A rare stray from the Southeastwas this immatureWood Stork at Old Tappon duringJuly and August1999, providing the first (there are eight in total) NewJersey recordsaway from venerableCape May. The photowas taken 1 Aug. Photograph/AIPochek NEWYORK •'•-•,• Nd ]DE ROBERT O. PAXTON the first of severalmigration waves that RustyBlackbirds, 1,500 E. Bluebirds,and 460 RiversideDrive, Apt. 72, madethis fall seemalmost like the old days "thousands"of sparrows(PL). That night NewYork, NY 10027 (seeraptors, Chimney Swift). Sandy Hook Katie Duffy'steam bandeda single-night held 25 warblerspecies 18 Sep.Floyd also record145 owls(mostly N. Saw-whets)at JOSEPH C. BURGIEL brokethe GreatDrought of 1999,although CapeMay. 331Alpine Ct., Stanhope, NJ 07874 rainfall remainedlight throughNov. The In the mild Nov many late departure drought affected habitat available for recordswere exceeded: e.g., E. Wood-Pewee DAVID A. CUTLER migratingwaders and the food supplyfor 22 Nov at Rochester(DT), Red-eyedVireo 1003Livezey Lane, Philadelphia, PA19119 birdpopulations in general.While observers 13 Nov at Rochester(DS, G. Chapin), agreedon conefailure in the north,contra- BlackpollWarbler banded 20 Oct at Kaiser- roughtmarked punctuatedthis season. by Hurricanetwo hurricanes Dennis dictory information arrived about the Manitou(R. McKinney),Orchard Oriole 14 stalledwell offshore, dwindling to a Tropical droughtsimpact on fruit andseeds. Oct at Union Beach, Monmouth, NJ (T. Stormbefore passing ne. 6-7 Sep.It beached The migrationwas spectacularat mo- Boyle).N. Goshawks,Rough-legged Hawks, tubenoses(induding Pennsylvania'sfirst mentsalong shorelines, more ordinary else- SnowyOwls, winter finches,bark-gleaners documented Greater Shearwater)and off- where. Observers on the L. Ontario flood- and N. Shrikesstaged limited invasions. shore migrants (jaegers,Am. Golden- plainwere "awed by the numbersand vari- Notable rarities included Western Grebe, plovers,Hudsonian Godwits, phalaropes, ety of passefines"through Sep (WS). On multipleWhite-faced Storm-Petrels, Wood BlackTerns). Hurricane Floyd also weak- 6-7 Nov an immense cold front unleashed a Stork,Red-necked Stint, Say's Phoebe, Cave enedas it crossedL.I. duringthe night of tide of migrantson LongIsland and Cape Swallows,and Townsend'sSolitaire. As for 16-17 Sep.Its principalimpact was exten- May. Diurnal migrants dominated this regular species,significant long-running sive flood damagein Pennsylvania,New event.On LongIsland's biggest day, 7 Nov, data come from the Hamlin Beach lake- Jersey,and the Adirondacks.By dawnthe upwardsof a million robins,tens of thou- watch on L. Ontario (BE) and the seawatch cold front that had helpedweaken it was sandsof goldfinchesand blackbirdsand at Avalon,NJ (CW), a dozen hawkwatches, alreadyarriving on howlingnw. winds, leav- hundreds of Pine Siskins and crossbills and severalbanding stations. We regretnot ing little pelagicfallout (see Sooty, Bridled, movedsouthwest (AW). In Cumberland,NJ, hearingfrom someothers. SandwichTerns). These storms bottled up on the morningof 6 Nov,millions of robins migrantsthat the followingcold fronts then andthousands of blackbirds,waxwings, and Abbreviations:Avalon (seawatch n. of Cape released.September 1 lth broughtthe first bluebirdsfollowed Delaware Bay southeast May,NJ); Bombay Hook (Bornbay Hook N. W.R., Broad-wingedHawk flight and abundant (R. Barber).They reachedCape May that near Smyrna,DE); Brig (BrigantineUnit, passerines(27 speciesof warblersat Cape evening,estimated at a million-and-quarter EdwardP. Forsythe N.W.R., Atlantic N J); Chazy May).On theheels of Floyd18-19 Sep came Am. Robins,75,000 Am. Goldfinches,2,000 riverlands(L. Champlain shore around Chazy VOLUME54 (ZOO0h NUMBER1 31 Rivermouths, Clinton, NY),' Conejohela Flats visitorto Chester,PA, continued into Aug (P. (SusquehannaR. at WashingtonBoro, Hudock et al.). Others far afield included Lancaster,PA); Derby Hill (hawkwatch at se. two at Montezuma 31 Aug-ll Sep (G. comer L. Ontario,Mexico, Oswego,NY); Kloppelet al.) and one late at Biddlecum HamlinBeach (state park on L. Ontario, Pond,Schroeppel Twp., Oswego, NY, 16-18 Monroe, NY); lamaicaBay (JamaicaBay Oct (R. Knightet al.).An imm.Wood Stork IMIdlifeRef., New YorkCity); Johnson sod farm at Old Tappan,Bergen, Jul-Aug (ph. A. (Salem/Cumberland, NJ); Kaiser-Manitou Pochek)was New lersey'seighth and the (bandingstation w. of Rochester,NY); /.I. first outside Cape May. Ever-expanding (LongIsland, NY); Montezuma(Montezuma Black Vultures established a new record of N.W.R.,n. of L. Cayuga,Seneca, NY); NJBRC 80 passingHawk Mt., 56 of them 31 Oct, (NewJersey B/rd Records Corn.); NYSARC (New while a kettle of 16 on 25 Oct at Mt. Peter, York State Avian Records Corn.); PORC Orange,NY, continuedrecent fall numbers. (Pennsylvania Ornithological Records An explorerreached N. Chili, Monroe,NY, Committee). 22 Sep(tDT); theyvisit the L. Ontarioplain LOONS nearlyannually, mostly in spring. THROUGH STORM-PETRELS Oneof an amazingfive that appeared WATERFOWL THROUGH RAPTORS in the Regionduring late August/early Red-throatedLoons passed Hamlin Beach September1 ggg was this White-faced widespread,with aboutsix scattered across lakewatchabundantly again, peaking at Storm-Petrelat HudsonCanyon (off Hew 2,206 on 18 Nov (BE, DT). Mysteriously, Jersey)28 Aug. Photograph/AlanBrady upstateNew Yorkand threeon L.I. The rare most were westbound. A Pac. Loon at Peace blue-morphRoss's Goose was identified at ValleyPark, Bucks, PA 8-9 Nov (ph ABr,AM an hour (ph. J. Passie,fide J. Ash). Off BombayHook 14 Nov (FR). B.c. hutchinsii et al.) providedthe fourth state record Delaware,another skipper reported two 11 CanadaGeese built to an unprecedented32 pendingPORC approval;a well-seenflyby Sep,40 to 45 milese. of FenwickI., and one at IroquoisN.W.R., Genesee-Orleans,NY, 13 at Avalon20 Nov (CW, K. Eckert,B. Russell) 13Sep a littlefarther n. alongthe 30-fathom Nov (M. Morgante).The onlyTufted Duck has been referred to the NJRBC. Horned line (P.Floyd, K. Smith,fide AH). Duringa was a female at Pt. Pleasant,Ocean, NJ, 20 Grebesset a daily recordof 347 passing lengthyquest for tuna 19Sep, Brady report- Nov+ (D. Harrison, E. Obercian, m.ob.). Hamlin Beachlakewatch 4 Nov (BE, DT), ed Band-rumped Storm-Petrelsat each South of accustomedL.I. sites (Montauk, but off Atlanticbeaches they werearriving locationwhere fish and whales were present. JonesInlet), a notable 18-20 Harlequin onlyat seasonsend. The region'sonly Eared From s. of Hudson Canyon to below Ducksgathered at Barnegat,Ocean, N! and Grebevisited Glen Morgan L., Berks,PA, SpenserCanyon (39030' N), then n. to a male reached Indian R. Inlet, DE, at the 13-17 Nov (K. Lebo). Much rarer was the Lendenkohl and to Carteret and Toms end of Nov (MG, APE). Avalon'stotal of W. Grebedescribed at Youngstown,Niagara, Canyons,he encounteredstretches of 532,667scoters (roughly 40% Surf, 60% NY, 27 Nov (tD. Ford); the statehas fewer Sargassum,water temperatures to 75øF,and Black,few White-winged) was the highest in than 20 reportsof Aechmophorus. +20 Band-rumpeds,exceeding any prior the seawatch'sseven years. A N. Fulmar,rarely seenfrom shore Regionalreport. We thankthe followinghawkwatches for nowadays,was off MontaukPt., L.I., 27 Nov data: Mount Peter, Orange,NY (Judith FRIGATEBIRDS (HMcG, ABa, B. Kane, P. St. John). After Cinquina);Hook Mt., Rockland,NY (Vince Dennis passed far offshore, a Greater THROUGH VULTURES Plogar);Fire Is., L.I. (Drew Panko);Central Shearwaterwas retrieved in a parkinglot in A frigatebird,presumed Magnificent, flew Park, NYC (Bob DeCandido);Chimney Richmond Twp., Berks,PA, 10 Sep (S. out to seaover TobayPond, L.I., 26 Sep Rock,Somerset, NI (ChrisAquila); Picatinny Montagner)and taken to a rehab center (A.&K. Ott). Great Egretsgather in ever Arsenal,Morris, NI (SusanSimovich); Hawk where it died (S. Weidensaul,*Reading greater late-summerconcentrations up- Mt., Berks,PA (CraigFosdick); Militia Hill, Public Museum). In addition to common country;e.g., 68 on the SusquehannaR. 24 Fort Washington,PA (MaryleeKlauder); tubenosesoff Cape May were two Manx Aug at the W. FairviewBoat Launch oppo- CapeMay, NJ (Dave Hedeen,Vince Elia); Shearwaters6 Sep and an Audubon's site Harrisburg.The BombayHook Little and Cape Henlopen,DE (CB). Ospreys, Shearwater7 Sep. Another Audubon's Egretwas last reported 14 Aug,as it lostits after severalflat years,broke recordsat washedup thereand two wereless surpris- distinctiveplume (P. Saenger,KK). Among Picatinny(296) and Chimney Rock (945). A ing a! HudsonCanyon 28 Aug (AG, TWB, many wanderingherons, single Tricolored Swallow-tailedKite was reported near SF, MB et al.). After Floyd, a Sooty Heronswere noteworthy at the Conejohela Quarryville, Lancaster,PA 26 Aug (C. Shearwaterand a Manx/Audubon's-type Flats8 Aug,at Montezuma5 Jul-8Aug (K. Alexander).Bald Eaglesbroke recordsat shearwater was in the lower Delaware R. at Rosenberget al.) and late 11 Sep at many watches.Even venerableHawk Mt., Artificial I., Salem,NJ (WD). BraddockBay, Monroe,NY (DS). An ad. predatingthe DDT era,had its third-highest White-facedStorm-Petrels appeared in White Ibis at Whitesbogs1 Aug (LL) was totalever (167), 30 of them17 Sep following unprecedentednumbers. One was pho- onlythe secondfor Burlington,NI. HurricaneFloyd. The sameperiod saw six tographed(ABr) andvidetaped (SF) 28 Aug GlossyIbises disperse n. fromtheir new overCentral Park 18 Sepand six overMr. nearHudson Canyon (m.ob.). After Dennis, northernoutpost on FourBrothers Is. in L. Peter19 Sep.Cooper's Hawks continue to on 9 Sep,one bird