Middle Atlantic Coast

Hudson-DelawareMiddle Atlantic Coastnumbers in the L. Oneida Basin.The southernmost explorers reached only the Finger Lakes and the mid-Hudson valley, however.Having nested abundantly in the Adirondacks for two years, White-winged Crossbills were ready to spill into the lowlands when the cone crop failed.They are the likely origin of small flocks that hurried down the outer beaches and along interior ridges in late Oct and then disappeared, probably finding little food.The best places for them were Long I. barrier beaches (24 at Jones Beach 31 Oct; JF), Hawk Mt. (41 total, maximum 10 on 3 & 16 Nov), and Cape May (about 40 total for the season, fide PL).Only a handful reached interior lowlands, and the s.limits were Bucks, PA and S. Bethany Beach, DE 13 Nov (Lorraine Logan).Red Crossbills followed a different nomadic pattern.Totally absent from the Adirondacks, they were limited elsewhere in New York to a sprinkling in the Oneida L. basin and on Long I.Only s.New Jersey had numbers-e.g., 60 around Cape May 11 Nov, with many more over the remainder of the month and later there.The only inland report was one at L. Nockamixon S. E, Bucks, PA 6 Nov (AM).At Cape May, several forms seemed to be involved, suggesting w. origins.Common Redpolls, numerous on L. Ontario, ranged to Hawk Mt. (12; maximum 5 on 6 Nov) and down the coast as far as cen.Delaware.Pine Siskins, American Goldfinches, and Purple Finches mounted real invasions, though the latter were still below historic levels.Evening Grosbeaks, despite having bred in the Adirondacks last summer, remained a faint echo of the past.The largest of a dozen lowland reports were 24 at Hummelstown, Dauphin, PA 12 Nov (Jan Getgood) and 10 at Villas, Cape May, N130 Oct (D. Dowdell). EXOTICSUp to 6 Eurasian Collared-Doves hung around Selby, DE (Irene Goverts, m. ob., ph.Chip Krilowicz), near the Maryland border, where the first state record was established in 1998.Ringed Turtle-Doves, a feral form sold by pet dealers, have also been reported in Delaware, so Streptopelia doves need careful scrutiny.A Serin was photographed 29 Sep at Fort Tilden, Brooklyn, NY (Steve Nanz).As a popular cage bird, it is presumed an escapee.Even so, having spread massively westward across Europe this century (like Eurasian Collared-Doves), Serins are a potential candidate for natural vagrancy.

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