discrepancies over published locations have been resolved

8/14/2019 Discrepancies Over Published Locations Have Been Resolved

1/21

Species

Wandering Albatross FL

Wandering Albatross 188505XX FL

19130801

Yellow-nosed Albatross 1928-prior to [PCD] NL

Yellow-nosed Albatross ME

Albatross species ME

19481107 NY

Black-browed Albatross 19561112

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19580713 FL


Yellow-nosed Albatross 19600529 NYYellow-nosed Albatross 19610815 QC/NL/NB/NS?

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19640512 ME

Albatross species 19670604 NJ

Dateyyyymmdd

St /Prov /Terr /Island

XXXX[prior to 1884? PCD]

Yellow-nosed Albatross[originally recorded as "Pink-footedAlbatross" which was lumped withYellow-nosed by the AOU in 1944. PCD]

18850820[some authors (e.g., Murphy1936 and Bull 1961)erroneously state "Sep 1884"PCD]

QC[referred to byMurphy (1936)as "Labrador";see Bull 1960.PCD]

Yellow-nosed Albatross[originally recorded as "Pink-footedAlbatross" which was lumped withYellow-nosed by the AOU in 1944. PCD]

NBME

19340723("found a few days previousto 7/23")

1934XX - summer[year is ambiguous due to apoorly constructed sentenceby Norton; I agree with Postthat the year is 1934 ratherthan 1913. PCD]

Diomedea species

MQ[Martinique]

19600321[Palmer incorrectly reportedthis date as 05/21, which wasrepeated in Bourne as twosightings on 03/21 and 05/21.Only 03/21 is described.PCD]


2/21

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19680712 NS

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19700509 LA

Albatross species 19700814 NS

19700907 NH

Albatross species 197010?? NH

1970s-early NJ

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19710507 MA

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19710608 NY

19710925 NH

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19720514 TX

Black-browed Albatross 19720628 MA

Albatross species 197206XX NJ

19720702 MA

Albatross species 19720713 MA

"Albatross-like" birds NJ

Black-browed Albatross 19720819 NC

"Albatross-sized" bird 19720819

"Albatrosslike" bird NJ

Albatross species 19730521 NY

Black-browed Albatross 19730527 NY

Black-browed Albatross 19730626 NS

Black-browed Albatross 19730705 NJ


Black-browed Albatross 19740913 FL

Albatross speces

[reported as Yellow-nosed?]

Yellow-nosed Albatrossand/orBlack-browed Albatross

Albatross speciesfirst reported as Yellow-nosed?; laterchanged to Black-browed Albatross

Diomedea species

197207XX["mid July"]

NS

ME

197208XX

["early August"]


3/21


Yellow-nosed Albatross 19750201 MD

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19750620 NL


19760623


MA

19760801 NH and ME

Black-browed Albatross 19760801 NH



Yellow-nosed Albatross 19760821 RI


Yellow-nosed Albatross 197610XX NC

Albatross species 19761128 TX

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19780417 NC


Black-browed Albatross 19780528 ME

Yellow-nosed Albatross 197810XX NC

Albatross species 197905XX RI

Albatross species 19790707 RI

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19790730 NL

Albatross species 19790816 NB or NS


Diomedea speciesBM[Bermuda]

Diomedea species[reported as Black-browed]

19760724[recorded on MARC webdatabase as 07/25. PCD]

Black-browed Albatross[reported as Albatross - Black-browed?]


4/21

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19791203

Black-browed Albatross RI

Black-browed Albatross 19800715 NL

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19801024 NH

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19811128 VA

19820502




Albatross species 19851222 NC



Black-browed Albatross PE

19890101 DE

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19890108 NJ






Yellow-nosed Albatross 19930524 NB

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19930620 NB

19931004 & 07 MA

VAMD

198006XX("early June")

Albatross species["thought to be Black-browed"]

MA[statedesignationmay be

equivocal]

PM[St. Pierre &Miquelon]

1988 - 2008["within the last 20 years" - D.Seeler pers. comm. 2008]Summer season (01 Jun - 15Aug)

Albatross species[reported as Yellow-nosed]

Albatross species[reported as Yellow-nosed]


5/21

19940508 NY

19950105 FL


Black-browed Albatross 19960527 NY

19960921




Yellow-nosed Albatross 19971228 NH



19990106 FL

Black-browed Albatross 19990206 VA




Yellow-nosed Albatross MA

Yellow-nosed Albatross NY

20000511 MD

Yellow-nosed Albatross NJ

Albatross species 20000527 NJ

RI

Yellow-nosed Albatross MA

Diomedea species[submitted as Yellow-nosed]

Diomedea species[reported as Yellow-nosed]

Diomedea species[submitted as Black-browed]

MA[probably MAwaters]

BA[Bahamas]

BA[Bahamas]

Diomedea species[submitted as Yellow-nosed]

20000509

1145h

200005091730h[reported as 05/15 by Laux2000b and Burgiel et al.2000. PCD]

Yellow-nosed Albatross[I believe this to be an albatross sp.PCD]

20000521-23[presumed to be the samebird PCD]

Yellow-nosed Albatross[however, RIBRC decision leaves openthe possibility of Albatross, sp. PCD]

200006041430 h

200006051100 h


6/21

Albatross species 20000618 NY

Yellow-nosed Albatross 20000710 CT



20030829 MA


20040317 VA


Black-browed Albatross 200406?? NL

Black-browed Albatross 200406?? NL








NH

NH




Yellow-nosed Albatross 20060921 LA

Albatross species[submitted as Yellow-nosed]

Albatross species

[submitted as Black-browed]


200606062 pm


200606063 pm

20060716-20[last date was 7/20 ratherthen 7/19 as published inPetersen]


7/21

Yellow-nosed Albatross 20070428



Yellow-nosed Albatross 20070716-20 ME


ME[unsure if thisalso qualifies asa MA recordsince the birdwas transported

andsubsequentlydied in MA?PCD]


8/21

Location #Birds / Age

Tampa Bay 1

1

near mouth of Moisie River on the north shore of the St. Lawrence Gulf

1 adult

unknown 1

among sedges by a brook, about 40 miles inland at East Freyburg, Oxford County 1 adult

1

Jones Beach, Long Island 1

off Vauclin 1

about 20 miles off New Smyrna Beach [18 miles se of Turtle Mound], Brevard County 1 adult

off Monhegan Island, Monhegan Township, Lincoln County 1

3 km south of Jones Beach State Park, Long Island, Nassau County 1 adultGulf of St. Lawrence 5 [!]

nine miles southeast of Monhegan Island, Monhegan Township, Lincoln County 1

off Cape May 1

Ward's Bank, mouth of the St. Johns River, twenty miles south of Jacksonville, DuvalCounty

1 imm

taken near Machias Seal Island, Machias Bay, Washington County [ME]off Grand Manan Island; near the mouth of the Bay of Fundy [NB][very likely occurred in both ME and NB waters - see Murphy (1922)]

Cod LedgesCasco Bay, Cumberland County [stated by Palmer]


9/21

1

flying above the breakers, a few miles west of Holly Beach, Cameron Parish 1 adult

1

Old Scantum Ledge, 7 mi. SE of Isle of Shoals 1

"inside Shoals" 1

from the New York Bight, especially at or near Hudson Canyon

off Bird Island, Buzzard's Bay, off Marion 1 subadult

on the beach, Gardiner's Island, Long Island, Suffolk County 1 adult

7 miles E of Hampton Harbor 1

1

seen from shore at Bird Island in Buzzard's Bay, Marion County 2 prob sub-adults

Hudson Canyon, far offshore several

off Gay Head on Marthas Vineyard 1

Martha's Vineyard 1

seen flying 100 miles east of Manasquan Inlet 2

48 mi south of Morehead City 2

1

45 miles east-southwest of Manasquan 2

flying across the Belt Parkway at Gravesend Bay at the Narrows, Brooklyn, NY 1

Hudson Canyon 1

about 55 mi. from North Sydney, NS, along the ferry route to Argentia, NL 1 near adult

from a party fishing boat, 5 mi offshore of Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey 1 adult

seen from the ferry between Hyannis and Nantucket, in Nantucket Sound 1 subadult

21 miles off Cape Canaveral, Brevard County 1

from MV Bluenose 50 km off Yarmouth

skimming through Petit Passage, the narrow strait between Long Island [NS] and thepeninsula of Digby Neck

several single birdsightings

South Padre Island jetties, Padre Island National Seashore, Cameron County[previous discrepancies over published locations have been resolved (M Lockwoodpers. comm. 2008); the above information is correct; Nueces County is incorrect. PCD]

on the water seen from the "Bluenose" ferry between Bar Harbor, ME, and Yarmouth,NS


10/21

from shore at Cape May Point

off Baccalieu Island 1

Cultivator Shoals, NW Georges Bank 1 adult

Checkerboard, Spittal Pond 1

18 miles east of Rockport at Jeffrey's Ledge 1 adult

flying over the Plum Island causeway 30 km east of Newburyport harbor 1

inshore of the Isle of Shoals, Rockingham County, aboard the M/V Atlantic Queen 1

1

Croton Bay, Croton Point. Westchester County 1 adult

1 subadult

found 4 mi west of Port Mansfield, South Padre Island, Willacy County 1 adult

offshore Oregon Inlet 1

aboard an oil production platform in the Gulf of Mexico 75 mi. S 25E of Galveston, Tex 1

59 km SE of Oregon Inlet, Dare County 1 adult

1

off Lumbo Ledge, 3 mi e.s.e. of Bailey Island 1 adult

offshore Oregon Inlet 1

in the area of Cox's Ledge 1

about 11 miles east of Block Island's southeast lighthouse 1

1

seen between Grand Manan, NB, and Yarmouth, NS 1

1 subadult

2 birds: 1 adult and1 imm

Baltimore Canyon, 90 km east of Ocean City[38d 19mN73d 52mW]

1 sub- to near-adult

20 miles off Rye, NH at location called "Old Scantum" aboard M/V Atlantic Queen[Finch: "12 miles east of Hampton"]

70 km west of Yarmouth, observed from the Bluenose ferry1 adult or near-

adult

Cox's Ledge, a submarine plateau and fishing ground ca. 65 km (40 mi) eastsoutheastof Montauk Point, LI, NY, and partly in MA and partly in Rl waters

37 mi SE of Oregon Inlet

from the CN ferry Marine Cruise approximately 2 h from Argentia

Cox's Ledge, a submarine plateau and fishing ground ca. 65 km (40 mi) eastsoutheastof Montauk Point, LI, NY, and partly in MA and partly in Rl waters


11/21

1 imm or sub adult

on Cox's Ledge (eastern side) 1

1

Scantum Basin, near S. end of Jeffries Ledge; LORAN A location: 44357, 13639 1 imm

from the shoreline of Back Bay NWR 1

s.e. corner of George's Bank 1 adult

near St. Marks Light, St. Marks NWR 1

from the ferry in Cabot Strait, 50 km NE of Sydney 1

1

1 imm

from the Cabot Strait Ferry 1

Cabot Strait, seen from the Sydney, NS to Argentia, NL ferry 1

unknown 1

from Cape Henlopen 2

Belmar 1

Two miles west of Seal Island 1

Seal Island 1

Manasquan Inlet, Monmouth County 1

1

Key Largo, Monroe County 1 subadult

1 adult

off New Brunswick 1 adult

off Gay Head on Marthas Vineyard 1-2

Atlantic Ocean38-01N, 74-04W, approximately 88 km east of the MD-VA line.

off the southwest coast of [NL] during a ferry crossing from North Sydney, Nova Scotiato Argentia, Newfoundland

in North Carolina waters35+E12038N, 7456W

from the Bluenose ferry, about 20 minutes south of Yarmouth

circling over the mouth of Halls Creek, Dieppe/Moncton; Westmoreland County;eventually heading south down the Petitcodiac River


12/21

1

1

off Port O'Connor, Calhoun County 1

1 adult

off South Beach from Morris Island, Chatham, Barnstable County 1 imm

from the shore on the Outer Banks at Whalebone, Dare County 1

San Jose Island, Aransas County 1

Conception Island 1

44 Jacuith Road, Hancock 2

off Exuma 1

21 miles southeast of Fire Island Inlet, Suffolk County 1 or 2

Lake Worth Pier, Palm Beach County 1

65 nmi off Virginia Beach at Norfolk Canyon 1 imm

seen near Matinicus Rock in outer Penobscot Bay, Criehaven Township, Knox County 1 adult

Three miles off Avon/Salvo 1 subadult

northeastern Gulf of Mexico, about 50 km west of Tarpon Springs, Pinellas County 1

1 adult

1 adult

1

1 adult

Manasquan Inlet, Ocean County 1

1

1 adult

flying over Crown Point Peninsula, 2 mi. se of Port Henry, Lake Champlain, Moriah,Essex County

152 metersfrom east end of Lake Worth Pier, Palm Beach County

over the Atlantic Ocean off Tobay Beach, Jones Beach, Hempstead, Long Island,Nassau County

Penikese Island, one of the westernmost of the Elizabeth Islands, Buzzards Bay (just n.of Martha's Vineyard), Dukes County

Robbins Rest, 7 km east of Fire Island Lighthouse, Fire Island National Seashore, LongIsland, Suffolk County

in flight and on the water (20-30 ft away) at Assateague Island, National Seashore,Berlin, Worcester County

5/21: Garden State Parkway, south of Shellbay Landing, Cape May Courthouse, CapeMay County5/23: Delaware Bay Shore, Reeds Beach and Highs Beach, Goshen, Cape May County

over the woods and shoreline at South Kingston, Trustom Pond National WildlifeRefuge, Washington Co., along RI's south coast

Tom Nevers Head, on the extreme southeastern corner of Nantucket Island, DukesCounty


13/21

29 km southeast of Fire Island Inlet 1 unaged

1

Green Hill 1

First Encounter Beach, Cape Cod Bay, Eastham, Barnstable County 1

Nahant Bay, Essex County 1

about 50m east of Port Isabel, off South Padre Island; Cameron County 1 adult

off Virginia Beach 1

flying over Cape Hatteras Point, Dare County 1

60-80 miles off Black Tickle on the south Labrador coast 1

1

6 miles south of Pensacola Beach, Escambia County 1

Tuckernuck Island, Nantucket County 1 adult

flying eastward past the s. end of South Monomoy Island, Chatham, Barnstable County 1

Atlantic Ocean 26.8 miles ESE of Ocean City Inlet, 3 miles NE of "Jackspot." 1

on the beach at Cape Hatteras Point 1

Barnstable, Sandy Neck, Barnstable County 1 adult

Rockport, Andrews Point, Essex County 1 adult

south side of Great Boars Head, Hampton Beach 1 adult

between Plaice Cove and Little Boars Head Beach, Hampton, Rockingham County 1 adult

North Padre Island, Kenedy/Willacy Counties 1

over the Royal River Boat Yard, from Hiway 295, Yarmouth, Cumberland County 1 adult

Stratton Island, Old Orchard Beach, in Saco Bay, York County 1

at Holly Beach, Cameron Parish 1

seen from a moving automobile as the bird crossed the 1-95 bridge over the HousatonicRiver between the towns of Stratford and Milford

off Cartwright, Labrador, the same coastal area where the Black Tickle bird wasphotographed


14/21

1

1

Yarmouth, Cumberland County 1

Old Orchard Beach, Stratton Island, York County 1

Assateague Island, Off Road Vehicle Zone 1

found wrecked at Cape Neddick in York, York County(rehabbed, released and recaptured several times in MA 20 May - 26 Jun beforeexpiring)

in the open Atlantic Ocean due south of Liverpool43.325N 64.734W


15/21

Status / Documentation

specimen

sight report

feather specimen

sight record

sight report[s]

specimen referenced but never producedconsidered to be "hypothetical" per Stevenson and Anderson

(1994)sight reportconsidered to be "hypothetical" per Howell (1932)

specimenoriginally deposited in the Sminaire de Qubecnow held at the Muse de la civilisationMCQ #1995.2760

specimen[hypothetical per Austin; accidental per Peters and Burleigh]

specimenPortland Society of Natural History[collection dispersed; probably no longer extant PCD]

specimencollection???#???

sight recordsketchAccepted by ME-BRC

photograph

[recognized by NYSARC - see Andrle 1996]

sight recordsketchAccepted byME-BRC

sight reporthypothetical[per Leck]


16/21

sight record

sight record

sight record

sight record

sight reports

sight record

sight report

sight report

sight report

sight report

sight report

sight report

photographAccepted by LBRC

sketchAccepted by MARC

sight record[never submitted to NYSARC for review, contra Finnegan]

sight record[Finnegan reported that a specimen exists, but this is notcorrect (M. Lockwood pers. comm. 2008) PCD]Accepted by TBRC

sight recordNot reviewed by MARC

sight reportshypothetical[per Leck]

sight report["questionable" per Veit"]

sight recordAccepted by NCBRC

sight report["questionable" per Veit"]

sight report[not submitted to NYSARC]

sight reportAccepted by MARC

sight report[Mlodinow reports this as rejected, but this sighting was notreviewed by FOSRC per Kratter (pers. comm. 2008). PCD]


17/21

sight record

sight record

Sight report

Sight report

sight record

sight record

sight report

sight report

sight report

sight record

photograph

sight reportpublished in Leck[Mlodinow says this was rejected by the NJBRC; however, thissight report predated the NJBRC who subsequentlyconsidered it to be undocumented and not actionable [Larson(pers. comm. 2008).] PCD]

photographAccepted by MD/DCRC

sight reportsingle observer sighting - notes and sketchesconsidered hypothetical by Amos

sight recordAccepted by MARC

sight recordAccepted by MARC as genus only

sight record(post Hurricane Belle)Accepted by NYSARC

specimenU.T. Pan American collection (no specimen #)Accepted by TBRC

sight reportNot Accepted by NCBRC

sight report[Not reviewed by TRBC]



sight record[currently considered hypothetical by ME-BRC; yet to be

reviewed]sight reportNot Accepted by NCBRC


18/21

sight report

sight report

sight record

photograph

sight record

sight report

sight record

hypothetical

sight report

sight report

photograph

sight record

specimen

sight record

sight recordAccepted by VARCOMVARCOM status: previously "Hypothetical" (Kain) - only due tolack of specimen or photo for 1st state record; now "accepted"(Cat 2) per Rottenborn and BrinkleyMD/DCRC status: not yet reviewed - documentation justlocated (P Davis, pers. comm. 2008)

sight recordhypothetical - per Godfrey]

sight recordhypothetical - per VARC; only due to no specimen or photo for1st state record

sight reportunpublished anectodalhypothetical (Etcheberry pers. comm. 2008)


sight reportsketches[89th CBC - Cape Henlopen-Prime Hook, DE; not published inCBC results [in AB 43(4):770-771. PCD]Not Accepted by DRBC

sight recordpreviously accepted but reversed in 2008 to "Not Accepted" by

NJBRC

photographs("two slightly distant black-and-white shots)

videotapedAccepted by MARC as Albatross species


19/21

Accepted by NYSARC as genus

sight record

Not Accepted by NHBRC

Sight report

sight reportNot Accepted by TBRC

sight reportNot Accepted by NYSARC

sight reportAccepted as Diomedea species


specimenAccepted by TBRC

sight recordconsidered to be unsubtantiated by White

sight recordconsidered to be unsubtantiated by White

sight reportNot Accepted by NYSARC

sight reportAccepted by FOSRC as genus only

photographAccepted-Cat 1

video and photosME-BRC status: in circulation

photographAccepted by NCBRC

photograph

Accepted by FOSRC

photographAccepted by MARC

photograph[never submitted to NYSARC]

sight recordsketchesNot Accepted by MD/DCRC

photographedAccepted by NJBRC

sight reportRejected by RIBRC

sight reportNot Accepted by MARC


20/21

sight report

sight report

Not Accepted by NYSARC

sight recordNot Accepted by ARCC

sight report

Rejected by RIBRCsight reportAccepted by MARC

sight reportAccepted by MARC as Albatross species

photographAccepted by TBRC

sight recordAccepted by VARCOM as Cat2 - Albatross species


photographed close, sitting on the water, by a fisherman

[Copy of image provided to PCD]

sight reportNot Accepted by FOSRC

photographsAccepted by MARC

sight report[Not formally submitted to MARC]

sight reportby an experienced birder[Not yet reviewed by the MD/DCRC]




sight reportAccepted by NHBRC

sight reportAccepted by NHBRC

sight reportNot Accepted by TBRC

sight report

[Not reviewed by ME-BRC]videotaped (vocalizing)photographedAccepted byME-BRC

sight recordsketches and noteshypothetical pending review by LBRC


21/21

recent report

specimenskull specimen being transferred to MCZ (#????)Accepted by

ME-BRC

sight report

submitted to NSBRC

sight report"possible" sighting

photographedAccepted byME-BRC

discrepancies over published locations have been resolved

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