rd., Town of Ledyard	Ann Mitchell	Jan. 7
104	Red-winged Blackbird	Brooktondale	Steve Fast	Jan. 8
105	Red-shouldered Hawk	Sapsucker Woods	Mark Chao	Jan. 9
106	Red-headed Woodpecker	Aurora	Fred Bertram	Jan. 11
107	Gyrfalcon	Savannah Mucklands	Dave Tetlow	Jan. 21
108	Greater White-fronted Goose	Savannah Mucklands	Tim Lenz	Jan. 22
109	American Pipit	Myers Point	Tim Lenz	Jan. 22
110	Long-tailed Duck	Sheldrake	Jay and Kevin McGowan	Jan. 28
111	Pacific Loon	Sheldrake	Tim and Anne Marie Johnson	Jan. 28
112	Red-necked Grebe	Cayuga Lake State Park	Tim and Anne Marie Johnson	Jan. 28
113	Surf Scoter	Taughannock Falls State Park	Bob McGuire	Jan. 30
114	Merlin	Sapsucker Woods	Steve Kelling	Jan. 31
115	Northern Saw-whet Owl	Danby	Geo Kloppel	Feb. 3
116	Bohemian Waxwing	Long Point State Park	Bob McGuire	Feb. 4
117	Eurasian Wigeon	Van Dyne Spoor Rd., Town of Savannah	David Wheeler	Feb. 5
118	Glaucous Gull	Stewart Park	Jeff Gerbracht and Chris Wood	Feb. 11
119	Northern Shoveler	Factory Street Pond, Union Springs	Fritzie and John Blizzard	Feb. 19
120	Mute Swan		Asher Hockett and Ann Mitchell	Feb. 20
121	Killdeer	Ithaca Airport	Scott Haber	Mar. 6
122	Pine Warbler	Ithaca	Elaina McCartney	Mar. 7
123	Golden Eagle	Sapsucker Woods	Tim Lenz	Mar. 8
124	American Woodcock	Snyder Hill, Town of Ithaca	Bob McGuire	Mar. 10
125	Wilson's Snipe	Dryden Lake	Steve Fast	Mar. 11
126	Eastern Meadowlark	Lake Rd., Long Point SP	Deirdre Anderson, Susan Danskin, Bob McGuire, & David Nutter	Mar. 11
127	Blue-winged Teal	Cayuga Lake State Park	David Gooding	Mar. 12
128	Black-crowned Night-Heron	Stewart Park	Bard Prentiss	Mar. 12
129	Greater Yellowlegs	Carncross Rd., Town of Savannah	Steve Fast	Mar. 12
130	Laughing Gull	Stewart Park	Jesse Ellis	Mar. 12
131	Tree Swallow	Sapsucker Woods	Mark Chao	Mar. 12
132	Fox Sparrow	Town of Dryden	Kevin McGowan	Mar. 12
133	Eastern Phoebe	Stewart Park	Dave Nutter	Mar. 14
134	Sandhill Crane	Carncross Rd., Town of Savannah	Joe and Carol Slattery	Mar. 16
135	Lesser Yellowlegs	Carncross Rd., Town of Savannah	Michael Andersen, Mike Harvey, and Tim Lenz	Mar. 18
136	Osprey	Montezuma NWR	Michael Andersen, Mike Harvey, Dan Lebbin, & Tim Lenz	Mar. 25
137	Savannah Sparrow	Bomax Rd., Town of Lansing	Bob McGuire	Mar. 26
138	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	Cornell Plantations	Scott Haber	Mar. 27
139	White-winged Scoter	Aurora Bay	Bob McGuire	Mar. 28
140	Gray Catbird	Burns Rd., Town of Ithaca	Steve Fast	Mar. 28
141	Green Heron	Montezuma NWR	Jesse Ellis	Mar. 29
142	Bonaparte's Gull	Cayuga Lake (Town of Ithaca)	Chris Wood	Mar. 29
143	Barn Swallow	Montezuma NWR	Jesse Ellis	Mar. 29
144	Pectoral Sandpiper	George Rd., Town of Dryden	Spring Field Ornithology (Meena Haribal)	Apr. 1
145	Dunlin	Van Dyne Spoor Rd., Town of Savannah	Michael Andersen, Mike Harvey, and Tim Lenz	Apr. 1
146	Northern Rough-winged Swallow	Aurora	Michael Andersen, Mike Harvey, and Tim Lenz	Apr. 1
147	House Wren	Beam Hill, Town of Dryden	Jay McGowan	Apr. 1
148	Chipping Sparrow	Newfield	Jon Glase	Apr. 5
149	Vesper Sparrow	Mount Pleasant	Tim Lenz	Apr. 5
150	Virginia Rail	Railroad Rd., Town of Savannah	Bob McGuire	Apr. 6
151	Purple Martin	Myers Point	Bill Baker and Tim Lenz	Apr. 7
152	Red-throated Loon	Dryden Lake	Steve Fast and Ann Mitchell	Apr. 8
153	Caspian Tern	Montezuma NWR	Spring Field Ornithology (Mark Chao)	Apr. 8
154	Broad-winged Hawk	Cornell Plantations	Scott Haber	Apr. 11
155	Palm Warbler	Cornell Plantations	Scott Haber	Apr. 11
156	Louisiana Waterthrush	Brooktondale	Steve Fast	Apr. 11
157	Least Bittern	Marten's Tract, NMWC	Shane Blodgett and Sean Sime	Apr. 12
158	Sora	Marten's Tract, NMWC	Shane Blodgett and Sean Sime	Apr. 12
159	Blue-headed Vireo	West Danby	Geo Kloppel	Apr. 12
160	Bank Swallow	Marten's Tract, NMWC	Shane Blodgett and Sean Sime	Apr. 12
161	Brown Thrasher	Brooktondale	Tom Hoebbel	Apr. 12
162	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	Cornell Azalea Garden	Shawn Billerman	Apr. 13
163	American Bittern	Montezuma NWR	Spring Field Ornithology (Sandy Podulka)	Apr. 15
164	American Golden-Plover	Van Dyne Spoor Rd., Town of Savannah	Deirdre Anderson, Susan Danskin, Bob McGuire, & David Nutter	Apr. 15
165	Solitary Sandpiper	Montezuma NWR	Deirdre Anderson, Susan Danskin, Bob McGuire, & David Nutter	Apr. 15
166	Upland Sandpiper	Seneca Falls Fairgrounds	Sean Billerman, Scott Haber, Mike Harvey, & Tim Lenz	Apr. 15
167	Spotted Sandpiper	Hog Hole	Dave Nutter	Apr. 16
168	Great Egret	Long Point State Park	Tim Lenz	Apr. 19
169	Common Moorhen	Montezuma NWR	Joe and Carol Slattery	Apr. 19
170	Bobolink	Hawthorn Orchard	Mike Harvey	Apr. 19
171	Long-billed Dowitcher	Montezuma NWR	Jeff Gerbracht and Steve Kelling	Apr. 21
172	Marsh Wren	Marten's Tract	Joe and Carol Slattery	Apr. 21
173	Black-throated Green Warbler	Ithaca	Nariman Mistry	Apr. 21
174	Black-and-white Warbler	Cornell Azalea Garden	Scott Haber	Apr. 21
175	Northern Waterthrush	Sapsucker Woods	Mark Chao	Apr. 21
176	Common Tern	Montezuma NWR	Tim Lenz and Ben Winger	Apr. 22
177	Chimney Swift	Stewart Park	Bill Baker	Apr. 24
178	Yellow Warbler	Stewart Park	Bill Baker	Apr. 24
179	Least Flycatcher	Sapsucker Woods	Laura Stenzler	Apr. 25
180	Warbling Vireo	Stewart Park	Bob McGuire and Dave Nutter	Apr. 25
181	Rose-breasted Grosbeak	Monkey Run South	Gerrit Vyn	Apr. 25
182	Least Sandpiper	Montezuma NWR	Jesse Ellis	Apr. 28
183	Wood Thrush	Monkey Run South	Sarah Fern Striffler and Dave Streater	Apr. 28
184	Black Tern	Montezuma NWR	Michael Andersen, Steve Kelling, Tim Lenz	Apr. 29
185	Eastern Kingbird	Long Point State Park	Michael Andersen and Tim Lenz	Apr. 29
186	Nashville Warbler	Baldwin Preserve	Cayuga Bird Club Field Trip (Bard Prentiss)	Apr. 29
187	Prairie Warbler	Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve	Bob McGuire	Apr. 29
188	Ovenbird	Monkey Run	Amielle DeWan	Apr. 29
189	Blue-winged Warbler	Monkey Run North	Ryan Douglas	Apr. 30
190	Northern Parula	Monkey Run North	Ryan Douglas	Apr. 30
191	Chestnut-sided Warbler	Danby	Eric Banford	Apr. 30
192	Magnolia Warbler	Cornell Experimental Ponds (Unit 1)	Cornell Ornithology Field Trip (Jake Barnett)	Apr. 30
193	Black-throated Blue Warbler	Sapsucker Woods	Tim Lenz	Apr. 30
194	Blackburnian Warbler	Sapsucker Woods	Tim Lenz	Apr. 30
195	Lincoln's Sparrow	Hammond Hill	Karen Confer	Apr. 30
196	Indigo Bunting	Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve	Michael Andersen and Chris Wood	Apr. 30
197	Baltimore Oriole	Lowery Overlook, Ithaca	Dave Nutter	Apr. 30
198	Veery	Sapsucker Woods	Alan Poole	May 1
199	American Redstart	Cornell Plantations	Michael Andersen, Mike Harvey, Tim Lenz, & Chris Wood	May 1
200	Common Yellowthroat	Enfield	Nancy Lorr	May 1
201	Scarlet Tanager	Cayuga Heights, Ithaca	Scott Haber and Susan Newman	May 1
202	Ruby-throated Hummingbird	Brooktondale	Melissa Groo	May 2
203	Cerulean Warbler	Ithaca Lighthouse Jetty Woods	Bill Baker	May 2
204	Orchard Oriole	Ithaca Farmers Market	Dave Nutter	May 2
205	Red Crossbill	Summerhill	Matt Young	May 2
206	Great Crested Flycatcher	Dorothy McIlroy Preserve	Nick G. and Matt Young	May 3
207	Little Blue Heron	Carncross Rd., Town of Savannah	Frank Morlock	May 4
208	Yellow-throated Vireo	Bomax Rd., Town of Lansing	Bruce Tracey	May 4
209	Cliff Swallow	Sapsucker Woods	Mike Powers	May 4
210	Black-billed Cuckoo	Sapsucker Woods	Meena Haribal	May 5
211	Yellow-billed Cuckoo	West Danby	Geo Kloppel	May 5
212	Semipalmated Plover	Montezuma NWR	Steve and Susie Fast	May 6
213	Whip-poor-will	Mount Pleasant	Tim Lenz	May 6
214	Hooded Warbler	Mount Pleasant	Tim Lenz	May 6
215	Clay-colored Sparrow	Creamery Rd., Brooktondale	Anne Marie Johnson	May 6
216	Grasshopper Sparrow	Sandbank Rd., Town of Ithaca	Michael Andersen and Tim Lenz	May 6
217	Cape May Warbler	Howland Island	Mike Harvey, Tim Lenz, and Glenn Seeholzer	May 7
218	Philadelphia Vireo	Monkey Run North	Ryan Douglas	May 8
219	Red-eyed Vireo	Monkey Run North	Ryan Douglas	May 8
220	Worm-eating Warbler	Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve	Geo Kloppel	May 8
221	Canada Warbler	Dorothy McIlroy Preserve	Michael Andersen and Shelagh Smith	May 9
222	Bay-breasted Warbler	Sapsucker Woods	David Bonter and Anne Marie Johnson	May 10
223	Wilson's Warbler	Sapsucker Woods	Mark Chao	May 10
224	Tennessee Warbler	Hawthorn Orchard	Chris Tessaglia-Hymes and Sara Jane Hymes	May 11
225	Blackpoll Warbler	Cornell Azalea Garden	Jay McGowan	May 11
226	Willow Flycatcher	Hawthorn Orchard	Meena Haribal	May 12
227	Swainson's Thrush	Hawthorn Orchard	Chris Tessaglia-Hymes	May 12
228	Mourning Warbler	Hawthorn Orchard	Chris Tessaglia-Hymes	May 12
229	Eastern Wood-Pewee	Hawthorn Orchard	Chris Tessaglia-Hymes	May 13
230	Semipalmated Sandpiper	Montezuma NWR	Michael Andersen, Mike Harvey, Tim Lenz, Colby Neuman, & Ben Winger	May 14
231	White-rumped Sandpiper	Montezuma NWR	Michael Andersen, Mike Harvey, Tim Lenz, Colby Neuman, & Ben Winger	May 14
232	Common Nighthawk	Stewart Park	Daniel Sheldon	May 14
233	Golden-winged Warbler	East Shore Dr., Town of Ithaca	Chris Wood	May 17
234	Short-billed Dowitcher	Montezuma NWR	Jay McGowan and Bob McGuire	May 18
235	Alder Flycatcher	Dryden Lake	Steve Fast	May 19
236	Ruddy Turnstone	Montezuma NWR	Michael Andersen, Jesse Ellis, and Tim Lenz	May 20
237	Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	Montezuma NWR	Tim Lenz and Chris Wood	May 21
238	American White Pelican	Montezuma NWR	Dominic Sherony	May 24
239	Sedge Wren	Montezuma NWR	Mike Morgan	May 24
240	Gray-cheeked Thrush	Etna	Chris Tessaglia-Hymes's sound recorder	May 24
241	Black Scoter	Myers Point	Tim Lenz and Chris Wood	May 25
242	Acadian Flycatcher	Ford Hill Rd., Town of Lansing	Bob McGuire and Dave Nutter	May 25
243	Black-bellied Plover	Myers Point	Bob McGuire	May 27
244	Olive-sided Flycatcher	Sapsucker Woods	Scott Haber	May 27
245	Whimbrel	Myers Point	Chris Wood	May 30
246	Brant	Cayuga Lake (Town of Ithaca)	Chris Wood	May 31
247	Wilson's Phalarope	Montezuma NWR	Ted Eubanks, Steve Kelling, Tim Lenz, & Chris Wood	June 3
248	Cattle Egret	Montezuma NWR	Gary Calabrese	July 9
249	Stilt Sandpiper	Montezuma NWR	Matt Victoria	July 12
250	Sanderling	Myers Point	Chris Wood	July 13
251	Baird's Sandpiper	Myers Point	Chris Wood	July 22
252	Forster's Tern	Myers Point	Ken Rosenberg	Aug. 10
253	Red-necked Phalarope	Montezuma NWR	Tim Lenz and Chris Wood	Aug. 16
254	Marbled Godwit	Myers Point	Ken Rosenberg	Aug. 19
255	Red Knot	Montezuma NWR (Towpath Rd.)	Dan Lebbin, Tim Lenz, Bob McGuire, & Nick Sly	Aug. 20
256	Hudsonian Godwit	Montezuma NWR (Towpath Rd.)	Michael Andersen and Tim Lenz	Aug. 29
257	Dickcissel	Schoellkopf Field, Cornell University	Mike Harvey, Tom Johnson, and Tim Lenz	Aug. 29
258	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Montezuma NWR (Towpath Rd.)	Meena Haribal, Bob McGuire, and Dave Nutter	Aug. 30
259	Orange-crowned Warbler	Mundy Wildflower Garden	Ryan Douglas	Sept. 7
260	Connecticut Warbler	Sapsucker Woods	Thorsten Balsby and Mark Chao	Sept. 9
261	Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow	Hog Hole	Tim Lenz	Oct. 4
262	White-eyed Vireo	Montezuma NWR (Towpath Rd.)	Tim Lenz and Chris Wood	Oct. 18
263	Long-eared Owl	Summerhill State Forest	Ryan Douglas	Nov. 9
NB: Trumpeter Swans continue to be recorded in the Cayuga Lake Basin. However, since this species is not on the official New York State Checklist, the relevant first record information is included separately here:
	Trumpeter Swan	Harris Park, Village of Cayuga	Michael Andersen, Mike Harvey, Pete Hosner, & Tim Lenz	Mar. 5