Assateague Island Lehman Arnold

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St /
Prov / Wandering Yellow-nosed Black-browed Grand
Albatross sp
Terr / Albatross Albatross Alabtross Total
Island
Accepted Hypothetical Not Accepted Tot Accepted Hypothetical Not Accepted Tot Accepted Hypothetical Not Accepted Tot Accepted Hypothetical Not Accepted Tot
NL 0 1 2 3 1 2 3 0 6
QC 0 1 1 0 0 1
PM 0 0 1 1 0 1
PE 0 0 1 1 0 1
NS 0 1 5 6 4 4 1 1 12
NB/NS 0 0 0 1 1 1
NB 0 1 1 2 0 0 2
NB/ME 0 1 1 0 0 1
NS/ME 0 0 0 1 1 1
QC/NL/NB/NS? 0 5 5 0 0 5
ME 0 7 2 9 1 1 1 1 11
NH 0 3 3 2 2 2 3 5 10
MA 0 6 2 1 9 2 2 4 4 3 7 20
RI 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 3 3 7
CT 0 1 1 0 0 1
NY 0 3 1 1 5 1 1 2 2 1 1 4 11
NY/NJ 0 0 0 0 0
NJ 0 1 1 2 2 1 3 9 9 14
DE 0 0 0 2 2 2
MD 0 1 2 1 4 0 0 4
MD/VA 0 1 1 0 0 1
VA 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3
NC 0 3 5 8 2 2 1 1 11
SC 0 0 0 0 0
GA 0 0 0 0 0
FL 2 2 3 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 2 10
AL 0 0 0 0 0
MS 0 0 0 0 0
LA 0 1 1 2 0 0 2
TX 0 4 2 6 0 1 1 7
Bermuda (BM) 0 0 0 1 1 1
Bahamas (BA) 0 0 2 2 0 2
Martinque (MQ) 0 0 1 1 0 1
Total 0 2 0 2 36 28 13 77 7 19 3 29 16 20 4 40 149
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Wandering Yellow-nosed Black-browed

Year Albatross sp Total
Albatross Albatross Alabtross
unknown 0 0 1 1 0 1
<1884 1 1 0 0 0 1
1885 1 1 1 1 0 0 2
1913 0 1 1 0 0 1
<1928 0 1 1 0 0 1
1934 0 1 1 0 1 1 2
1948 0 0 0 1 1 1
1956 0 0 1 1 0 1
1958 0 1 1 0 0 1
1960 0 2 2 0 0 2
1961 0 5 5 0 0 5
1964 0 1 1 0 0 1
1967 0 0 0 1 1 1
1968 0 1 1 0 0 1
1970 0 1 1 0 4 4 5
1971 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 3
1972 0 1 1 2 2 4 9 9 14
1973 0 0 1 3 4 1 1 5
1974 0 0 3 3 0 3
1975 0 1 1 2 0 0 2
1976 0 2 3 1 6 1 2 3 1 2 3 12
1978 0 3 3 1 1 1 1 5
1979 0 2 1 3 0 2 2 5
1980 0 1 1 2 2 0 3
1981 0 1 1 0 0 1
1982 0 1 1 0 1 1 2
1983 0 0 1 1 0 1
1985 0 0 1 1 1 1 2
1986 0 0 1 1 0 1
1987 0 1 1 0 0 1
1989 0 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 6
1991 0 0 1 1 0 1
1992 0 1 1 0 0 1
1993 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 3
1994 0 0 0 1 1 1
1995 0 1 1 0 1 1 2
1996 0 0 1 1 1 1 2
1997 0 1 2 1 4 1 1 0 5
1998 0 1 1 1 1 0 2
1999 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3
2000 0 5 3 8 0 2 1 3 11
2001 0 1 1 0 0 1
2003 0 2 2 0 1 1 3
2004 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 4
2005 0 1 2 3 0 0 3
2006 0 4 2 1 7 0 2 2 9
2007 0 2 2 4 0 0 4
2008 0 1 1 0 0 1
2009 0 1 1 0 0 1
Total 0 2 0 2 36 28 13 77 7 21 2 30 10 26 4 40 149
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Wandering Yellow-nosed Black-browed

Month Albatross sp Total
Albatross Albatross Alabtross
Jan 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 4 6
Feb 0 2 2 1 1 0 3
Mar 0 1 1 0 1 1 2
Apr 0 3 3 6 0 0 6
May 1 1 14 3 1 18 2 1 3 1 4 5 27
Jun 0 3 8 3 14 1 7 8 1 5 1 7 29
Jul 0 6 3 2 11 1 4 5 1 5 6 22
Aug 0 4 8 12 2 3 5 1 5 6 23
Sep 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 6
Oct 0 2 1 3 6 2 1 3 1 3 4 13
Nov 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4
Dec 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 4
(unknown) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4
Total 0 2 0 2 37 28 13 78 7 21 2 30 9 26 4 39 149
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St /
Date Prov /
Species Location #Birds / Age Status / Documentation
yyyymmdd Terr /
Island
specimen referenced but never produced
XXXX
Wandering Albatross FL Tampa Bay 1 considered to be "hypothetical" per Stevenson and Anderson
[prior to 1884? PCD]
(1994)
Ward's Bank, mouth of the St. Johns River, twenty miles south of Jacksonville, Duval sight report
Wandering Albatross 188505XX FL 1
County considered to be "hypothetical" per Howell (1932)
QC
18850820
Yellow-nosed Albatross [referred to by specimen
[some authors (e.g., Murphy
[originally recorded as "Pink-footed Murphy (1936) originally deposited in the Séminaire de Québec
1936 and Bull 1961) near mouth of Moisie River on the north shore of the St. Lawrence Gulf 1 imm
Albatross" which was lumped with as "Labrador"; now held at the Musée de la civilisation
erroneously state "Sep 1884"
Yellow-nosed by the AOU in 1944. PCD] see Bull 1960. MCQ #1995.2760
PCD]
PCD]
Yellow-nosed Albatross
taken near Machias Seal Island, Machias Bay, Washington County [ME]
[originally recorded as "Pink-footed NB
19130801 off Grand Manan Island; near the mouth of the Bay of Fundy [NB] 1 adult specimen
Albatross" which was lumped with ME
[very likely occurred in both ME and NB waters - see Murphy (1922)]
Yellow-nosed by the AOU in 1944. PCD]
specimen
Yellow-nosed Albatross 1928-prior to [PCD] NL unknown 1
[hypothetical per Austin; accidental per Peters and Burleigh]
19340723 specimen
Yellow-nosed Albatross ("found a few days previous ME among sedges by a brook, about 40 miles inland at East Freyburg, Oxford County 1 adult Portland Society of Natural History
to 7/23") [collection dispersed; probably no longer extant PCD]
1934XX - summer
[year is ambiguous due to a
poorly constructed sentence Cod Ledges
Albatross species ME 1 sight report
by Norton; I agree with Post Casco Bay, Cumberland County [stated by Palmer]
that the year is 1934 rather
than 1913. PCD]
Diomedea species 19481107 NY Jones Beach, Long Island 1 feather specimen
specimen
MQ
Black-browed Albatross 19561112 off Vauclin 1 collection???
[Martinique]
#???
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19580713 FL about 20 miles off New Smyrna Beach [18 miles se of Turtle Mound], Brevard County 1 adult sight record
19600321
[Palmer incorrectly reported
this date as 05/21, which was sight record
Yellow-nosed Albatross repeated in Bourne as two ME off Monhegan Island, Monhegan Township, Lincoln County 1 sketch
sightings on 03/21 and 05/21. Accepted by ME-BRC
Only 03/21 is described.
PCD]
photograph
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19600529 NY 3 km south of Jones Beach State Park, Long Island, Nassau County 1 adult
[recognized by NYSARC - see Andrle 1996]
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19610815 QC/NL/NB/NS? Gulf of St. Lawrence 5 [!] sight report[s]
sight record
sketch
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19640512 ME nine miles southeast of Monhegan Island, Monhegan Township, Lincoln County 1
Accepted by
ME-BRC
sight report
Albatross species 19670604 NJ off Cape May 1 hypothetical
[per Leck]
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19680712 NS from MV Bluenose 50 km off Yarmouth 1 sight record
photograph
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19700509 LA flying above the breakers, a few miles west of Holly Beach, Cameron Parish 1 adult
Accepted by LBRC
skimming through Petit Passage, the narrow strait between Long Island [NS] and the
Albatross species 19700814 NS 1 sight record
peninsula of Digby Neck
Albatross speces
19700907 NH Old Scantum Ledge, 7 mi. SE of Isle of Shoals 1 sight record
[reported as Yellow-nosed?]
Albatross species 197010?? NH "inside Shoals" 1 sight record
several single bird
and/or 1970s-early NJ from the New York Bight, especially at or near Hudson Canyon sight reports
sightings
Black-browed Albatross
sketch
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19710507 MA off Bird Island, Buzzard's Bay, off Marion 1 subadult
Accepted by MARC
sight record
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19710608 NY on the beach, Gardiner's Island, Long Island, Suffolk County 1 adult
[never submitted to NYSARC for review, contra Finnegan]
Albatross species
first reported as Yellow-nosed?; later 19710925 NH 7 miles E of Hampton Harbor 1 sight record
changed to Black-browed Albatross
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sight record
South Padre Island jetties, Padre Island National Seashore, Cameron County
[Finnegan reported that a specimen exists, but this is not
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19720514 TX [previous discrepancies over published locations have been resolved (M Lockwood 1
correct (M. Lockwood pers. comm. 2008) PCD]
pers. comm. 2008); the above information is correct; Nueces County is incorrect. PCD]
Accepted by TBRC
sight record
Black-browed Albatross 19720628 MA seen from shore at Bird Island in Buzzard's Bay, Marion County 2 prob sub-adults
Not reviewed by MARC
sight reports
Albatross species 197206XX NJ Hudson Canyon, far offshore several hypothetical
[per Leck]
Diomedea species 19720702 MA off Gay Head on Martha’s Vineyard 1 sight report
Albatross species 19720713 MA Martha's Vineyard 1 sight report
197207XX sight report
"Albatross-like" birds NJ seen flying 100 miles east of Manasquan Inlet 2
["mid July"] ["questionable" per Veit"]
sight record
Black-browed Albatross 19720819 NC 48 mi south of Morehead City 2
Accepted by NCBRC
NS
on the water seen from the "Bluenose" ferry between Bar Harbor, ME, and Yarmouth,
"Albatross-sized" bird 19720819 1 sight report
NS
ME
197208XX
sight report
"Albatrosslike" bird NJ 45 miles east-southwest of Manasquan 2
["questionable" per Veit"]
["early August"]
sight report
Albatross species 19730521 NY flying across the Belt Parkway at Gravesend Bay at the Narrows, Brooklyn, NY 1
[not submitted to NYSARC]
Black-browed Albatross 19730527 NY Hudson Canyon 1 sight report
Black-browed Albatross 19730626 NS about 55 mi. from North Sydney, NS, along the ferry route to Argentia, NL 1 near adult sight report
Black-browed Albatross 19730705 NJ from a party fishing boat, 5 mi offshore of Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey 1 adult sight report
sight report
Black-browed Albatross 19730916 MA seen from the ferry between Hyannis and Nantucket, in Nantucket Sound 1 subadult
Accepted by MARC
sight report
Black-browed Albatross 19740913 FL 21 miles off Cape Canaveral, Brevard County 1 [Mlodinow reports this as rejected, but this sighting was not
reviewed by FOSRC per Kratter (pers. comm. 2008). PCD]
sight report
published in Leck
2 birds: 1 adult and [Mlodinow says this was rejected by the NJBRC; however, this
Black-browed Albatross 19741007 NJ from shore at Cape May Point
1 imm sight report predated the NJBRC who subsequently
considered it to be undocumented and not actionable [Larson
(pers. comm. 2008).] PCD]
Baltimore Canyon, 90 km east of Ocean City
1 sub- to near- photograph
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19750201 MD [38d 19mN
adult Accepted by MD/DCRC
73d 52mW]
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19750620 NL off Baccalieu Island 1 sight record
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19760614 MA Cultivator Shoals, NW Georges Bank 1 adult sight record
sight report
BM
Diomedea species 19760623 Checkerboard, Spittal Pond 1 single observer sighting - notes and sketches
[Bermuda]
considered hypothetical by Amos
sight record
Black-browed Albatross 19760711 MA 18 miles east of Rockport at Jeffrey's Ledge 1 adult
Accepted by MARC
19760724
Diomedea species sight record
[recorded on MARC web MA flying over the Plum Island causeway 30 km east of Newburyport harbor 1
[reported as Black-browed] Accepted by MARC as genus only
database as 07/25. PCD]
Black-browed Albatross
19760801 NH and ME inshore of the Isle of Shoals, Rockingham County, aboard the M/V Atlantic Queen 1 Sight report
[reported as Albatross - Black-browed?]
20 miles off Rye, NH at location called "Old Scantum" aboard M/V Atlantic Queen
Black-browed Albatross 19760801 NH 1 Sight report
[Finch: "12 miles east of Hampton"]
sight record
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19760810 NY Croton Bay, Croton Point. Westchester County 1 adult (post Hurricane Belle)
Accepted by NYSARC
1 adult or near-
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19760820 NS 70 km west of Yarmouth, observed from the Bluenose ferry sight record
adult
Cox's Ledge, a submarine plateau and fishing ground ca. 65 km (40 mi) eastsoutheast
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19760821 RI 1 subadult sight record
of Montauk Point, LI, NY, and partly in MA and partly in Rl waters
specimen
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19761028 TX found 4 mi west of Port Mansfield, South Padre Island, Willacy County 1 adult U.T. Pan American collection (no specimen #)
Accepted by TBRC
sight report
Yellow-nosed Albatross 197610XX NC offshore Oregon Inlet 1
Not Accepted by NCBRC
sight report
Albatross species 19761128 TX aboard an oil production platform in the Gulf of Mexico 75 mi. S 25ºE of Galveston, Tex 1
[Not reviewed by TRBC]
sight report
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19780417 NC 59 km SE of Oregon Inlet, Dare County 1 adult
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sight report
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19780419 NC 1
37 mi SE of Oregon Inlet Not Accepted by NCBRC
sight record
Black-browed Albatross 19780528 ME off Lumbo Ledge, 3 mi e.s.e. of Bailey Island 1 adult [currently considered hypothetical by ME-BRC; yet to be
reviewed]
sight report
Yellow-nosed Albatross 197810XX NC offshore Oregon Inlet 1
Albatross species 197905XX RI in the area of Cox's Ledge 1 sight report
Albatross species 19790707 RI about 11 miles east of Block Island's southeast lighthouse 1 sight report
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19790730 NL from the CN ferry Marine Cruise approximately 2 h from Argentia 1 sight report
Albatross species 19790816 NB or NS seen between Grand Manan, NB, and Yarmouth, NS 1 sight record
Cox's Ledge, a submarine plateau and fishing ground ca. 65 km (40 mi) eastsoutheast
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19790821 RI 1 subadult photograph
of Montauk Point, LI, NY, and partly in MA and partly in Rl waters
sight record
Accepted by VARCOM
VARCOM status: previously "Hypothetical" (Kain) - only due to
VA Atlantic Ocean
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19791203 1 imm or sub adult lack of specimen or photo for 1st state record; now "accepted"
MD 38-01N, 74-04W, approximately 88 km east of the MD-VA line.
(Cat 2) per Rottenborn and Brinkley
MD/DCRC status: not yet reviewed - documentation just
located (P Davis, pers. comm. 2008)
198006XX
Black-browed Albatross RI on Cox's Ledge (eastern side) 1 sight report
("early June")
off the southwest coast of [NL] during a ferry crossing from North Sydney, Nova Scotia sight record
Black-browed Albatross 19800715 NL 1
to Argentia, Newfoundland hypothetical - per Godfrey]
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19801024 NH Scantum Basin, near S. end of Jeffries Ledge; LORAN A location: 44357, 13639 1 imm sight report
sight record
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19811128 VA from the shoreline of Back Bay NWR 1 hypothetical - per VARC; only due to no specimen or photo for
1st state record
MA
[state
Albatross species
19820502 designation s.e. corner of George's Bank 1 adult sight record
["thought to be Black-browed"]
may be
equivocal]
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19820703 FL near St. Marks Light, St. Marks NWR 1 photograph
Black-browed Albatross 19830715 NS from the ferry in Cabot Strait, 50 km NE of Sydney 1 sight record
PM sight report
Black-browed Albatross 19850625 [St. Pierre & 1 unpublished anectodal
Miquelon] hypothetical (Etcheberry pers. comm. 2008)
in North Carolina waters sight report
Albatross species 19851222 NC 1 imm
35+E12038’N, 74º56’W Not Accepted by NCBRC
Black-browed Albatross 19860721 NS from the Cabot Strait Ferry 1 sight report
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19870805 NS Cabot Strait, seen from the Sydney, NS to Argentia, NL ferry 1 sight record
1988 - 2008
["within the last 20 years" - D.
Black-browed Albatross Seeler pers. comm. 2008] PE unknown 1 hypothetical
Summer season (01 Jun - 15
Aug)
sight report
sketches
Albatross species
19890101 DE from Cape Henlopen 2 [89th CBC - Cape Henlopen-Prime Hook, DE; not published in
[reported as Yellow-nosed]
CBC results [in AB 43(4):770-771. PCD]
Not Accepted by DRBC
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19890108 NJ Belmar 1 sight report
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19890524 NS Two miles west of Seal Island 1 sight report
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19890528 NS Seal Island 1 photograph
sight record
Black-browed Albatross 19891024 NJ Manasquan Inlet, Monmouth County 1 previously accepted but reversed in 2008 to "Not Accepted" by
NJBRC
Black-browed Albatross 19910823 NS from the Bluenose ferry, about 20 minutes south of Yarmouth 1 sight record
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19920527 FL Key Largo, Monroe County 1 subadult specimen
circling over the mouth of Halls Creek, Dieppe/Moncton; Westmoreland County; photographs
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19930524 NB 1 adult
eventually heading south down the Petitcodiac River ("two slightly distant black-and-white shots)
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19930620 NB off New Brunswick 1 adult sight record
Albatross species videotaped
19931004 & 07 MA off Gay Head on Martha’s Vineyard 1-2
[reported as Yellow-nosed] Accepted by MARC as Albatross species
Diomedea species flying over Crown Point Peninsula, 2 mi. se of Port Henry, Lake Champlain, Moriah,
19940508 NY 1 Accepted by NYSARC as genus
[submitted as Yellow-nosed] Essex County
Diomedea species
19950105 FL 152 meters from east end of Lake Worth Pier, Palm Beach County 1 sight record
[reported as Yellow-nosed]
sight report
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19950109 TX off Port O'Connor, Calhoun County 1
Not Accepted by TBRC
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over the Atlantic Ocean off Tobay Beach, Jones Beach, Hempstead, Long Island, sight report
Black-browed Albatross 19960527 NY 1 adult
Nassau County Not Accepted by NYSARC
MA
Diomedea species sight report
19960921 [probably MA off South Beach from Morris Island, Chatham, Barnstable County 1 imm
[submitted as Black-browed] Accepted as Diomedea species
waters]
sight report
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19970422 NC from the shore on the Outer Banks at Whalebone, Dare County 1
specimen
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19970711 TX San Jose Island, Aransas County 1
Accepted by TBRC
BA sight record
Black-browed Albatross 19971225 Conception Island 1
[Bahamas] considered to be unsubtantiated by White
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19971228 NH 44 Jacuith Road, Hancock 2 Not Accepted by NHBRC
BA sight record
Black-browed Albatross 19980609 off Exuma 1
[Bahamas] considered to be unsubtantiated by White
sight report
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19980712 NY 21 miles southeast of Fire Island Inlet, Suffolk County 1 or 2
Not Accepted by NYSARC
Diomedea species sight report
19990106 FL Lake Worth Pier, Palm Beach County 1
[submitted as Yellow-nosed] Accepted by FOSRC as genus only
photograph
Black-browed Albatross 19990206 VA 65 nmi off Virginia Beach at Norfolk Canyon 1 imm
Accepted-Cat 1
video and photos
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19990706 ME seen near Matinicus Rock in outer Penobscot Bay, Criehaven Township, Knox County 1 adult
ME-BRC status: in circulation
photograph
Yellow-nosed Albatross 20000205 NC Three miles off Avon/Salvo 1 subadult
Accepted by NCBRC
photograph
Yellow-nosed Albatross 20000501 FL northeastern Gulf of Mexico, about 50 km west of Tarpon Springs, Pinellas County 1
Accepted by FOSRC
20000509 Penikese Island, one of the westernmost of the Elizabeth Islands, Buzzards Bay (just n.
photograph
Yellow-nosed Albatross MA of Martha's Vineyard), Dukes County 1 adult
Accepted by MARC
1145h
20000509
1730h
Robbins Rest, 7 km east of Fire Island Lighthouse, Fire Island National Seashore, Long photograph
Yellow-nosed Albatross [reported as 05/15 by Laux NY 1 adult
Island, Suffolk County [never submitted to NYSARC]
2000b and Burgiel et al.
2000. PCD]
Yellow-nosed Albatross sight record
in flight and on the water (20-30 ft away) at Assateague Island, National Seashore,
[I believe this to be an albatross sp. 20000511 MD 1 sketches
Berlin, Worcester County
PCD] Not Accepted by MD/DCRC
20000521-23 5/21: Garden State Parkway, south of Shellbay Landing, Cape May Courthouse, Cape
photographed
Yellow-nosed Albatross [presumed to be the same NJ May County 1 adult
Accepted by NJBRC
bird PCD] 5/23: Delaware Bay Shore, Reeds Beach and Highs Beach, Goshen, Cape May County
Albatross species 20000527 NJ Manasquan Inlet, Ocean County 1 Sight report
20000604 over the woods and shoreline at South Kingston, Trustom Pond National Wildlife sight report
[however, RIBRC decision leaves open RI 1
1430 h Refuge, Washington Co., along RI's south coast Rejected by RIBRC
the possibility of Albatross, sp. PCD]
20000605 Tom Nevers Head, on the extreme southeastern corner of Nantucket Island, Dukes sight report
Yellow-nosed Albatross MA 1 adult
1100 h County Not Accepted by MARC
sight report
Albatross species 20000618 NY 29 km southeast of Fire Island Inlet 1 unaged
Not Accepted by NYSARC
seen from a moving automobile as the bird crossed the 1-95 bridge over the Housatonic sight record
Yellow-nosed Albatross 20000710 CT 1
River between the towns of Stratford and Milford Not Accepted by ARCC
sight report
Yellow-nosed Albatross 20011030 RI Green Hill 1
Rejected by RIBRC
sight report
Yellow-nosed Albatross 20030602 MA First Encounter Beach, Cape Cod Bay, Eastham, Barnstable County 1
Accepted by MARC
Albatross species sight report
20030829 MA Nahant Bay, Essex County 1
[submitted as Yellow-nosed] Accepted by MARC as Albatross species
photograph
Yellow-nosed Albatross 20030926 TX about 50m east of Port Isabel, off South Padre Island; Cameron County 1 adult
Accepted by TBRC
Albatross species
sight record
20040317 VA off Virginia Beach 1
Accepted by VARCOM as Cat2 - Albatross species
[submitted as Black-browed]
photograph
Yellow-nosed Albatross 20040411 NC flying over Cape Hatteras Point, Dare County 1
Accepted by NCBRC
photographed close, sitting on the water, by a fisherman
Black-browed Albatross 200406?? NL 60-80 miles off Black Tickle on the south Labrador coast 1
[Copy of image provided to PCD]
off Cartwright, Labrador, the same coastal area where the Black Tickle bird was
Black-browed Albatross 200406?? NL 1 sight report
photographed
sight report
Yellow-nosed Albatross 20040610 FL 6 miles south of Pensacola Beach, Escambia County 1
Not Accepted by FOSRC
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photographs
Yellow-nosed Albatross 20050529 MA Tuckernuck Island, Nantucket County 1 adult
Accepted by MARC
sight report
Yellow-nosed Albatross 20050531 MA flying eastward past the s. end of South Monomoy Island, Chatham, Barnstable County 1
[Not formally submitted to MARC]
sight report
Yellow-nosed Albatross 20050618 MD Atlantic Ocean 26.8 miles ESE of Ocean City Inlet, 3 miles NE of "Jackspot." 1 by an experienced birder
[Not yet reviewed by the MD/DCRC]
photograph
Yellow-nosed Albatross 20060411 NC on the beach at Cape Hatteras Point 1
Accepted by NCBRC
sight record
Yellow-nosed Albatross 20060514 MA Barnstable, Sandy Neck, Barnstable County 1 adult
Accepted by MARC
sight record
Yellow-nosed Albatross 20060606 MA Rockport, Andrews Point, Essex County 1 adult
Accepted by MARC
Albatross species 20060606 sight report
NH south side of Great Boars Head, Hampton Beach 1 adult
[submitted as Yellow-nosed] 2 pm Accepted by NHBRC
Albatross species 20060606 sight report
NH between Plaice Cove and Little Boars Head Beach, Hampton, Rockingham County 1 adult
[submitted as Yellow-nosed] 3 pm Accepted by NHBRC
sight report
Yellow-nosed Albatross 20060608 TX North Padre Island, Kenedy/Willacy Counties 1
Not Accepted by TBRC
sight report
Yellow-nosed Albatross 20060611 ME over the Royal River Boat Yard, from Hiway 295, Yarmouth, Cumberland County 1 adult
[Not reviewed by ME-BRC]
20060716-20 videotaped (vocalizing)
[last date was 7/20 rather photographed
Yellow-nosed Albatross ME Stratton Island, Old Orchard Beach, in Saco Bay, York County 1
then 7/19 as published in Accepted by
Petersen] ME-BRC
sight record
Yellow-nosed Albatross 20060921 LA at Holly Beach, Cameron Parish 1 sketches and notes
hypothetical pending review by LBRC
ME
[unsure if this
also qualifies as
a MA record specimen
found wrecked at Cape Neddick in York, York County
since the bird skull specimen being transferred to MCZ (#????)
Yellow-nosed Albatross 20070428 (rehabbed, released and recaptured several times in MA 20 May - 26 Jun before 1
was transported Accepted by
expiring)
and ME-BRC
subsequently
died in MA?
PCD]
sight report
in the open Atlantic Ocean due south of Liverpool
Yellow-nosed Albatross 20070506 NS 1
43.325ºN 64.734ºW
submitted to NSBRC
sight report
Yellow-nosed Albatross 20070611 ME Yarmouth, Cumberland County 1
"possible" sighting
photographed
Yellow-nosed Albatross 20070716-20 ME Old Orchard Beach, Stratton Island, York County 1 Accepted by
ME-BRC
Yellow-nosed Albatross 20090606 MD Assateague Island, Off Road Vehicle Zone 1 recent report
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St /
Date Prov / Status / Record # / Published Source / Pers. Comm.
Species Location #Birds / Age Relevant Extracts
yyyymmdd Terr / Documentation Specimen # References Source / Date
Island
Bonaparte [citation?]: "Rare and accidental in the Middle States (Bonaparte)."

[fide Baird et al. (1884)]
Coues (1872): "As Mr. Lawrence observes (Bd., 821), there is no well
authenticated instance of the occurrence of the great Wandering albatross, D.
exulans, off our coasts; but it has been taken in Europe, and is liable to appear
at any time."
Baird et al.: " "Rare and accidental in the Middle Slates" (Bonaparte);
"Accidental to the coasts of the central part of the Union" (Nuttall). Tampa Bay,
●Bonaparte [citation?]
Florida? ... I am unable to find any well-authenticated instance where this bird
●Nuttall 1840 [check this
is known to have been taken in the vicinity either of the Atlantic or Pacific coast
version]
specimen of the United States."
●Coues 1872
referenced but
●Baird et al. 1884
XXXX never produced Ridgway [in Baird et al.: "I have recently been informed, on what I consider
●Ridgway [in Baird et al.] 1884
Wandering reliable authority, of the capture of a specimen of this species in Tampa Bay,
FL Tampa Bay 1 ●Chapman 1888
Albatross [prior to considered to be Florida, my informant having the head in his possession. Up to this writing,
●Chamberlain 1891
1884? PCD] "hypothetical" per however, he has been unable to get the specimen from a box which had been
●Chapman 1903
Stevenson and placed in storage during his absence from the city. - R. R."
●Bourne 1967
Anderson (1994)
●Robertson and Woolfenden
Chamberlain: "A few examples of this species have been met with off the
1992
coasts of Florida; but it has not been seen elsewhere near our shores during
●Stevenson and Anderson 1994
recent years."
Bourne: "Ridgway (in Baird, Brewster, & Ridgway, 1884) quotes a second-hand
report of a bird recently killed at Tampa Bay, Florida, and reports that the skull
was preserved but was not yet available. Apparently is was never seen."
Stevenson and Anderson: "Known from two reports. ... [One] was reported,
Tampa Bay (Baird et al. 1884 in Howell 1932 [error - not in Howell PCD]). It has
been considered of hypothetical status since 1932 and remained in that
category."
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Coues (1885): "Probable Occurrence of Diomedea exulans in Florida -- Mr. B.

H. Barrett, writing from Jacksonville, Fla. under date of September 14, 1885,
says: "Sometime during the month of May a great Wandering Albatross was
seen at the mouth of the St. John's River twenty miles below this city. Knowing
it to be a very rare occurrence I questioned several who saw the bird, and from
their description I have no doubt of its authenticity." A later letter from Mr.
Barrett relating to this occurrence is accompanied by a letter from Mr. Alfred
Ames Howlett, one of the fortunate observers of the bird, from which I quote
the following: " In reply to your request for a statement regarding an Albatross
that I told you I had seen at the mouth of the St. John's River this year, I would
say that I was in the pilothouse of my tug, the 'J. E. Stevens,' talking with
Captain N. Broward. when I discovered a large bird hovering near the surface
of the water in the channel near 'Ward's Bank,' and on coming nearer the bird
arose and circled within seventy-five yards of the tug, and I positively identified
it as an Albatross; and on the return of the tug I carried my gun with me and,
although seen again I was unable to get within shot. The last seen of the bird it
was winging its way seaward ..... I am positive of the bird's identity from
mounted specimens I have seen and from ornithological works I have read.""
●Coues 1885
Chapman: "Diomedea exulans Linn. Wandering Albatross. Recorded from
●Ridgway 1887 [cited but
Florida (mouth of St. Johns River ...) .... (Cf. Coues Auk, II, Oct. 1885, p.387,
incorrect? PCD]
and Ridgway, Manual North American Birds, 1887, p. 51.)"
Ward's Bank, ●Chapman 1888
sight report
mouth of the St. ●Chamberlain 1891
Chamberlain: "A few examples of this species have been met with off the
Wandering Johns River, twenty ●Coues 1895
188505XX FL 1 considered to be coasts of Florida; but it has not been seen elsewhere near our shores during
Albatross miles south of ●Coues 1903
"hypothetical" per recent years."
Jacksonville, Duval ●Howell 1932
Howell (1932)
County ●Bourne 1967
Coues (1903): "A species of most extensive distribution in Southern seas,
●Robertson and Woolfenden
repeatedly attributed to North America, and as often dropped for lack of
1992
conclusive evidence of its oecurrence. It probably requires to be reinstated; but
its present status is hypothetical, as late records from Tampa Bay, Florida, and
the mouth of the Columbia River are considered unsatisfactory."
Howell: "Hypothetical List: A bird believed to be of this species was seen by

Alfred Ames Howlett at the mouth of the St. Johns River in May, 1885. Mr.
Howell describes his observation [in Coues 1885].]
Bourne: "Coues (1885 ...) repeated in the 'Auk' [a] report[] ... one of a bird seen
below Jacksonville, Florida, in May 1885 ... [which] may or may not have had
some connection with Ridgway's [1884] record, and has also never been
confirmed. The species appeared in the North American List for some years on
the basis of th[is and another Pacific] record[], but has now been relegated to
the" Hypothetical List"."
Stevenson and Anderson: "Known from two reports. Howell (1932) recounted
the report of a bird identified to this species by A.A. Howlett at the mouth of the
St. Johns River and reported by Coues (1885 in Howell 1932). ... [This species]
has been considered of hypothetical status since 1932 and remains in that
category."
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Coues (1872): "The yellow-nosed albatross, D. chlororhyncha of Audubon, vii,

196; Lawr. in Bd., 822, is the D, culminata, a species of Australian and other
Southern seas, said to have been taken" not far from tlle Columbia river," but
there is no reason, as yet, to believe it ever comes within a thousand miles of
this country."
Chamberlain (1888): "During a recent visit to the Museum of Laval University,

Quebec, was shown by the Curator, Mr. C. E. Dionne, the skin of an Albatross
which, upon examination, proved to be of this species. Mr. Dionne assured me
that he obtained the skin in September, 1885, from a fisherman who said he
had captured the bird a few days previously in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The
skin had been preserved in salt, and when it reached the Museum was soft
and quite fresh. This is the first record of the occurrence of this species in the
Atlantic, its usual habitat being the Indian and South Pacific Oceans"
Comeau (1888): "ln 'The Auk' for January, 1888, Mr. Montagne Chamberlain of
St. John, N. B., mentions his having seen the skin of this bird in the Laval
University, Quebec. The bird in question was killed on the 20th of August,
1885, at the entrance of River Moisie, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence. It
was shot by a fisherman named Couillard Despres. I saw the bird a few days
after it was shot, but could not identify the species. I sent a short description of
it to Dr. C. H. Merriam." "Specimen - Séminaire de Québec"
Chamberlain (1891 & 1896): "The claim of this species to recognition here is
based upon the capture of an immature bird near the mouth of river St.
Lawrence in 1885. I examined the skin, which is preserved in the Museum of
Laval University, at Quebec, and was told by the curator, Mr. C. E. Dionne, that
he purchased It from the fisherman who shot the bird. The claim is slight, but
there is no reason why It should be ignored."
●Chamerlain 1888 Chapman: "Said to have been taken once in Quebec (Chamberlain, Nuttalls's
●Comeau 1888 Manual, 2nd ed, ii, p. 277)"
●Chamberlain 1891 & 1896
Yellow-nosed ●Chapman 1903 Coues (1903): "A handsome Albatross of medium size, inhabiting Southern
Albatross 18850820 specimen ●Coues 1903 seas, said by Audubon in 1839 to have occurred off the Columbia River. He
●Dionne 1906 described it as D. chlorohyncha; but his specimen is clearly of this species, as I
QC
[some originally ●Comeau 1909 Michel Gosselin, first pointed out in Pr. Phila. Acad. 1866, p. 183. The true D. chlororhyncha of
[originally authors deposited in the ●Bent 1922 Collection Gmelin, based on the Yellow-nosed Albatross of Latham, and now known as
[referred to near mouth of
recorded as (e.g., Séminaire de ●Taverner 1927 Manager (Birds), the Green-billed Albatross, has neverr occurred in North America; it is easily
by Murphy Moisie River on the
"Pink-footed Murphy 1 imm Québec ●Murphy 1936 Canadian distinguished by the perpendicular orange or yellow stripe on each side of the
(1936) as north shore of the
Albatross" 1936 and ●Bull 1960 Museum of base of the bill, and by the acute base of the culminicorn. T. culminata was first
"Labrador"; St. Lawrence Gulf
which was Bull 1961) now held at the ●Bull 1961 Nature, admitted to the Key in the 3d edition, 1887, p. 893, on the strength of
see Bull
lumped with erroneously Musée de la ●Palmer 1962 05/12/2008 Audubon's specimen; but one was taken in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, at the
1960. PCD]
Yellow-nosed state "Sep civilisation ●Bourne 1967 mouth of the Moisie, River, Aug. 20, 1885: Auk, Jan. 1888, p. 107, and July,
by the AOU in 1884" PCD] MCQ #1995.2760 ●McDaniel 1973 1888, p. 318. A. O. U. List, 2d ed. 1895, p. 29, No. 83]."
1944. PCD] ●Post 1968
●Godfrey 1986 Bent: "Casual records: Has wandered northward in the Atlantic Ocean to
●Mlodinow 1999 Quebec (mouth of Moisse River, August 20, 1885)"
●Finnegan 2001
Murphy: "I have myself examined two much later specimens from the American
side of this ocean. The first, which is in the Laval University Museum, Québec,
was shot in September, 1884 [error - see note re date. PCD], on the coast of
Labrador [error - see note re location. PCD]."
Bull (1960): "The Labrador specimen referred to by Murphy [1936] is apparently

the same bird as mentioned in the A.O.U. Check-List as occurring near the
mouth of the Moisie River, Quebec. A glance at old maps will indicate that
much of Quebec was formerly Labrador."
Bull (1961): "Off the North American coast only the Yellow-nosed Albatross has
been recorded ... September 1884 [error - see note PCD] ... (Murphy, Oceanic
Birds of South America 1:523, 1936) ... These occurrences were based on
specimens."
Bourne: "[A] specimen was taken in the estuary of the St. Lawrence River,
Canada, in August 1884 or 1885 (Palmer 1962) [see note PCD], and
apparently the only problem about it is the year."
Post: "There is some question about the year; some authors state 1884
06/09/2009 (Palmer, Handbook of North American Birds, vol. 1, 1962: 135). Page 11 of 53in
Originally
the Musee de I'Universite Laval, Québec, the specimen is now presumably in
the collection of Le Séminaire de Québec (C. Filteau, in litt.)."
Bent: "Dr. Leonard C. Sanford has recently added to his magnificent collection
of Tubinares a specimen of this species taken on August 1, 1913, off Machias
Seal Island, Maine, near the entrance to the Bay of Fundy. This record adds a
new species to the North American list."
Murphy (1922): "The first North American record of this subantarctic albatross
is based upon a skin in the American Museum of Natural History (collection of
Dr. L. C. Sanford, No. 9835). The specimen is an adult of unknown sex. It was
●Bent 1922 collected near Seal Island, off Machias Bay, Maine, on August 1, 1913, by Mr.
taken near Machias
●Murphy 1922 Ernest O. Joye, subsequently coming into the possession of Mr. Allen L.
Seal Island,
Yellow-nosed ●Norton 1934 Moses and, finally, that of Dr. Sanford. Seal Island is Canadian territory, and
Machias Bay,
Albatross ●Murphy 1936 since the locality in which the bird was killed is on the international border,
Washington County AMNH
●Palmer 1949 Bill Sheehan, south of Grand Manan, the record constitutes an addition to the local avifauna
[ME] #9835
[originally ●Bull 1960 ME-BRC Chair. of both New Brunswick and Maine."
(collection of
recorded as NB ●Bull 1961 03/01/2008
off Grand Manan Dr. L.C.
"Pink-footed ●Palmer 1962 Norton: "...in Maine, ... a bird of undetermined sex taken August 1, 1913 "near
19130801 Island; near the 1 adult specimen Sanford)
Albatross" ●Bourne 1967 David Christie, [Machias] Seal Island off Machias Bay."In the original record, it is also stated,
mouth of the Bay of
which was ME ●McDaniel 1973 Secretary (erroneously), that "Seal Island is Canadian territory and since the locality in
Fundy [NB] [now
lumped with ●Tufts 1986 NBBRC. which the bird was killed, is on the international border south of Grand Manan,
AMNH
Yellow-nosed ●Post 1968 03/12/2008 the record constitutes an addition to the local avifauna of both New Brunswick
[very likely occurred #748984]
by the AOU in ●Godfrey 1986 and Maine."
in both ME and NB
1944. PCD] ●Mlodinow 1999
waters - see
●Finnegan 2001 Tufts: "An individual of this species was collected on 1 August 1913 off Grand
Murphy (1922)]
●Christie 2004 Manan Island, New Brunswick."
Murphy (1936): "I have myself examined two much later specimens from the
American side of this ocean. ... The other, now in the American Museum, was
taken off Machias Bay, Maine, on August 1, 1913 (Murphy, 1922, 58)."
McDaniel: "Thought to be the same bird reported by Rackliff [in 1934 PCD]."
[no - statement is due to the 1913/1934 year confusion. See the 1934 report.
PCD]
Peters and Burleigh: "Status in Newfoundland: Accidental. One, determined by

Oberhosler [citation?] in the St. John's museum in 1928, was later destroyed by
fire."
specimen St. John's
●Peters and Burleigh 1951 Austin: "They [P&B] wisely relegate to the hypothetical list 55 other species for
Museum:
●Austin 1951 which no specimen evidence exists, but accept such rarities as the Yellow-
Yellow-nosed 1928-prior to [hypothetical per destroyed by
NL unknown 1 ●Tuck 1968 nosed Albatross and Sandhill Crane, among others, on the basis of old
Albatross [PCD] Austin; accidental fire - no
●South 1983 mounted specimens formerly in the St. John’s Museum, since destroyed by
per Peters and longer
●Godfrey 1986 fire, which were completely without data, and which may well have arrived
Burleigh] extant
there as curios brought home by Newfoundland’s far-traveling seafarers."
Godfrey: "Accidental ... probably also Newfoundland (but specimen and data
no longer extant)."
Norton: "A few days previous to July 23, 1934, George Walker, a small boy
found a large water bird among the sedges by a brook in East Fryeburg,
Maine, about forty miles from the nearest point on the coast. On being
approached the bird made no effort to escape but allowed the boy to touch it,
then fondle it, treatment which it seemed to enjoy. The boy carried it home,
where it was placed in an enclosure with a large tank of water. Live fishes were
●Norton 1934
specimen placed in the tank, and the bird caught and ate them.
●Palmer 1949
19340723 Portland Society
among sedges by a ●Bull 1960
of Natural History July 26 I was advised that the bird had died and been sent to Carl A. Garris to
brook, about 40 ●Palmer 1962 Bill Sheehan,
Yellow-nosed ("found a be mounted. At Mr. Garris' shop I examined it carefully and found it to be a
ME miles inland at East 1 adult ●Bourne 1967 ME-BRC Chair.
Albatross few days [collection female of this species; its plumage was spotlessly clean, and except that the
Freyburg, Oxford ●Post 1968 03/01/2008
previous to dispersed; extreme tips of the primaries were slightly worn, it was in perfect plumage. No
County ●McDaniel 1973
7/23") probably no longer injury was found when it was skinned. It was lean, but not emaciated. The
●Mlodinow 1999
extant PCD] following measurements were taken: wing 458 mm.; tail 192 mm.; culmen 117
●Finnegan 2001
mm.; depth bill at base 50 mm.; tarsus 75 mm."
Palmer (1949): "... [The bird] died in captivity, was mounted [Norton 1934:508],
and is now in the collection of the Portland Society of Natural History."
Post: "... C. M. Packard informs me (in litt.) that it is an adult."
06/09/2009 Page 12 of 53
Norton: "The late Evan D. Rackliff of Peak's Island, told me that on one of his
trips to the Cod Ledges, earlier in the summer [believed to be 1934 PCD], an
Albatross came very near his boat. He was a careful observer, exceptionally
1934XX - well acquainted with the sea birds in life, and scrupulously truthful. He was
summer positive that this large bird, with its long thick bill, and long narrow wings was
not a Black-backed Gull (well known to him), a Gannet nor a Pelican. No one
[year is acquainted with Mr. Rackliff's ability to distinguish the characteristics of birds in
ambiguous flight would doubt the correctness of his observation."
Cod Ledges
due to a ●Norton 1934
poorly ●Murphy 1936 Palmer (1949): "That this particular bird [Machias Seal Island; 08/01/1913] may
Albatross Casco Bay,
constructed ME 1 sight report ●Palmer 1949 have been seen farther west, off Casco Bay, was implied by Norton
species Cumberland
sentence by ●Bull 1961 (1934b):508) in recording an unidentified albatross seen earlier that same
County [stated by
Norton; I ●Post 1968 summer by R.D. Rackliff." [again, this statement is to the continuing year
Palmer]
agree with confusion PCD]
Post that the
year is 1934 Post: "Norton (Auk, 51: 507-508, 1934) recorded an unidentified albatross seen
rather than by E. D. Rackliff "on one of his trips to the Cod Ledges [Maine], earlier in the
1913. PCD] summer." Presumably this means 1934. Quoting this same paper Palmer
(Maine Birds, Bull. Mus. Comp. ZooI., 102: 28-29, 1949) interprets this as
meaning 1913, and gives the location of the "Cod Ledges" as "off Casco Bay,"
Cumberland Co."
Nichols: "On November 7, 1948, walking along the high water line at Jones
Beach, a rather large (14.75 inches) primary feather was noticed. Picked up
and passed close to the nostrils it appeared to have the characteristic odor of
the Tubinares. It showed no sign of having been in the water. Normally, a "gull"
feather with slightly odd odor would be noted with but passing interest. In this
instance, however, the odor was so strong and so firmly reminiscent of
Diomedea that it was forwarded to the American Museum of Natural History for
identification.
Peg Hart, Dept. Dr. R. C. Murphy wrote on November 26, 1948, as follows: "The wing quill
●Nichols 1950
Diomedea Jones Beach, Long AMNH of Ornthology, from the Long Island shore is beyond any shadow of doubt that of an albatross.
19481107 NY 1 feather specimen ●Post 1968
species Island #??? AMNH, While it is very worn, it appears to have been not long moulted. It is definitely
●McDaniel 1973
06/10/2008. not Phoebetria, in which the outer vein of the primary feathers is always much
narrower. This leaves only the genus Diomedea and the section sometimes
called Thalassogeron. I doubt whether the quill is positively identifiable as to
species. It is, however, relatively small, both in breadth of the whole quill and in
the length and diameter of the shaft. In these respects it most closely
resembles Diomedea chlororhynchus which is the smallest species of this
group of albatrosses ever to be recorded from the Atlantic Ocean."
Hart [pers. comm. 06/12/2008] "We were unable to locate the feather specimen
that is refered to in the Auk."
Bond: "[Additional Records] Martinique: Diomedea melanophris (Nov 12, 1956;

specimen examined, one small flock off Vauclin)"
Post: "There are as yet no records of the Black-browed Albatross from the
United States or Canada. The one November record from Martinique, which
Eric Pasquet, Le lies in the path of the northeast tradewinds, probably represents a bird on
specimen ●Bond 1959
MQ Muséum national return passage to the southern hemisphere."
Black-browed ●Bourne 1967
19561112 off Vauclin 1 d'Histoire
Albatross collection??? ●Post 1968
[Martinique] naturelle France, Bourne: "Bond (1959) reports that he has examined one killed out of a small
#??? ●Mlodinow 1999
06/03/2008. flock off Vauclin, Martinique, in the West Indies, on 12 November 1956. The
presence of a flock would be strange."
Pasquet [pers. comm. 06/03/2008]: "We checked in both skins and mounted
specimens collection in the MNHN and did not find any Black-browed Albatross
from Martinque."
06/09/2009 Page 13 of 53
Stevenson: "A Yellow-nosed Albatross, the first ever recorded in Florida and
perhaps the second for the United States, was carefully studied about 20 miles
off New Smyrna Beach by James B. Johnson, Jr. July 13 (fide WFW). Johnson
has had many years of experience with marine birds, and his description could
hardly apply to any other species, but full acceptance of the species as a
●Stevenson 1958
Florida bird must await a specimen or suitable photograph."
●Bourne 1967
about 20 miles off
●Post 1968
New Smyrna Beach Post: "... Johnson, who is familiar with the species from the South Atlantic,
Yellow-nosed ●McDaniel 1973
19580713 FL [18 miles se of 1 adult sight record informs me (personal communication) that the bird, an adult, was approached
Albatross ●Cruickshank 1980
Turtle Mound], within 25 feet and was well seen by all 20 persons aboard."
Brevard County
●Mlodinow 1999
Cruickshank: "One seen over ocean eighteen miles southeast of Turtle Mound,
●Finnegan 2001
floating and flying within fifty feet of Miss Cocoa Beach - "Seen well by
everyone aboard." July 13, 1958 (JBJ)." [JBJ = James (Johnny) Johnson PCD]
Stevenson and Anderson: "A ... sighting was made off Brevard Co. 13 Jul
1958, J. Johnson (HMN 1958)."
19600321
Libby (1960): "Yellow-nosed Albatross; 8 miles south of Monhegan I., Me. 1
[Palmer
(well documented!) Libby"
incorrectly
reported this
●Libby 1960 Palmer 1962: "... one reported near Monhegan I. (Me.) May [should be Mar
date as
sight record ●Palmer 1962 PCD] 21, 1960 (M. Libby). EMR"
05/21, which
off Monhegan ●Bourne 1967
was Bill Sheehan,
Yellow-nosed Island, Monhegan sketch ME-BRC ●Bourne 1967 Bourne: "... different birds off Monhegan Island, Maine, on 21 March and 21
repeated in ME 1 ME-BRC Chair.
Albatross Township, Lincoln #1960-001 ●McDaniel 1973 May 1960 ..." [only 21 Mar is corroborated. PCD]
Bourne as 03/01/2008
County Accepted by ME- ●Mlodinow 1999
two
BRC ●Finnegan 2001 Sheehan and Vickery: "21 March 1960, off Monhegan Island, Monhegan Twp/,
sightings on
●Sheehan and Vickery 2007 Lincoln/, M. Libby*, Carefully drawn description eliminated any other
03/21 and
possibilities. First Round (8-1) ...Though the observations were over 40 years
05/21. Only
old ... detailed notes and sketches taken from Mark Libby’s logbook provided
03/21 is
conclusive documentation."
described.
PCD]
Nichols: "A Yellow-nosed Albatross was seen off the south shore of Long
Island, N.Y. on May 29 during a Linnaean Society trip. The bird was about 2
miles off Jones Inlet; it was first seen resting on the water and later in flight.
There are few records of this species on the North Atlantic coast."
●Nichols 1960
●Bull 1960
Bull (1960): [detailed account, photo, and analysis. PCD]
●Bull 1961
●Palmer 1962
Bull (1998): "An adult was observed by 60 people, and photographed, 29 May
●Bull 1964
1960, about two miles off Jones Beach during a Linnaean Society of New York
photograph ●Bourne 1967
3 km south of Jeanne Skelly, pelagic trip. Post (1968) documented the event and commented on seven other
●Bull 1974/1998
Yellow-nosed Jones Beach State Secretary, eastern North America observations. Remembrances after 33 years, of this
19600529 NY 1 adult [recognized by ●Post 1968
Albatross Park, Long Island, NYSARC, first record for NY were provided by Fisher (1993)."
NYSARC - see ●McDaniel 1973
Nassau County 04/04/2008
Andrle 1996] ●Paxton et al. 1977
Palmer: "Off Freeport, Long I., bird photographed May 29, 1960 (J. Bull)"
●Fisher 1993
●Andrle 1996
Post: "Perhaps one of the best known of the state's accidentals is an adult
●Mlodinow 1999
Yellow-nosed Albatross approached within 40 feet by about 60 observers, two
●Buckley and Schairer 2000
miles off Jones Beach, Nassau Co., on 29 May 1960. For full details see Bull,
●Finnegan 2001
Linn[aean Society of New York]. News-letter, 14 (4): June 1960, and Bull, Auk,
78: 425--426, 1961." [article includes a photo and description PCD]
Bourne: "... one ... photographed off Freeport, Long Island on 29 May 1960 ...."
06/09/2009 Page 14 of 53
Bagg: "Five [together in one flock or separate? PCD] Yellow-nosed Albatrosses

were well observed in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Aug 15 (J.E. Mann)."
Blake Maybank. Maybank (pers. comm. 2008): "Certainly not NS, NF, PEI, or NB. Which would
05/12/2008 leave Quebec, but "The Birds of Canada" (Godfrey) only lists the 1885
Yellow-nosed QC/NL/NB/ Gulf of St. ●Bagg 1961
19610815 5 [!] sight report[s] specimen for that province, and no mention of any subsequent sight records. ...
Albatross NS? Lawrence ●McDaniel 1973
Denis Lepage, There is little to suggest that this report has any credibility, and I recommend it
05/12/2008 be discounted, barring any further information coming to light."
Lepage (pers comm. 2008): "I have never heard of this one. Sounds dubious to
me."
Bagg: "... a Yellow-nosed Albatross, which Mark Libby almost captured by

hand, May 12, while he was fishing 10 miles southeast of Monhegan Island,
nine miles sight record ●Bagg 1964
ME ..."
southeast of ●Libby 1964
Bill Sheehan,
Yellow-nosed Monhegan Island, sketch ME-BRC ●McDaniel 1973
19640512 ME 1 ME-BRC Chair. Sheehan and Vickery: "2 May 1964, 9 miles Southeast of Monhegan Island,
Albatross Monhegan #1964-001 ●Mlodinow 1999
03/01/2008 Monhegan Twp., /Lincoln/, M. Libby*, Carefully drawn description eliminated
Township, Lincoln Accepted by ●Finnegan 2001
any other possibilities. First Round (9-0). ... Though the observations were over
County ME-BRC ●Sheehan and Vickery 2007
40 years old ... detailed notes and sketches taken from Mark Libby’s logbook
provided conclusive documentation."
sight report
Jennifer Hanson,
Albatross Leck: "New Jersey's first albatross sighting came in the summer of 1967, an
19670604 NJ off Cape May 1 ●Leck 1984 NJBRC,
species hypothetical "albatross species" was seen off Cape May on June 4."
03/19/2008
[per Leck]
Finch et al.: "Two records of single birds, July 12, 1968 (EVT) [Edward V.
●Finch et al. 1978
Thompson] and Aug. 20, 1976 (DS) [Dan Salisbury]"
Yellow-nosed from MV Bluenose ●Tufts 1986
19680712 NS 1 sight record
Albatross 50 km off Yarmouth ●Mlodinow 1999
Tufts: "An albatross seen by Edward V. Thompson from MV Bluenose on 12
●Finnegan 2001
July 1968 about 50 km off Yarmouth had the field marks of this species."
Leck: "There have been observations of single birds from the Hudson Canyon
(May and early June during the 1970s)."
Yellow-nosed
Buckley and Schairer: "Both Yellow-nosed and Black-browed albatrosses were
Albatross
from the New York reported on several occasions in the early 1970s from the New York Bight,
Bight, especially at several single ●Leck 1984 especially at or near Hudson Canyon. This occurred before the USA 200 nm
and/or 1970s-early NJ sight reports
or near Hudson bird sightings ●Buckley and Schairer 2000 (370 km) territorial limit was declared, and when many factory-ship fishing
Canyon fleets were working continental shelf-break and submarine canyon waters in
Black-browed
the New York Bight and attracting unprecedented seabird numbers.
Albatross
Nonetheless, all efforts to obtain written descriptions and other supporting
details for every single one of these albatross reports have failed. As a result,
none should be accepted without reservation until this situation changes."
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Imhof: "... seen at Holly Beach, ... on May 9, was the first albatross for the Gulf
of Mexico and probably also for the Caribbean, an adult male Yellow-nosed
Albatross (JCK & JMcD). The bird was chased along the beach for 15 or more
minutes and was photographed; the photographs were checked at Louisiana
State University and the identification seems certain (fide RJN)."
Lowery: "... The photographs, one of which is reproduced as Figure 32, were
studied by several competent ornithologists, including such experts on oceanic
birds as George E. Watson and the late Robert Cushman Murphy. They all
identified it as a Yellow-nosed Albatross, ..."
●Imhof 1970 (also cover photo) Angus Wilson Annotated List of the Seabirds of the World web site: Adult?, in
●LOS News 1970 flight Found at Holly Beach, Cameron Parish, Louisiana, USA, on 9 May 1970,
LBRC
flying above the ●McDaniel 1973 by Joe Kennedy and Jim McDaniel. Photo by Jim McDaniel. Posted on Dan
photograph #1970-03 Donna Dittmann,
breakers, a few ●Olberhosler 1974 Purrington's site: http://www.tulane.edu/~danny/alb.html
Yellow-nosed Secretary,
19700509 LA miles west of Holly 1 adult ●Lowery 1974 (includes photo)
Albatross Accepted by (originally LABRC.
Beach, Cameron ●Mlodinow 1999 [cites AB 20; Dittmann et al.: "Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos) One
LBRC LBRC 04/14/2008
Parish should be AB 24 PCD] adult (94-5 I) on 9 May 1970, Cameron: Gulf of Mexico off Holly Beach; James
#1994-51)
●Dittmann et al. 1998 W. McDaniel (ph) and R. C. Kennedy (Lowery 1974; AB 20(4):616). The
●Finnegan 2001 photograph appears on the cover of AB 20(4). This is the only record for
Louisiana of any albatross species. The occurrence of a "southern" albatross
in the northern hemisphere provokes speculation about natural origin, and the
possibility that its arrival may somehow have been ship-assisted. There are,
however, other northern hemisphere records to support a pattern of vagrancy.
The record had not previously been reviewed by the LBRC. Formerly in the
genus Diomedea (AOU 1998)."
Dittmann (pers. comm. 2008): "This record is published in Louisiana Birds

(Lowery 1974) with photograph (page 113); it was also reviewed by the LBRC
and published in the 8th report [Dittmann et al. 1999]; its LBRC number will be
changed in the upcoming 10th report (in press)."
skimming through
Petit Passage, the
Tufts: "An unidentified albatross skimming through Petit Passage, the narrow
narrow strait
Albatross ●[not published in AB] strait between Long Island and the peninsula of Digby Neck, was seen briefly
19700814 NS between Long 1 sight record
species ●Tufts 1986 by Wickerson Lent on 14 August 1970. It could have been ... [Black-browed] or
Island [NS] and the
a Yellow-nosed Albatross."
peninsula of Digby
Neck
NHBR editor (A.C. Borror): "Observers: Ray Gilmore." "From Ray's written field
notes prior to his looking in any books: 'like Black-backed Gull; white belly;
Albatross
Not published NH Bird Records more mottled appearing on dorsal, wing. Narrow pointed wings. Size: slightly
speces Old Scantum
files via Rebecca larger than large Black-backed Gull. Bill length about twice as long as bill of
19700907 NH Ledge, 7 mi. SE of 1 sight record
[Report deposited in the NH Bird Suomala, Black-backed, yellow, curved. Definately NOT Gannet. Tail pointed in flight.'
[reported as Isle of Shoals
Records files] 06/28/2008. Ray is a professional biologist with a UNH PhD; has lived in coastal NH all his
Yellow-nosed?]
life, pilots fishing party boat summers; KNOWS the shearwater and gannets. A
careful observer whom I trust."
NHBR editor (A.C. Borror): "Observers: Ray Gilmore, John Foote." "From
Not published NH Bird Records
coversation with Ray" John Foote has seen them on occassion over the past
Albatross files via Rebecca
197010?? NH "inside Shoals" 1 sight record several years [! PCD]. The bird mentioned here was all dark, possible
species [Report deposited in the NH Bird Suomala,
immature. Note - John Foote is a pilot hired by the Gilmores to run one of their
Records files] 06/28/2008.
fishing party boats. He has seen albatrosses in the S. Pacific during WWII."
Finch: "A subadult Yellow-nosed Albatross was identified under very favorable
circumstances at Bird I. in Buzzards Bay, Mass. May 7 (lCTN, et al.). It was
●Finch 1971 separated from possible Black-browed Albatross by the black-bordered white
●McDaniel 1973 underwing and the dark bill with pink dorsal ridge and pink tip. This species has
●Veit and Peterson 1993 [cited been collected or photographed four times in the Northeast, and there are
sketch
off Bird Island, as V&P 1995 in Mlodinow 1999 several sight reports from the Gulf of Maine and the Bay of Fundy, but there is
Yellow-nosed MARC
19710507 MA Buzzard's Bay, off 1 subadult PCD] no previous record for Massachusetts."
Albatross Accepted by #71-1
Marion ●Petersen 1995
MARC
●Mlodinow 1999 Petersen: "The first record for Massachusetts was a subadult clearly observed
●Perkins 2000 and well sketched and described off Bird Island in Buzzards Bay, 24 July 1976
●Finnegan 2001 [this is a typo, taking the date from another MA BBAL report - this date should
be 05/07/1971. PCD] (I. Nisbet), the same season as a number of other North
American records."
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Boyajian: "On June 8 at Gardiner's I., L.I., Rob Hernandez saw land on the
beach a bird he identified as a Yellow-nosed Albatross. His report was
questioned in great detail by veteran observer Puleston, who is firmly
convinced of its validity."
Davis and Morgan: "Yellow-nosed Albatross: Jun 8 Gardiner's Island (R.

Hernandez)-watched for 15 minutes from 50 feet as it sat on beach; a very
detailed, clinching description provided by the observer, however,
●Boyajian 1971 unfortunately, a field note was not received for including with this report.""
sight record
●Davis and Morgan 1971
on the beach,
●McDaniel 1973 Angus Wilson, Buckley and Schairer: "adult Yellow-nosed, silting on beach, Gardiner's Island,
Yellow-nosed Gardiner's Island, [never submitted
19710608 NY 1 adult ●Paxton et al. 1977 Chair, NYSARC, Suffolk Co., 8 Jun 1971 (R. Hernandez; Davis and Morgan 1971) ... The
Albatross Long Island, Suffolk to NYSARC for
●Mlodinow 1999 04/10/2008. Gardiner's Island bird was described in detail to PAB and Dennis Puleston,
County review, contra
●Buckley and Schairer 2000 neither of whom had any doubt as to the correctness of the identification and
Finnegan]
●Finnegan 2001 ageing. ... The Gardiner's Island ... report [was] probably never submitted to
NYSARC."
Finnegan: "NYSARC accepted only as albatross sp. [incorrect per A. Wilson

(pers. comm. 2008) PCD] Though details convincing to PAB and Dennis
Puleston (Kingbird 2000 [Buckley and Schairer 2000])."
Wilson (pers. comm. 2008): "I can confirm that the Gardiner's Island report was
not submitted and is actually not widely known."
NHBR editor (A.C. Borror): "Observers: Ray Gilmore." "From conversion with
Albatross
Ray: 'like the one described for 25 September 1971'"
species
R. Smart [NHBR?] commented: "Bird of Sept. 25, 1971 is possibly a Black-
first reported as 7 miles E of files via Rebecca
19710925 NH 1 sight record browed Albatross. [???] has seen a drawing that was made and it shows the
Yellow-nosed?; Hampton Harbor [Report deposited in the NH Bird Suomala,
underwing pattern of that species, The yellow bill rules out Yellow-nosed
later changed to Records files] 06/28/2008.
Albatross as a possibility. Blaack-browed was reported from N. Carolina and
Black-browed
Mass. during summer of 1972. The N. Carolina report sounds good -
Albatross
Mass. ???"
Webster (1972): "A bird believed to be a Yellow-nosed Albatross (Diomedea
chlororhynchos) was seen at the S. Padre I. jetties May 14 (J LM). a day of
"very strong easterly winds" and scattered showers. The bird was being
harassed by Laughing Gulls. Marshall, who viewed the bird within an estimated
South Padre Island 15 feet, submitted a detailed report and drawings, which seem to confirm the
jetties, Padre Island sight record identification. The writer will furnish details upon request. This species had not
National Seashore, been reported in Texas waters, nor is it to be expected."
●Webster 1972
Cameron County [Finnegan
●McDaniel 1973
reported that a Webster (1977): "A bird believed to be a Yellow-nosed Albatross (Diomedea
●Oberholser 1974
[previous specimen exists, chlororhynchos) was seen at the S. Padre I. jetties May 14 (J LM)., was
●Lowery 1974
discrepancies over but this is not Mark Lockwood, reported in this column [S Texas Region - Webster 1972]."
Yellow-nosed TBRC ●Webster 1977
19720514 TX published locations 1 correct (M. TBRC Secretary.
Albatross #1988-50 ●Lasley 1989
have been resolved Lockwood pers. 04/10/2008. Lasley: "Accepted: One (1988-50) studied in detail 14 May 1972 on South
●TOS 1995
(M Lockwood pers. comm. 2008) Padre Island, Cameron (JMa)."
●Mlodinow 1999
comm. 2008); the PCD]
●Finnegan 2001
above information TOS: "... accepted record ... Nueces Co. [this county is incorrect (M. Lockwood
●Lockwood and Freeman 2004
is correct; Nueces Accepted by pers. comm. 2008). PCD] (PINS), 14 May 1972"
County is incorrect. TBRC
PCD] Finnegan: [Incorrectly cited the county as Nueces and that a specimen exists.
PCD]
Lockwood and Freeman: "14 May 1972, Port Isabel, Cameron Co. (TBRC
1988-50)"
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Finch: "in Buzzards Bay, 2 birds much better seen off Bird I. (Marion. Mass.)
June 28, were positively identified as Black-browed Albatrosses, Diomedea
melanophris, ads. or near ads. described as having dark back and wings, white
head with an indistinct black smudge on the face, small rounded tail darker at
the tip with a broad crescent of white at the base and lower back, reminiscent
of the corresponding patch of Greater Shearwater but very much larger. The
crucial points of identification were the bill, entirely "yellowish flesh" or "pale
orange" not occurring in Yellow-nosed Albatross, and the underwings which
were black-bordered, with the enclosed area grayish rather than pure while as
in Yellow-nosed. The observer, Jeremy Hatch, is familiar with albatrosses in
the Pacific and studying slides of Black-browed confirmed his belief that the
●Finch 1972 birds were this species. Though Back-browed Albatrosses have occurred
●DuMont 1973 accidentally on several occasions in Europe, this appears to be a first record
seen from shore at sight record
●McDaniel 1973 for the w. Atlantic other than the Greenland record as the basis of which the
Black-browed Bird Island in 2 prob sub-
19720628 MA ●Veit 1973 species is included in the A.O.U. Check-list. Interestingly, 2 more Black-browed
Albatross Buzzard's Bay, adults Not reviewed by
●Leck 1984 Albatrosses were observed off North Carolina later this season."
Marion County MARC
●Veit and Petersen 1993
●Mlodinow 1999 DuMont: "Sightings of Black-browed Albatrosses (Diomedea melanophris)-two
on June 28, 1972, in Buzzard's Bay, Mass., and two on Aug. 19, 1972, at sea
south of Morehead City, N.C.-may be the first reports of this species near the
United States Plumage variations between Buzzards Bay and Morehead City
birds-different neck and bill coloration, and differences in tail, underwing and
upper back pattern and coloration-suggest that four different birds were seen.
More definitive field marks were noted on the Buzzards Bay birds because of
stabler footing and closer viewing distance.
While at a 10-ft elevation on Bird Is. (41°40'N, 70°43'W) in Buzzards Bay at

5:30p.m., J. J. Hatch and M. Conca watched 2 Black-browed Albatrosses
through 10x binoculars for 5 minutes at 700-750 yds." [details included PCD]
sight reports
Jennifer Hanson,
Albatross Hudson Canyon, Leck: "Several birds were reported as albatross species at the Hudson
197206XX NJ several ●Leck 1984 NJBRC,
species far offshore hypothetical Canyon, from captains at this far offshore area in June 1972."
03/19/2008
[per Leck]
Finch: "An unquestionable albatross seen about a mi. s.w. of Gay Head.
Martha's Vineyard, July 2, was not positively identifiable as either Yellow-nosed
Diomedea off Gay Head on ●Finch 1972 or Black-browed (ICTN et al.) ..."
19720702 MA 1 sight report
species Martha’s Vineyard ●McDaniel 1973
McDaniel: "Diomedea sp., observation, off Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard,
Mass., July 2, 1972, (American Birds)."
DuMont: "Four other sightings of albatrosses of unknown species or
"albatross-like" or "-sized" birds were reported off the U.S. East Coast during
the summer of 1972: July 13, one albatross (sp?) seen off Martha's Vineyard,
Albatross ●DuMont 1973 Mass., by J.C.T. Nisbet; ..."
19720713 MA Martha's Vineyard 1 sight report
species ●Veit 1973
Veit: "Summer of 1972: Four other sightings of albatrosslike birds. July 13,
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts; ... (American Birds, August, 1973, 740
[DuMont 1973])"
sight report the summer of 1972: mid-July, two albatross-like birds seen flying 100 miles E
197207XX seen flying 100
"Albatross-like" ●DuMont 1973 of Manasquan Inlet, N.J., by nonbirders; ..."
NJ miles east of 2
birds ["questionable" ●Veit 1973
["mid July"] Manasquan Inlet
per Veit"] Veit: "Summer of 1972: Four other sightings of albatrosslike birds. ... mid-July,
two birds 100 miles east of Manasquan Inlet, New Jersey (questionable); ...
(American Birds, August, 1973, 740 [DuMont 1973])"
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Teulings: "The sightings of two probable Black-browed Albatrosses (PD, RA et

al.) Aug 19 off Morehead City was equally notable although not totally
unexpected in the wake of earlier sightings in New England waters this
summer (Am. Birds 26:832). None of these birds appeared to have been
storm-driven, having the reasons for occurrence beyond their normal range
open for speculation. Hopefully these events will inspire further pelagic studies
off our coast to better document what is happening."
DuMont: "While on a sport fishing boat Aug. 19, P, G. DuMont and seven other
birders ... saw 2 "black-mantled" albatrosses on wing at a point (33°45'N,
76°44'W) 48 miles south of Morehead City intermittently between 9:30 and
9:45 a.m." [details included PCD]
Parnell: "Inadequately documented sight records: Reports of the following

species have been reviewed by the Carolina Bird Club Records Committee and
●Teulings 1973
are considered inadequate for admission to the State Bird List under
●DuMont 1973
Hypothetical Status: ... Black-browed Albatross, Birding 4:6." [This Birding
●McDaniel 1973
reference is an error and was confirmed to be in error It probably was intended
●Veit 1973
to supposed to refer to DuMont (1973). J Parnell pers, comm., 06/12/2008.]
●Finch 1974 [refutation; see MA
16 Sep 1973] Harry LeGrand,
Lee and Booth: "DuMont (1973) reported sighting two birds that appeared to be
sight record ●Parnell et al. 1978 Chair, NCBRC.
Black-browed Albatrosses off North Carolina but the Carolina Bird Club
Black-browed 48 mi south of ●Lee and Plantania 1979 03/12/2008.
19720819 NC 2 Records Committee (see Parnell el al. 1978) did not accept the record."
Albatross Morehead City Accepted by ●Lee and Booth 1979
NCBRC ●Leck 1984 Jim Parnell,
Lee and Plantania: "DuMont (1973) reported sighting two birds that appeared
●LeGrand et al.1990 06/12/2008.
to be Black-browed AIbatrosses (D. melanophris) off North Carolina, but the
●Lee 1995
CBC Records Committee (see Parnell et al. 1978) did not accept the record as
●Tove, et al. 1998
Black-browed. Harry LeGrand (pers. comm) saw the individuals reported by
●Lee 1998
DuMont, noting especially the under-wing patterns, and believes they were
●Mlodinow 1999
Black-browed. Even though specific identification was not made on the boat,
●Tove and Patteson 2002
because it was necessary to check numerous sources, LeGrand noted that the
wing pattern excluded all other species. David Johnson (pers. comm.), who
was also on the boat with DuMont, had no doubt that the bIrds in question were
albatrosses, but did not see enough field marks to confirm species identity."
LeGrand et al. 1990: "Provisional. This species is elevated from the previous
Provisional II category. as the Committee believes that the detailed sight
record of two birds off Morehead City on 19 August 1972, seen by Paul
DuMont and seven others, is valid (Am. Birds 27:739-74D)."
Tove et al.: "The NCRBC (1990, p. 53) accepted the single sight record of two
birds off Morehead City on 19 August 1972 (Dumont 1973)."
Lee (1998): "This report has not been accepted by the museum's state records
committee, but it has been accepted by the CBC records committee."

on the water seen
the summer of 1972: Aug. 19, one albatross-sized bird on the water with a
from the
NS black mantle seen from the "Bluenose" ferry between Bar Harbor, Maine, and
"Albatross- "Bluenose" ferry ●DuMont 1973
19720819 1 sight report Yarmouth, N.S., but R.W. Smart; ..."
sized" bird between Bar ●Veit 1973
ME
Harbor, ME, and
Veit: "Summer of 1972: Four other sightings of albatrosslike birds. ... August
Yarmouth, NS
19, between Bar Harbor, Maine, and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. (American Birds,
August, 1973, 740 [DuMont 1973]) ..."
197208XX sight report the summer of 1972: early August, two albatross-like brds seen 45 mi. ESE of
45 miles east-
"Albatrosslike" ●DuMont 1973 Manasquan by unidentified birders; ..."
NJ southwest of 2
bird ["early ["questionable" ●Veit 1973
Manasquan
August"] per Veit"] Veit: "Summer of 1972: Four other sightings of albatrosslike birds. ... early
August, two birds 45 miles east-southeast of Manaquan (questionable); ...
(American Birds, August, 1973, 740 [DuMont 1973])"
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Buckley and Davis: "... an unidentified albatross was clearly seen, welI
described, and carefully sketched by a veteran observer (ED) May 21 as it flew
alongside the Belt Parkway at Gravesend Bay, Brooklyn, and then crossed the
road, heading for downtown Brooklyn! The description and drawing suggest
Black-browed more than any other species, which accords well with other (!)
albatross records from the area this summer."
Buckley and Schairer: "... unaged albatross not identified to species, flying
flying across the
sight report across the Belt Parkway at the Narrows, Brooklyn, NY, 21 May 1973 (E.J. Daly;
Belt Parkway at
Albatross ●Buckley and Davis 1973 Buckley and Davis 1973) ... Daly, well known personally to PAB and T.H.
19730521 NY Gravesend Bay at 1
species [not submitted to ●Buckley and Schairer 2000 Davis, had described and sketched his albatross in meticulous detail at the
the Narrows,
NYSARC] time of its observation. He was also questioned at length by PAB and Davis,
Brooklyn, NY
neither of whom had any doubt he had seen an albatross of some species. At
the time, many summarily dismissed the notion of an albatross over land in the
Northeast as patently absurd, even some who knew and respected the
observer. Yet in the intervening years, both Black-browed (in MA and in NJ)
and Yellow-nosed (in ME, MA, NY, NJ, FL, LA, and TX at least) have been
recorded over or nearly over land, and in spring 2000 alone, Yellow-nosed
Albatrosses were seen over/on land in MA (twice), RI, NY, and NJ (twice). ...
The ... Brooklyn report [was] probably never submitted to NYSARC."
Black-browed Buckley and Davis (Table 1): "Black-browed Albatross. May 27, Hudson
19730527 NY Hudson Canyon 1 sight report ●Buckley and Davis 1973
Albatross Canyon. Robert Smith."
Finch: "On June 26, an albatross was closely observed about 55 mi. from North
about 55 mi. from Sydney. N.S., along the ferry route to Argentia, Nfld. (MS, SS). The careful
North Sydney, NS, description and color sketches seem to indicate a near-adult Black-browed:
Black-browed
19730626 NS along the ferry 1 near adult sight report ●Finch 1975 though the underwings were apparently rather extensively white for this
Albatross
route to Argentia, species, and the rump gray, lighter than back or tail but not white, and though
NL the bird appeared to have a dim grayish V-shaped collar, the entirely dark
yellow bill would nonetheless seem virtually conclusive."
Buckley and Davis: (Table 1) "Black-browed Albatross. July 7, 5 m off NJ
shore. WS."
Viet (1973): “An adult Black-browed Albatross was reported off Brielle, New
Jersey; the lone observer unsuccessfully attempted to photograph the bird.”
Bill Boyle,
Viet (pers. comm. fide Boyle 2008): "On 5 July 1973, Bill Shields, while
NJBRC,
from a party fishing collecting data on pelagic birds for Charles Leck, reported an adult Black-
●Buckley and Davis 1973 03/19/2008
boat, 5 mi offshore browed Albatross ... on a day trip on a party fishing boat out of Atlantic
Black-browed ●Veit 1973
19730705 NJ of Atlantic 1 adult sight report Highlands, New Jersey. He called Tom Davis in NYC that night to tell him.
Albatross ●R. Veit (pers. comm. fide B ●R. Veit (pers.
Highlands, New Tom, Peter Polshek and myself joined Shields on the same boat that Saturday,
Boyle, pers. comm. 2008) comm. fide B
Jersey 7 July 1973 to search for [the bird].
Boyle pers.
comm. 2008)
We saw no albatross though. ...
Shields described the albatross as coming in directly behind the boat with
the other birds and he seemed to have little doubt as to what it was. He was
very anxious to get us to see it, as he had little experience with seabirds. My
impression at the time was that he had seen what he said he had seen."
Veit: [Detailed account provided. PCD]
Finch: "In the recent upswing of east coast albatross sightings, this fall
produced the most detailed report to date of Black-browed Albatross, an
apparently subadult bird seen by Richard Veit in Nantucket Sound Sept. 16 and
studied for ten minutes at ranges down to 50 feet. The description (reproduced
●Veit 1973 in extenso in B.O.E.M. 1:137-138 [Veit 1973]) includes an entirely yellow bill
seen from the ferry sight report
●Finch 1974 and broadly black-edged underwings with "grayish or slightly mottled" central
Black-browed between Hyannis MARC
19730916 MA 1 subadult ●Petersen 1995 patch, characters excluding Yellow-nosed Albatross as well as Shy and Gray-
Albatross and Nantucket, in Accepted by #73-1
●Veit and Peterson 1993 headed. Veit, who was close enough to see the bird's black brow line, said that
Nantucket Sound MARC
●Mlodinow 1999 "even at close range ... the distinguishing field mark (such as bill color) were
not conspicuous" and expressed skepticism regarding the identifiably of last
year's Morehead City birds (Am. Birds 27:739-740), the bill of one of which was
said to be discernibly "light-grey horn to a pale yellow horn" at 1/2, to 1 mile."
Petersen: "subadult seen from the ferry between Hyannis and Nantucket, 16
September 1973 (R. Veit: #73-1)"
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Edscorn: "Procellariiformes - This order made a grand showing. An albatross

moving in a light east wind 21 mi. off Cape Canaveral Sept. 13 was considered
a Black-browed by Johnnie Johnson (JJ, Frank Frear, Fred Kruse; possible first
Florida sight record!)."
sight report
Cruickshank: "One seen and perfectly described as it flew directly over the
[Mlodinow reports
boat, twenty miles off Cocoa Beach, Sept. 13, 1974 (JBJ)." [JBJ = James
this as rejected, ●Edscorn 1975 Andy Kratter,
21 miles off Cape (Johnny) Johnson PCD]
Black-browed but this sighting ●Cruickshank 1980 Secretary
19740913 FL Canaveral, Brevard 1
Albatross was not reviewed ●Stevenson and Anderson 1994 FOSRC,
County Stevenson and Anderson: "One report 21 mi off Cape Canaveral, 13 Sep 1974,
by FOSRC per ●Mlodinow 1999 03/03/2008
a bird seen by J Johnson, Frank Frear & Fred Kruse (Edscorn 1975,
Kratter (pers.
Cruickshank 1980). Reference: McDaniel 1973."
comm. 2008).
PCD]
Mlodinow: "The following published records were rejected by state bird records
committees: ... one off Cape Canaveral, Florida, September 13, 1974 (AB
29:44, Stevenson and Anderson 1994)." [no - FOSRC did not review this report
PCD]
sight report
published in Leck
Scott and Cutler: "An adult and an imm. Black-browed Albatross were carefully
[Mlodinow says
observed flying together off Cape May Pt., Oct 7 (HHA & RB), probably the first
this was rejected
regional report of this species." [HHA was H. H. Axtell and RB was Richard
by the NJBRC;
Byron].
however, this ●Scott and Cutler 1975a
Jennifer Hanson,
Black-browed from shore at Cape 2 birds: 1 adult sight report ●Rowlett 1980
19741007 NJ NJBRC, Leck: "A maximum of 2 (an adult and an immature) was recorded from shore at
Albatross May Point and 1 imm predated the ●Leck 1984
03/19/2008 Cape May Point on October 7, 1974."
NJBRC who ●Mlodinow 1999
subsequently
Mlodinow: "The following published records were rejected by state bird records
considered it to be
committees: 2, Cape May Point, New Jersey, October 7, 1979 [error - should
undocumented
be 1974 PCD] (Leck 1989, P. Lehman, pers. comm.) ..."
and not actionable
[Larson (pers.
comm. 2008).]
PCD]
Scott and Cutler:" Perhaps the record of the season was a subadult Yellow-
nosed Albatross watched for some 2 hours 57 mi. e. of Ocean City Feb 1
(RAR, PGD, HMN et al.). This was apparently a first report for this Region and
numerous excellent photos were obtained."
●Scott and Cutler 1975
●Rowlett 1975 Rowlett: "Much to everyone's total astonishment an albatross was indeed
Baltimore Canyon, ●Finch et al. 1978 sitting on the water with a flock of about 50 gulls and gannets, 30 yards away,
photograph Phil Davis,
90 km east of MD/DCRC ●Rowlett 1981 on the side of the boat ... [detailed description and photo included PCD]"
Yellow-nosed 1 sub- to near- MD/DCRC
19750201 MD Ocean City #MD/1990- ●Peterjohn and Davis 1996
Albatross adult Accepted by Secretary.
[38d 19mN 006 ●Mlodinow 1999 Peterjohn and Davis: "Atlantic Ocean off Ocean City, 1 February 1975 (RRo,
MD/DCRC 03/12/2008.
73d 52mW] ●Finnegan 2001 *JK et al.; 90-06). Many birders have sailed out of Ocean City during
●MD/DCRC database subsequent winters, waiting in vain for a repeat of this record. It remains the
03/22/2008 [fide Davis] only substantiated winter record for this species in the western North Atlantic."
MD/DCRC database: "Sub- to near-adult. MB 31(2):49-50. MB 31(2):52 w/

photo. 5 color prints by J Kelly. AB 29(3):672. Dupes of 4 slides obtained for
the files from R Rowlett: 3/96. Bird first spotted by Peter Pyle."
Yellow-nosed South: "Further sightings were made of an individual off Baccalieu Island on 20
19750620 NL off Baccalieu Island 1 sight record ●South 1983
Albatross June 1975, in close association with a group of gannets ..."
●Finch 1976 Finch: "[An] unusual report[] from Massachusetts this season w[as] an ad.
●Powers and Brown 1987 Yellow-nosed Albatross closely observed on Cultivator Shoals off Cape Cod
Yellow-nosed Cultivator Shoals, ●Petersen 1995 June 14 (undescribed to this editor; JML, fide TLL-E)"
19760614 MA 1 adult sight record
Albatross NW Georges Bank ●Veit and Peterson 1995
●Mlodinow 1999 Petersen: "The only other convincing sight report for the state pertains to a bird
●Finnegan 2001 seen on Georges Bank, 14 June 1976."
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Amos" This single-observer sighting by Eric Amos in 1976 was never attributed
to one species – but undoubtedly an albatross. "On Wednesday 23rd June
1976 – between 1945hrs and 1950hrs - while scanning for late shearwaters off
the rocks at the Checkerboard, Spittal Pond, I was treated to about 5
exhilarating heart-pounding minutes watching a Southern Hemisphere
sight report Albatross flying west to east between the inner and outer reefs. The day was
brilliant and clear and the winds from the East were very light. I kept looking
single observer away, hoping to see another person to share this incredible bird with - but there
sighting - notes were only kiskadees and pigeons around.
Diomedea BM Checkerboard, Andrew Dobson,
19760623 1 and sketches ●Amos 1976 (fide Dobson 2008)
species [Bermuda] Spittal Pond 03/13/2008.
Essentially it was a large dark grey and white bird with very long wings often
considered held stiffly outstretched but also flapping them a lot from time to time. I
hypothetical by immediately had no doubt that it was an albatross of the type known as
Amos Mollymawks, having observed them daily during months at sea in the Southern
Ocean, in the early 1970s. Initially I considered it to be a Black-browed
Albatross (Diomedea melanophris) and listed it as possibly one under
‘hypotheticals’ in my 1991 Field Guide. Since then, after reading and re-reading
my delirious notes and sketches, I consider it more likely to have been a
Yellow-nosed Albatross (D chlororhynchos)."
Finch (1976): "[An] unusual report[] from Massachusetts this season w[as] a
Black-browed Albatross on Jeffries Ledge, 18 mi. off Rockport July 11, the
description stressing the bird's enormous size, yellow bill and broadly dark
margined underwing (RSH, party of four).
●Finch 1976
Finch (1977): "The unusual proximity in time and place of the Aug. 1 [NH]
sight record ●Finch 1977
18 miles east of sightings to the Massachusetts Black-browed Albatross sightings of July 11
Black-browed MARC ●Veit and Petersen 1993
19760711 MA Rockport at 1 adult (18 mi. off Rockport [Newburyport]) and July 24 (Newburyport harbor),
Albatross Accepted by #76-1 ●Petersen 1995
Jeffrey's Ledge strongly suggests a single bird."
MARC ●Mlodinow 1999
●Perkins 2000
Petersen: "The Committee accepted ... reports of this species [Black-browed
Albatross], ... an adult, was observed twenty miles east of Newburyport at
Jeffrey's Ledge, 11 July 1976 (R. Heil, M. Kasprzyk, S. Garrett: #76-1) ... Quite
possibly this [same] individual was seen again at Newburyport, 24 July 1976
(see report of Diomedea species: #76-2)."
Finch (1976): "What was assumed to be the same individual [as the
07/11/1976 Rockport bird] reappeared two weeks later pursued by Herring
Gulls around Newburyport harbor July 24 (RSH)."
Finch (1977): "The unusual proximity in time and place of the Aug. 1 [1976 NH]
sightings to the Massachusetts Black-browed Albatross sightings of July 11 (18
mi. off Rockport) and July 24 (Newburyport harbor), strongly suggests a
19760724
Diomedea sight record ●Finch 1976 single bird."
flying over the Plum
species ●Finch 1977
[recorded on Island causeway 30 MARC
MA 1 Accepted by ●Veit and Peterson 1993 Veit and Peterson: "What was presumably the same bird [as the 07/11/1976
MARC web km east of #76-2
[reported as MARC as genus ●Petersen 1995 Black-browed Newburyport bird] was carefully observed on 24 July 1976 (Heil)
database as Newburyport harbor
Black-browed] only ●Mlodinow 1999 as it flow northwestward across the Plum Island causeway and then out to
07/25. PCD]
sea."
Petersen: "An albatross identified as a probable Black-browed Albatross seen

flying over the Plum Island causeway at Newburyport, 24 July 1976 (R. Heil)
was insufficiently observed to positively rule out other species of mollymawks.
The observer suspected that the bird may have been an individual previously
seen at Jeffrey's Ledge, 11 July 1976 (see MARC #76-1)."
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S. Gonzales: Written report from one of three observers [other two were P.
Phipps and D. Lambert] submitted to NH Bird Records: "Bird was about 1 mi. E
of our location wen sighted - then flew NNW. Initially seen in water laboring
heavily to get airborne, & once succesful, flew similar to a shearwater. Long,
long (8 feet) wings - black mantle & ver promient white head, neck, & belly.
This observer cannot recall seeing any white under wings due to distance &
Black-browed short time of observation, but Phipps recalled "seeing some white." Boat was
inshore of the Isle
Albatross ●Finch 1977 NH Bird Records travelling about 30 knots/hr. ESE and eventually passes S of Shoals. Bird was
of Shoals,
files via Rebecca 2st spotted in water SW of White I. & flew NNW into Maine waters and beyond
19760801 NH and ME Rockingham 1 Sight report
[reported as [Report deposited in the NH Bird Suomala, Appledore I. Skipper of boat also saw bird & reported having see "it" at much
County, aboard the
Albatross - Records files] 06/28/2008. closer range the previous day."
M/V Atlantic Queen
Black-browed?]
Finch: "Albatrosses persisted in their presence off the Region's coasts. [One]
was seen Aug. 1 inshore of the Isles of Shoals and an hour later about 12
mi. e. of Hampton. The bird was identified as Black-browed Albatross (SAG,
DL. PP et al.). The unusual proximity in time and place of the Aug. 1 sightings
to the Massachusetts Black-browed Albatross sightings of July 11 (18 mi. off
Rockport) and July 24 (Newburyport harbor), strongly suggests a single bird."
S. Gonzales: Written report from one of three observers [other two were P.
Phipps and D. Lambert] submitted to NH Bird Records: "The bird was spotted
1st off our starboard flying toward our wake. It eventually crossed the wake,
shearwater -style, tipping and turning and showing a long white "stripe"
20 miles off Rye,
dissecting the underwing from axillars nearly to wingtips. The mantle was
NH at location
black, & head and underparts white. Our boat picked up speed in S-easterly
called "Old ●Finch 1977 NH Bird Records
direction, & our bird was heading NW, so we didn't have time to look for bill,
Black-browed Scantum" aboard files via Rebecca
19760801 NH 1 Sight report tail, and facial markings. The wings were VERY long and narrow."
Albatross M/V Atlantic Queen [Report deposited in the NH Bird Suomala,
Finch: "Albatrosses persisted in their presence off the Region's coasts. [One]
[Finch: "12 miles
was seen Aug. 1 inshore of the Isles of Shoals and an hour later about 12 mi.
east of Hampton"]
e. of Hampton. The bird was identified as Black-browed Albatross (SAG, DL.
PP et al.). The unusual proximity in time and place of the Aug. 1 sightings to
the Massachusetts Black-browed Albatross sightings of July 11 (18 mi. off
Rockport) and July 24 (Newburyport harbor), strongly suggests a single bird."
Howe and Weissman: "An adult ... suddenly appeared from Croton Bay on the
east side of the point, accompanied by several Great Black-backed Gulls. Its
wingspread was about a foot longer than that of the gulls. Its mantle, upper
wings and tail were black, its rump, body and face white, with the nape and
back of the head suffused with gray. As it rounded the point it flapped twice,
shearwater-style, on stiff, narrow wings, revealing their undersides to be white
with a well-defined narrow black edge all around. Continuing north along the
point the bird passed within 30 feet of us, about 15 feet below eye level. At that
sight record
●Howe and Weissman 1976 time a bright yellow stripe running the length of the culmen of its massive,
●Paxton et al. 1977 blunt-tipped, black bill was clearly seen, both with and without binoculars. The
Croton Bay, Croton (post Hurricane
Yellow-nosed NYSARC ●Bull 1998 bird disappeared from view to the north and, in spite of intensive searching
19760810 NY Point. Westchester 1 adult Belle)
Albatross #1976-1-A ●Mlodinow 1999 throughout the Hudson River Valley the next day, was not seen again."
County
Accepted by
●Finnegan 2001 Paxton et al.: "The prize in this region was without any doubt the adult Yellow-
NYSARC
nosed Albatross that flabbergasted Berna Weissman and Bill Howe as it
passed 30 feet off Croton Pt., 20 mi. up the Hudson R. from New York City at
1:40 p.m. Aug. 10 and went upriver, not to be seen again."
Bull: "Weissman and Howe (1976) described their close observation of an adult
driven 25 miles up the Hudson R. to the southern tip of Croton Point,
Westchester Co. by Hurricane Belle on 10 Aug 1976. The bird passed with 30
ft of the astonished observers."
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Finch: "The season's ... other reports were of Yellow-nosed Albatrosses, an

adult or near-adult observed from the Bluenose ferry about 40 mi. off
Yarmouth. N.S. Aug. 20 (DS et al.) ... The Bluenose albatross provided a
●Finch 1977 second record for that crossing ..."
70 km west of ●Finch et al. 1978
Yellow-nosed Yarmouth, 1 adult or ●Tufts 1986 Finch et al.: "Two records of single birds, July 12, 1968 (EVT) [Edward V.
19760820 NS sight record
Albatross observed from the near-adult ●Godfrey 1986 Thompson] and Aug. 20, 1976 (DS) [Dan Salisbury]"
Bluenose ferry ●Mlodinow 1999
●Finnegan 2001 Tufts: "An... adult or near-adult was identified by Dan Salisbury and others on
20 August 1976 about 70 km west of Yarmouth."
Godfrey: "Sight record for Nova Scotia (64 km off Yarmouth, 20 August 1976)."
Wood 1976: "Yellow-nosed Albatross 8/21 [1976] Cox Ledge (1 sub-adult) CW,
Capt. A.. Jarman & several fishermen. Seen within 15' of charter boat Super-
Squirrel. Wing spread estimate of 7'. Jet black bill, white head, white body,
white rump, black band at end of tail, very black upper wings edged with black.
Almost identical with photo on p. 592-93 June 1974 issue of American Birds."
Paxton et al. "Another, described as sub-adult and almost certainly a different

individual, came within 15 feet of a boat at Cox's Ledge. 40 mi. e.s.e. of
Montauk Pt. Aug. 21 (CW [Charles Wood])."
Finch: "The season's ... other reports were of Yellow-nosed Albatrosses, ... a
Cox's Ledge, a
●Wood 1976 subadult seen al fifteen feet at Cox's Ledge, R.I.. Aug. 21 (CW et al.). ... [this]
submarine plateau
●Paxton et al. 1977 bird marked a first Rhode Island record."
and fishing ground
●Finch 1977
ca. 65 km (40 mi)
Yellow-nosed ●Conway 1992 fide Shaibal Mitra Conway: "Yellow-nosed Albatross - Accidental in late summer in offshore
19760821 RI eastsoutheast of 1 subadult sight record
Albatross ●Mlodinow 1999 07/06/2008 waters (2 records); 8/21/76, Cox's Ledge S[ight record], 1, CW, Al Jamin -
Montauk Point, LI,
●Buckley and Schairer 2000 (Sub-adult) ..."
NY, and partly in
●Finnegan 2001
MA and partly in Rl
●Ferren (in press) Buckley and Schairer: "In addition, at least two different Yellow-nosed
waters
Albatrosses have been found at Cox's Ledge, a submarine plateau and fishing
ground ca. 65 km (40 mi) eastsoutheast of Montauk Point, LI, NY, and partly in
MA and partly in Rl waters: 'subadult,' 21 Aug 1976, only 11 days after Tropical
Storm Belle dropped the adult ... [8/10] on the Hudson River (c. Wood, A.
Jarmin; Paxton et al. 1977; Conway 1992)"
Ferren: "The first Rhode Island record is of a sub-adult seen at Cox's Ledge on
August 21, 1976 by Charles Wood. This bird, which approached to within 15
feet of the boat and was kept under observation for an extended period,
possessed a decidedly narrow border of black along the edges of the largely
white underwings."
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Webster: "The Yellow-nosed Albatross was lifted from the Texas hypothetical
list when a supposedly injured bird (adult) was picked up on the beach On S.
Padre I. in late October. It is reported doing well at Gladys Porter Zoo in
Brownsville (fide JCA)."
TOS: "... accepted records: specimen, Willacy Co. (PINS); discovered 28 Oct.
1976; held in Gladys Porter Zoo, Brownsville, until death on 19 Apr. 1977
(specimen, University of Texas-Pan American; TPRF No. 118)"
TRBC web site: "Yellow-nosed Albatross Photo by: John Arvin Found October
●Webster 1977
specimen 28, 1976 4 m. west of Port Mansfield Willacy County, TX. This bird was taken
●TOS 1995
into care on the above date, photographed in captivity on February 16, 1977,
●Mlodinow 1999
U.T. Pan and died in captivity on April 19 of that year. The specimen is held at UT Pan
found 4 mi west of ●Finnegan 2001
American Mark Lockwood, American at Brownsville, and the comparative photos were taken while this
Yellow-nosed Port Mansfield, TPRF ●Lockwood and Freeman 2004
19761028 TX 1 adult collection (no TBRC Secretary. specimen was on loan to TAMU/TCWC:" http://texasbirds.org/tbrc/ynalbatr.htm
Albatross South Padre Island, #118 ●TRBC web site (accessed
specimen #) 04/10/2008.
Willacy County 03/23/2008)
Annotated List of the Seabirds of the World web site [Angus Wilson]:
●Annotated List of the Seabirds
Accepted by "Grounded individual found in Texas Photographed by John Arvin on 28
of the Word web site (accessed
TBRC October 1976 near Port Mansfield, Texas. Posted on the very informative
03/23/2008)
Texas Bird Records Committee (TBRC) Web site."
Lockwood (pers. comm. 2008): "When the TBRC was really started (in the
fashion it functions under today) in 1987 Greg Lasley went through the Texas
Photo Record File (TPRF) and gathered up some specimen data where the
specimens could be examined or confirmed and presented those data to the
TBRC. All (or some subset) of those records were accepted. I was not involved
at that time so I don't know the exact process. That is why this Yellow-nosed
Albatross record does not have a TBRC number, but it is an accepted record
by the TBRC."
Lee and Platania: "The captains at Oregon Inlet also reported single October
1976 and 1979 sightings of albatrosses."
Lee and Booth: "The captains of Oregon Inlet reported single October 1976
and 1978 sightings of these birds."
sight report LeGrand et al. 1990: "Unaccepted Sighting. This is little change from the
●Lee and Platania 1979 Harry LeGrand,
Yellow-nosed offshore Oregon previous status of Provisional II. The Committee feels that the sight records
197610XX NC 1 ●Lee and Booth 1979 Chair, NCBRC.
Albatross Inlet Not Accepted by from offshore waters on 17 April 1978 and two days later, plus albatrosses in
●LeGrand et al. 1990 03/15/2008.
NCBRC October 1976 and 1978 (Chat 43:59 [Lee and Platania 1979]; Am. Birds
33:720 [Lee and Booth 1979]) are not detailed enough to clearly indicate that
the species involved were Yellow-nosed"
LeGrand (pers comm. 03/15/2008): "This may well have been an albatross, but
details were not specific enough to "prove" to the Committee it was this
species."
Purrington: "Brent Ortego spent 27 days aboard an old production platform in
the Gulf of Mexico 75 mi. S 25ºE of Galveston, Tex ...Highlighting his records
aboard an oil
sighting of an unidentified albatross (Nov. 28) ..."
production platform sight report
Mark Lockwood,
Albatross in the Gulf of
19761128 TX 1 ●Purrington 1977 TBRC Secretary. Lockwood (pers. comm. 2008): "Th[is] sighting was never reviewed by the
species Mexico 75 mi. S [Not reviewed by
04/10/2008. TBRC as far as I can tell. That is not surprising however. The TBRC started in
25ºE of Galveston, TRBC]
1972, but it was not functional as we think of BRCs until 1987. As a result
Tex
records prior to 1987 are very patchy and most of our records from before that
time are from photos and specimens ..."
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Lee and Plantania: "John B. Funderburg and Lee sighted a single albatross on
17 April 1978, 59 km SE of Oregon Inlet, Dare County, N.C. The large bird was
soaring away from the boat low over the surface of the Gulf Stream. The only
field marks observed were a light back and dark wings, suggestive of a Yellow-
nosed Albatross (Diomedea chlororhynchos). During the brief observation the
angle of view was such that an adequate check of other field marks was not
possible."
Lee and Booth: "Our only sighting was on April 17 1978 37 mi SE of Oregon
Inlet. ... The only field mark observed other than size was a light mantle and
●Lee and Platania 1979
dark wings suggesting the possibility that the individual in question was a
sight report ●Lee and Booth 1979
59 km SE of Harry LeGrand, Yellow-nosed AIbatross (D. chrysostoma)."
Yellow-nosed ●LeGrand et al. 1990
19780417 NC Oregon Inlet, Dare 1 adult Chair, NCBRC.
Albatross Not Accepted by ●Lee 1995
County 03/15/2008. LeGrand et al. 1990: "Unaccepted Sighting. This is little change from the
NCBRC ●Tove et al. 1998.
previous status of Provisional II. The Committee feels that the sight records
from offshore waters on 17 April 1978 ... (Chat 43:59 [Lee and Platania 1979];
Am. Birds 33:720 [Lee and Booth 1979]) are not detailed enough to clearly
indicate that the species involved were Yellow-nosed"
Lee (1995): "an adult on April 17, 1978 (Lee and Booth 1979) ... [was] probably
Yellow-nosed ..."
Tove at al.: "The NCRBC (1990, p. 53) [LeGrand et al. 1990] gave an
Unaccepted Sighting verdict to ...[this] report. In fact, the NCBRC was
uncertain that ... [this] bird [was an albatross] of any kind."
Lee and Platania: "A bird assumed to be the same individual [as the 04/17
sighting] was seen 2 days later by the crew of the Oregon Inlet charter boat
Gal-O-Mine."
Lee and Booth: "Another sighting in the same location two days later [after the
sight report
●Lee and Platania 1979 Harry LeGrand, 04/17 sighting], possibly the same bird, was reported to us by one of the
Yellow-nosed
19780419 NC 37 mi SE of Oregon 1 ●Lee and Booth 1979 Chair, NCBRC. captains of an Oregon Inlet charter boat."
Albatross Not Accepted by
Inlet ●LeGrand et al. 1990 03/15/2008.
NCBRC
LeGrand et al. 1990: "Unaccepted Sighting. This is little change from the
previous status of Provisional II. The Committee feels that the sight records
from offshore waters on 17 April 1978 and two days later... (Chat 43:59 [Lee
and Platania 1979]; Am. Birds 33:720 [Lee and Booth 1979]) are not detailed
enough to clearly indicate that the species involved were Yellow-nosed"
Vickery: "A fully ad. Black-browed Albatross was closely observed off Lumbo
Ledge, 3 mi e.s.e. of Bailey I., Me., May 28. Noted features, from as close as
75 ft, included the bird's bright yellow bill, dark leading edge to the
undersurface of the wings, dark lower wing tips, and enormous size (WTU et
sight record al.). Coincidental to the appearance of the albatross was a huge pollock run,
which drove masses of some small food organism, possibly a crustacean, to
off Lumbo Ledge, 3 [currently Bill Sheehan, the surface. During this brief period dozens of Sooty Shearwaters and the
Black-browed
19780528 ME mi e.s.e. of Bailey 1 adult considered ●Vickery 1978 ME-BRC Chair. albatross gathered in the area. This produced a first Maine record, although
Albatross
Island hypothetical by 04/10/2008 the species has yet to be photographically documented in the Region or North
ME-BRC; yet to America."
be reviewed]
Sheehan (pers. comm. 2008): "The Committee has yet to review the Black-
browed Albatross record and is treated as "hypothetical" by the committee at
this point. We are gradually chipping away at these but just haven't gotten
around to it yet."
about 11 miles east
Ferren: "There have been two sightings of unidentified albatrosses: [one] was
Albatross of Block Island's fide Shaibal Mitra
19790707 RI 1 sight report ●Ferren (in press) distantly seen about 11 miles east of Block Island's southeast lighthouse on
species southeast 07/06/2008
July 7, 1979 by Kevin D. Powers of the Manomet Bird Observatory staff."
lighthouse
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Lee and Platania: "The captains at Oregon Inlet also reported single October
1976 and 1978 sightings of albatrosses."
Lee and Booth: "The captains of Oregon Inlet reported single October 1976
sight report and 1978 sightings of these birds."
●Lee and Platania 1979 Harry LeGrand,
Yellow-nosed offshore Oregon
197810XX NC 1 ●Lee and Booth 1979 Chair, NCBRC.
Albatross Inlet Not Accepted by LeGrand et al. 1990: "Unaccepted Sighting. This is little change from the
●LeGrand et al. 1990 03/15/2008.
NCBRC previous status of Provisional II. The Committee feels that the sight records
from offshore waters on 17 April 1978 and two days later, plus albatrosses in
October 1976 and 1978 (Chat 43:59 [Lee and Platania 1979]; Am. Birds
33:720 [Lee and Booth 1979]) are not detailed enough to clearly indicate that
the species involved were Yellow-nosed"
Ferren: "There have been two sightings of unidentified albatrosses: believed
Albatross in the area of Cox's fide Shaibal Mitra
197905XX RI 1 sight report ●Ferren (in press) correct was one reported by fishermen in the area of Cox's Ledge in May, 1979
species Ledge 07/06/2008
..."
Vickery: "Unique this season was a Yellow-nosed Albatross, seen 2± hours
from Argentia, Nfld., on the Argentia, Nfld. - N. Sydney, N.S. ferry, CN Maritime
from the CN ferry Cruiser ... July 30. Carefully observed were broadly while underwing linings
Yellow-nosed Marine Cruise ●Vickery 1979 with a narrow "dark border on the leading and trailing edges" (HNMacK et al.,
19790730 NL 1 sight report
Albatross approximately 2 h ●South 1983 fide SLM.)""
from Argentia
South: "... sightings were made ... from the CN ferry "Marine Cruise"
approximately 2 h from Argentia on 30 July 1979."
Christie: "Each season has its obvious highlight and this summer I guess it
would be the albatross seen by Allison Naves, halfway between Grand Manan
and Yarmouth, N.S. on Aug. 16. He was completely unfamiliar with this large
sea bird, twice as large as a "farmer gull" (Great Black-backed) with long
straight wings. His description relayed by Peter Pearce leaves no doubt it was
an albatross. Most likely it would have been either a Yellow-nosed or Black-
browed." Christie (pers. comm. 2008): "In the following paragraph, I noted that
water temperatures in the Gulf of Maine had been very warm in summer 1979
and that although a good number of Cory's Shearwaters were seen in early
August from the "Bluenose" ferry between Bar Harbor and Yarmouth, none had
been reported in New Brunswick waters."
Vickery: "An albatross sp. was seen between Grand Manan, N.B., and
Blake Maybank
Yarmouth, N.S., Aug. 16 (fide DSC)."
seen between 05/12/2008
Albatross ●Christie 1979
19790816 NB or NS Grand Manan, NB, 1 sight record
species ●Vickery 1980a Maybank (pers. comm. 2008): "I think placing the sighting in the Bay of Fundy,
and Yarmouth, NS David Christie
Canada, is sufficient as, from personal experience in the pre-GPS days, it is
05/14/2008
often difficult to know exactly where you are in relation to the Fundy water
boundary separating NS from NB. Mind you, if that statement from Vickery is
the only information concerning that albatross sighting, I doubt the rarities
committees from either NB or NS would accept the sighting."
Christie (pers. comm. 2008): "I presume that Peter Pearce's communication
that gives some details of fisherman Naves' observation is in the files at the
New Brunswick Museum. I'll see if someone can find it. As far as location is
concerned, on a direct boat trip, halfway from Grand Manan to Yarmouth
should be within a few miles of Brier Island, Nova Scotia, but it's more likely
they were fishing somewhere well offshore from both provinces. Like Blake I
don't think it can be ascribed to one or the other. Perhaps Peter Pearce's
report will shed some light on that."
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Wood 1979: "Yellow-nosed Albatross 8/21 [1979] Cox Ledge (1-imm) Tom
Davis. Same date as seen by CW in 1976. ... [details follow] ... Photo. 2nd
sighting. State record."
Vickery: "A sub-ad. Yellow-nosed Albatross off Cox's Ledge, R.I., Aug. 21
provided yet another sighting of a species that has apparently become almost
regular off the w. Atlantic seaboard (TD)."
Cox's Ledge, a
submarine plateau ●Wood 1979
Conway: "Yellow-nosed Albatross - Accidental in late summer in offshore
and fishing ground ●Vickery 1980a
waters (2 records); ... 8/21/79, Cox's Ledge, Photo, 1, THD (immature)."
ca. 65 km (40 mi) ●Conway 1992
Yellow-nosed Shaibal Mitra
19790821 RI eastsoutheast of 1 subadult photograph ●Mlodinow 1999
Albatross 07/06/2008 Buckley and Schairer: "... Yellow-nosed Albatrosses have been found at Cox's
Montauk Point, LI, ●Buckley and Schairer 2000
Ledge, a submarine plateau and fishing ground ca. 65 km (40 mi)
NY, and partly in ●Finnegan 2001
eastsoutheast of Montauk Point, LI, NY, and partly in MA and partly in Rl
MA and partly in Rl ●Ferren (in press)
waters: ... 'immature,' 21 Aug 1979, photographed by T.H. Davis (Vickery
waters
1980[a])."
Ferren: "... on August 21, 1979, exactly three years after Wood's record,
another immature bird of the present species [Yellow-nosed] appeared at Cox's
Ledge and was examined by Thomas H. Davis and numerous New York
observers. A photograph by Davis, clearly identifiable as an albatross, is
unfortunately indeterminate as to species."
sight record
Accepted by
VARCOM Armistead: "A Yellow-nosed Albatross was seen 55 mi from the Virginia coast
Dec 3."
VARCOM status:
previously Ringler" "Rowlett found some interesting birds offshore this season. On Dec. 3
"Hypothetical" Sue Heath, at 38° 01' N, 74° 04' W, approximately 55 miles east of the Maryland-Virginia
(Kain) - only due ●Armistead 1980 VARCOM line, he watched a Yellow-nosed Albatross for about ten minutes. It was either
Atlantic Ocean to lack of ●Ringler 1980 Secretary. an immature or subadult."
VA 38-01N, 74-04W, specimen or photo MDDCRC ●Rowlett 1981 03/13/2008.
Yellow-nosed 1 imm or sub
19791203 approximately 88 for 1st state #MD/2008- ●Kain 1987 Rowlett: "A Yellow-nosed Albatross, Diomedea chlororhynchos, was studied by
Albatross adult
MD km east of the MD- record; now 020 ●Mlodinow 1999 Phil Davis, several crewmen and myself from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alert on 3
VA line. "accepted" (Cat 2) ●Finnegan 2001 MD/DCRC December 1979 at 38°01 'N, 74°04'W, about 55 nautical miles due east of
per Rottenborn ●Rottenborn and Brinkley 2007 Secretary. Assateague Island, Virginia and Maryland." [detailed description included PCD]
and Brinkley 03/22/2008]
Rottenborn and Brinkley: "55 mi east of Assateague Is. (38° 01’ N, 74° 04’ W),
MD/DCRC status: 3 Dec 1979; The description of the 1979 bird suggests that it was of the more
not yet reviewed - expected nominate subspecies, Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross, rather than
documentation bassi of the Indian Ocean (unrecorded in North America)."
just located (P
Davis, pers.
comm. 2008)
Wood 1980: "Black-browed Albatross. Early June Cox Ledge (eastern side)
described by Capt. George Lockhart of the Super-Squirrel, huge black and
198006XX white bird with black wings light underneath; white head; enormous large light
info provided by
Black-browed on Cox's Ledge ●Wood 1980 bill; white body. Circled the boat for 1/2 hr. - 1st record for Cox Ledge.
RI 1 sight report Chris Rather
Albatross ("early (eastern side) ●Vickery 1980b confirmed by RB, DE, CW.""
07/14/2008
June")
Vickery: "A single Black-browed Albatross was noted in early June on Cox's
Ledge, R.I. (fide CW)"
Vickery: "... [a] carefully detailed Black-browed Albatross was noted from the N.
Sydney, N.S.-Argentina, Nfld., ferry July 15 (DW et al.). This ... bird was seen
some 4 hours out of N. Sydney and so presumably constitutes a first
Newfoundland record."
off the southwest
coast of [NL] during
sight record South: ".... a Black-browed Albatross (Diomedea melanophris) was seen 15 Jul
a ferry crossing ●Vickery 1980b
Black-browed 1980, off the southwest coast of the island (Vickery 1980) during a ferry
19800715 NL from North Sydney, 1 ●South 1983
Albatross hypothetical - per crossing from North Sydney, Nova Scotia to Argentia, Newfoundland."
Nova Scotia to ●Godfrey 1986
Godfrey]
Argentia,
Godfrey: "Hypothetical. Sight record only. On 15 July 1980, an albatross
Newfoundland
superficially like D. chlororhynchos but with an all-yellow bill and heavy dark
'eyebrow' mark was identified as this species on waters between southern
Newfoundland and North Sydney, Nova Scotia, by D.E. Wolf and Bret Whitney.
There is no Canadian specimen or photo."
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Scantum Basin,
near S. end of NH Bird Records submission: Three observers; notes from E.W. Phinney;
Yellow-nosed files via Rebecca
19801024 NH Jeffries Ledge; 1 imm sight report details provided. Bird first seen sitting on the water and then flew as boat
Albatross [Report deposited in the NH Bird Suomala,
LORAN A location: approached to about 100 yards. [Notes available. PCD]
44357, 13639
sight record
●Armistead 1982
Sue Heath, Armistead: "From the shoreline of Back Bay N.W.R., Wolfe reported a Yellow-
hypothetical - per ●Kain 1987
Yellow-nosed from the shoreline VARCOM nosed Albatross Nov 28, a second sight record for Virginia."
19811128 VA 1 VARC; only due to ●Mlodinow 1999
Albatross of Back Bay NWR Secretary.
no specimen or ●Finnegan 2001
03/13/2008. Rottenborn and Brinkley: "Back Bay, 28 Nov 1981."
photo for 1st state ●Rottenborn and Brinkley 2007
record
MA Nikula: "An ad. albatross, seen sitting and in flight at distances ranging down to
Albatross
50 ft over a 30-min. period on the s.e. corner of G .B., May 2 (PH) was thought
species
[state s.e. corner of to have been a Black-browed, based on the all-yellow bill and underwing
19820502 1 adult sight record ●Nikula 1982
designation George's Bank pattern. Although there are now numerous sight records for this species and
["thought to be
may be there would seem little doubt that it occurs, there is still no photograph or
Black-browed"]
equivocal] specimen from anywhere in the n.w. Atlantic."
Paul: "An extraordinary Yellow-nosed Albatross was photographed at St. Marks
N.W.R., July 3 by Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Valpey-Toussignant. The photographs
revealed the gray head typical of the nominate race chlororhynchos, which
●Paul 1983
near St. Marks TTRS breeds on Tristan de Cunha. This represented the first documented albatross
Yellow-nosed ●Stevenson & Anderson 1994
19820703 FL Light, St. Marks 1 photograph photos# record from Florida (fide LA)."
Albatross ●Mlodinow 1999
NWR 416-20
●Finnegan 2001
S&A: "One bird spent part of 3 Jul 1982 in the vicinity of St. Marks Light, where
it was recognizably photographed by its discoverers, Mr. & Mrs. G. Valpey-
Toussignant."
●[not published in AB 37(6)
from the ferry in Tufts: "One sight record. A single bird, well-described, was sighted in Cabot
Black-browed 1983]
19830715 NS Cabot Strait, 50 km 1 sight record Strait some 50 km northeast of Sydney on 15 July 1983 by David E. Wolf and
Albatross ●Tufts 1986
NE of Sydney Bret Whitney from the ferry between Sydney and Argentia, Newfoundland."
●Mlodinow 1999
sight report
PM unpublished Roger Etcheberry (pers. comm. 2008): "On June 25, 1985 a fisherman described to
Black-browed [St. Pierre anectodal Etcheberry us (Alain Desbrosse and myself) a bird that he said was for sure not a Gannet !
19850625 1
Albatross & [position. From the description we thought that the bird could have been a Black-browed
Miquelon] hypothetical 03/15/2008 Albatross ! This is all we have !"
(Etcheberry pers.
comm. 2008)
Lee (1987): "A single immature albatross was seen at a distance as close as
100 m and was studied rather carefully. Nevertheless, its identification remains
in doubt. The bird was found over water 200-fathoms in depth. It appeared to
be a Yellow-nosed Albatross (D. chlororhynchos) but the possibility of an
immature Black-browed Albatross (D. melanophris) cannot be ruled out. Both
species have been reported as rare vagrants in the North Atlantic (McDaniel
●Lee 1987 1973), and neither exhibits a clear season of occurrence. On the basis of
in North Carolina sight report
●LeGrand et al. 1990 confirmed observations already available (e.g., 3 December 1979 55 mi from
Albatross waters
19851222 NC 1 imm ●Lee 1995 Virginia coast) (Am. Birds 34:260, 1980) the chances strongly favor it being a
species 35+E12038’N, Not Accepted by
●Tove, et al. 1998. Yellow-nosed Albatross."
74º56’W NCBRC
Lee (1995): "... an immature reported on December 22, 1985 (Lee 1987) [was]
probably Yellow-nosed ..."
Tove at al.: "The NCRBC (1990, p. 53) [= LeGrand et al. 1990] gave an
Unaccepted Sighting verdict to ... [this] report. In fact, the NCBRC was
uncertain that ... [this] bird [was an albatross] of any kind."
Foster: "Tubenoses. As mentioned previously, this was a very poor year for
Black-browed from the Cabot ●Forster 1987
19860721 NS 1 sight report this group. Most unexpectedly, however, was a Black-browed Albatross well
Albatross Strait Ferry ●Mlodinow 1999
observed from the Cabot Strait ferry Jul 21 (CG)."
Cabot Strait, seen
●Forster 1988
Yellow-nosed from the Sydney, Forster: "A meticulously described Yellow-nosed Albatross was seen from the
19870805 NS 1 sight record ●Mlodinow 1999
Albatross NS to Argentia, NL Sydney, N.S. to Argentia, Nfld. ferry Aug 5 (Tim Sabo).."
●Finnegan 2001
ferry
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Seeler (pers. comm. 2008): "Hypothetical - within the last 20 years" [Still
looking for any additional data] ... "At this time I must say that there is no
1988 - 2008 evidence that exists at this time that would lead one to include this report in
["within the any formal documentation other than in a "hypothetical sightings" list. In that
last 20 type of list it is recorded as reportedly being seen sometime between June 1'st
years" - D. and August 15th (Summer Season)." "I agree it was a Black-browed that is
Seeler pers. David Seeler mentioned - but this is a relatively recent report (within 20 last years ). As
Black-browed comm. 03/14/2008 there is no Committee on PEI it is not uncommon for some unusual reports to
PE unknown 1 hypothetical ●[not published?]
Albatross 2008] 03/25/2008 be placed on the checklist for PEI without any information at all. Paper exists -
03/27/2008 it is just hard to access ... I am currently working on documenting all species
Summer which have been observed 10 or fewer time on PEI. The Albatross report is on
season (01 of a few which I have been unable to get any information about to date but I will
Jun - 15 keep trying. I do know that there is probably at least a date and name in the old
Aug) records, but these are in the possession of one individual who has concerns
about sharing the information. I will keep trying though - he is a very busy
individual."
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Wilson: "I noticed a pair of large birds with long, narrow wings gliding in
formation from the Atlantic Ocean and moving 'westward toward the light
house (southern) end of the breakwater. Through my 7x35 binoculars, I was
startled by the long narrow stiff wings and the sharply contrasting black and
white pattern of the upper surface of the birds. They were about 700 yards
away and I estimated the wing length to be seven to eight feet. As I watched
for about two minutes, they glided in formation, without flapping, about 30 feet
above the water towards the light house. They then turned back toward the
ocean and disappeared into the gloom, going east.
As they turned, they tipped so that I could observe the birds from both above
and below. Their shape and black and white pattern matched the pictures of
the white-headed form of the Yellow-nosed Albatross in the National
Geographic Society field guide (1983). Because of the distance, poor light,
mist, and the background of dark water and sky, the small black tail and dark
bill were not noticed. The narrow black underwing margins were not very
evident giving an appearance of white body and underwing." [Sketches and
additional analysis included. PCD]
Boyle et al.: "Unconfirmed Reports -The massive flights of seabirds along the
Delaware and New Jersey coasts in December and January produced two
sightings of birds thought to be Yellow-nosed Albatrosses, one by an observer
experienced with the species. Two birds were flying by Cape Henlopen in the
wind and rain on the Jan. 1 CBC (WJW) .... Given the great distances involved,
sight report
the poor viewing conditions, and the possibility of confusion with other species
under those circumstances, the reports can be considered hypothetical at
sketches
Frank best."
Rohrbacher,
[89th CBC - Cape
Albatross ●Boyle et al. 1989 Secretary DBRC. Hess: "Yellow-nosed Albatross - Two birds thought to be this species were
Henlopen-Prime
species ●Wayne 1989 03/12/2008. reported on the Cape Henlopen CBC (CHCBC). See Delmarva Ornithologist,
from Cape Hook, DE; not DBRC
19890101 DE 2 ●Hess 1990 22:54 (1989) [Winston 1989] and American Birds (AB) 43:293 (1989) [Boyle et
Henlopen published in CBC #???
[reported as ●Hess et al. 2001 Bruce Peterjohn, al. 1989] for details."
results [in AB
Yellow-nosed] ●Finnegan 2001 past DBRC
43(4):770-771.
Chair. Hess et al.: "Documentation: SIght record. Remarks: Wayne (1989) observed 2
PCD]
04/14/2008 albatrosses at close range in misty weather on 1 January 1989. The birds,
described as appearing to have all-white underwings, were reported as Yellow-
Not Accepted by
nosed Albatrosses. Because of a heavy fog, neither the dark wing margins and
DRBC
dark wing tips nor the black tail could be seen. Apparently no other birds were
visible at the same time. The identification of the birds as albatrosses seems
reliable, but the poor viewing conditions probably did not allow a distinction
between the two plausible species (McDaniel 1973). The more likely species,
Yellow-nosed Albatross, has a narrow dark margin on the underwings. The
less likely Black-browed Albatross (T. melanophris) has a broad dark margin
on the front of the underwings and a moderately narrow dark margin on the
rear of the underwings. Both have dark wing tips. Given the description of the
underwings as all white, the dark markings on the wings could not be used to
distinguish the two species."
Finnegan: "There are a number of published sightings that have not been
accepted by state records committees. For example, on 1 January 1989 two
albatrosses were reported from Cape Henlopen, DE. This was published in the
Delmarva Ornithologist. The Birds of Delaware includes this sighting
"uncorroborated" and the Delaware Records Committee rejected the record."
Peterjohn (pers. comm. 2008): "If I recall correctly, the committee reviewed this
record but did not accept it, not even as unidentified albatross. The published
description is very brief of 2 birds (!!!) seen very briefly under difficult (to say
the least) viewing conditions. I wasn't convinced that the birds were even
albatross--immature gannets seemed like a more realistic possibility given the
date and location, but the details were certainly insufficient to positively identify
them to species. ..."
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Boyle et al.: "Unconfirmed Reports -The massive flights of seabirds along the
Delaware and New Jersey coasts in December and January produced two
sightings of birds thought to be Yellow-nosed Albatrosses, one by an observer
Yellow-nosed
19890108 NJ Belmar 1 sight report ●Boyle et al. 1989 experienced with the species. ... [A] report was of a single at Belmar,
Albatross
Monmouth, N), Jan. 8 (AB). Given the great distances involved, the poor
viewing conditions, and the possibility of confusion with other species under
those circumstances, the reports can be considered hypothetical at best."
Yellow-nosed Two miles west of Maybank: [Maybank thinks that this was likely the same bird seen at Seal
19890524 NS 1 sight report ●Maybank 1989
Albatross Seal Island Island four days later on May 28.]
Maybank: "In the "some people just live right" department was the astonishing
dry-land observation of a Yellow-nosed Albatross, the 3rd for Nova Scotia (FL,
●Maybank 1989
Yellow-nosed IM, ph.). The observers were strolling the beach on Seal I. after a long day's
19890528 NS Seal Island 1 photograph ●Mlodinow 1999
Albatross birding May 28 when the bird glided in, made a few passes, and then left. This
●Finnegan 2001
was likely the same bird seen by local fishermen May 24 two miles west or the
island."
Paxton et al.: "Unconfirmed Reports - A Black-browed Albatross was reported

Oct. 24 off Manasquan Inlet, Monmouth, NJ (P. Plage). There is no photograph
or specimen of this species for the w. North Atlantic, all fully confirmed
albatrosses so far having been Yellow-nosed."
Karlson 1993: "(3rd vote) ... Manaquan Inlet 10/24/89 (vote 7-0) 1st State
record"
Walsh et al.: "NJ Status: Accidental. NJBRC Review List. Occurrence: There
sight record have been five state reports of Black-browed Albatross, and one has been
●Paxton et al. 1990 accepted by the NJBRC: Manasquan Inlet, 24 October 1989, seen from shore.
Laurie Larson,
previously ●Karlson 1993 There is no photograph of this species in North American waters."
Black-browed Manasquan Inlet, Secretary,
19891024 NJ 1 accepted but ●Walsh et al. 1993
Albatross Monmouth County NJBRC
reversed in 2008 ●Mlodinow 1999 Finnegan: "Among the several documented sight records of Black-browed for
03/18/2008
to "Not Accepted" ●Finnegan 2001 the East Coast is one accepted sight record for New Jersey. Like the 27 May
by NJBRC 2000 report, the bird was virtually overland at Manasquan Inlet. On 24 October
1989 Pete Plage, who was fishing from a jetty and was without binoculars, had
an albatross fly right over him and he convincingly described it to NJBRC."
Larson (pers. comm. 2008): [This decision was reversed [from Accept to Not
Accept] by the NJ Records Committee annual meeting on 03/15/2008]. "The
Black-browed Albatross record was reversed. It may have been correct,
although some think it was a Gannet or gull. At any rate the documentation
isn't adequate to support a record of that magnitude. The decision will be
published in the next Annual report, late this year [2008]."
Mactavish: "A convincing report of Black-browed Albatross was received. The

from the Bluenose bird observed from the Bluenose Ferry, about 20 minutes out of Yarmouth, NS,
Black-browed ferry, about 20 ●Mactavish 1992 Aug. 23 by Paul Roberts, from Massachusetts, and two other unnamed birders
19910823 NS 1 sight record
Albatross minutes south of ●Mlodinow 1999 from Florida, was well described. This is the 2nd Nova Scotia sighting and
Yarmouth perhaps just the 3rd for the Region; there are, however, several sightings of
albatrosses in the Region in recent years that were probably of this species."
Langridge (1992): "Providing Florida its 3rd report, 2nd documented, and first
●Langridge 1992 specimen (*A.B.S., WH), an injured Yellow-nosed Albatross was found on the
Archbold ●Hoffman 1994 median strip on Highway One on Key Largo in late May."
Biological ●Stevenson and Anderson 1994
Yellow-nosed Key Largo, Monroe
19920527 FL 1 subadult specimen Station [cited as 1992 in Mlodinow] Hoffman: [detailed account and description]
Albatross County
GEW ●Langridge 1995
#5866 ●Mlodinow 1999 Stevenson and Anderson: "The first specimen for Florida was a male found
●Finnegan 2001 alive, 27 May 1993, Key largo, and brought to a rehabilitation center, where it
died 2 days later."
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circling over the Maybank: "Miraculous, but well documented was an ad. Yellow-nosed
mouth of Halls Albatross circling a traffic circle (where else?) for 15 min., May 24 at a mall in
Creek, photographs ●Maybank 1993 Dieppe/Moncton, NB (ST, R. Mallet, ph.) The big bird carried the 2nd provincial
Dieppe/Moncton; ●Mactavish 1993 record, one of the few documented for the Region and also (naturally?) the first
Yellow-nosed
19930524 NB Westmoreland 1 adult ("two slightly ●Mlodinow 1999 inland record for the Region."
Albatross
County; eventually distant black-and- ●Finnegan 2001
heading south white shots) ●Tove and Patteson 2002 "Birds of New Brunswick: An Annotated List," (2004) - Seen and photographed
down the inland at Dieppe and Moncton, circling over the mouth of Halls Creek and
Petitcodiac River eventually heading south down the Petitcodiac River, on 24 May 1993.
Mactavish: "The outstanding Yellow-nosed Albatross photographed at

Moncton, NB May 24 (ST) was apparently seen again June 20, a few miles
farther upriver, soaring overhead for 45 minutes (I. Gunn, fide ST)."
Mlodinow: "6/20/93 report of this bird was in error (D. Christie, pers. comm.
2008)" [see below. PCD]
David Christie,
●Mactavish 1993
Yellow-nosed Secretary, Tove and Patteson: "... it's noteworthy that single Yellow-nosed Albatrosses
19930620 NB off New Brunswick 1 adult sight record ●Mlodinow 1999
Albatross NBBRC were seen ... off New Brunswick on 20 June 1993 (Mactavish 1993)."
04/16/2008.
Christie (pers. comm. 2008): "I remember that there was that report and that I
never had any confidence in it. I don't recall the details. I think it was reported
by a non-birder who somehow had heard about the May observation. When I
have time I'll try to locate any notes I made about it at the time. Obviously, I
gave Steve [Mlodinow] a negative opinion of it. And it doesn't seem feasible for
an albatross to remain on the river for a month."
Albatross videotaped
●[not published in AB regional Rines: One or two individuals videotaped off Gay Head on Martha’s Vineyard
species
19931004 & off Gay Head on MARC report. PCD] were submitted as probable Yellow-nosed Albatrosses. The videotape was
MA 1-2 Accepted by
07 Martha’s Vineyard #93-19 somewhat unclear, and the Committee agreed that bird(s) could not be
[reported as MARC as
●Rines 2000 identified except as albatross species.
Yellow-nosed] Albatross species
Andrle: "1994-24-A.B: one at Crown Point peninsula, two miles southeast of

Port Henry, Town of Moriah, Essex Co., 8 May. This bird was seen over the
walls of the fort as it flew westward across the tip of the peninsula. The
NYSARC agrees that it was an albatross of the genus Diomedea but cannot
assign it to a species."
flying over Crown
Diomedea
Point Peninsula, 2
species Accepted by NYSARC ●Andrle 1996 Bull: "A bird reported as this species, flying over Crown Point peninsula on L.
mi. se of Port
19940508 NY 1 NYSARC as #1994-24- ●Bull 1998 Champlain, Essex Co. on 8 May 1994, was accepted by NYSARC as an
Henry, Lake
[submitted as genus A/B ●Buckley and Schairer 2000 albatross of this genus, but the committee felt it could not assigned to a
Champlain, Moriah,
Yellow-nosed] species. Whatever the species, the record is remarkable."
Essex County
Buckley and Schairer: "The Lake Champlain bird was unequivocally identified
as a Yellow-nosed Albatross at the time of observation, and even though
NYSARC accepted it only as 'albatross sp.,' Peterson (pers. comm.) had no
doubts then or now that it was a Yellow-nosed."
Langridge: "... I identified an albatross as a Yellow-nosed ... At about 152
meters [not miles, fide Anderson] from the pier ... Excellent views were seen of
both surfaces of the wings, especially the ventral area which is important for
identification. Ventrally, the long, narrow wings were white with a narrow black
margin along each leading edge; primaries were black. The body was white.
Diomedea Near the upper left breast and lower throat area was a light-gray smudge. I
152 meters from
species could see no color on the dark bill. Dorsally, the wings and back were dark and
east end of Lake H.P.L. ●Langridge 1995
19950105 FL 1 sight record the rump and head were white."
Worth Pier, Palm 95-326 ●Anderson 1996
[reported as
Beach County
Yellow-nosed] Anderson: "One believed to be a Yellow-nosed, was seen about 152 m from
the Lake Worth pier, Palm Beach Co., on 5 January 1995 (H.P.L [Langridge].,
95-326, Langridge 1995). While agreeing that a species of Diomedea was
observed, the first Florida winter report, the Committee was unable to rule out
some form of D. caula, especially D.c. cauta, the White-capped (Shy)
Albatross."
Haynie: "One (1995-23) off Port O'Connor, Calhoun on 9 January 1995."
sight report
Mark Lockwood,
Yellow-nosed off Port O'Connor, TRBC
19950109 TX 1 ●Haynie 1998 TBRC Secretary. Lockwood (pers. comm. 2008): "There are two sight records that were
Albatross Calhoun County Not Accepted by #1995-23
04/10/2008. reviewed and not accepted for Yellow-nosed ... 9 Jan 1995, Port O'Connor,
TBRC
CAH (TBRC 1995-23)"
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Andrle: "Reports Not Accepted: 1996-3-A: one over Atlantic Ocean off Tobay
Beach, Town of Hempstead, Long Island, Nassau Co., 27 May."
over the Atlantic
Ocean off Tobay sight report Buckley and Schairer: "An adult Black-browed Albatross reported seen from
Black-browed Beach, Jones NYSARC ●Andrle 1999 shore at Tobay Beach, Jones Beach, Nassau Co., LI, 27 May 1996 was voted
19960527 NY 1 adult
Albatross Beach, Hempstead, Not Accepted by #1993-3-A ●Buckley and Schairer 2000 'not accepted' by NYSARC (NYSARC 1999). We are aware of the following
Long Island, NYSARC credible Black-browed Albatross reports elsewhere in the northeastern US: one
Nassau County in VA (Patteson et al. 1999), one in NJ (Walsh et al. 1999), and 4-6 (perhaps
involving 5-7 individuals) in MA (Veit and Petersen 1993; Ellison and Martin
1997), so its occurrence in NYS would not be unexpected."
Ellison and Martin: "The best tubenose of the season was the young Black-
browed Albatross seen from South Beach, Chatham, Barnstable, Sept. 21 (W
Harrington, fide Mass. Audubon)."
Petersen: "An albatross observed off North ["South" fide Nikula, pers. comm.
2008] Beach from Morris Island, Chatham (Barnstable), 21 September 1996
(W. W. Harrington, W. Bailey) was reported as a Black-browed Albatross
Diomedea
MA off South Beach sight report (Diomedea melanophris). Although there is precedent for the occurrence of this
species ●Ellison and Martin 1997
from Morris Island, MARC Blair Nikula southern hemisphere “mollymawk” in the western North Atlantic Ocean,
19960921 1 imm ●Petersen 1998
[probably Chatham, Accepted as #96-10 05/19/2008 including Massachusetts waters, the MARC felt that the distance involved in
[submitted as ●Mlodinow 1999
MA waters] Barnstable County Diomedea species making the identification was sufficiently great that the record should be
Black-browed]
conservatively treated as Diomedea species."
Nikula (pers. comm. 2008): ""South Beach" was, until 20 years ago, the
southern end of "North Beach." However, it became an island when a 1987
storm broke through the beach (eventually becoming connected to the
mainland of Chatham) and became known as "South Beach." So, South Beach
is correct."
LeGrand et al.: "One [Yellow-nosed Albatross] reported flying over the surf,
seen from shore on the Outer Banks in April 1997, was not accepted.
Committee members called attention to several field marks described that are
inconsistent with any species of albatross; a sub-adult Northern Gannet better
fits the description. The statement that "Another report of Yellow-nosed
from the shore on sight report Albatross is now available for North Carolina," made by David S. Lee (Chat
●Lee 1998 Harry LeGrand,
Yellow-nosed the Outer Banks at 62:67) [Lee 1998], likely refers to this report. ..."
19970422 NC 1 ●LeGrand et al. 1998 Chair, NCBRC.
Albatross Whalebone, Dare Not Accepted by
●Tove and Patteson 2002 03/15/2008.
County NCBRC LeGrande (pers. comm. 2008): "Not accepted reports (1) from Whalebone,
Dare County, 22 Apr 1997."
LeGrande (pers. comm. 2008): "This may well have been an albatross, but
details were not specific enough to "prove" to the Committee it was this
species."
TBRC
●Lasley et al. 1997 Lasley et al. "A freshly dead Yellow-nosed Albatross was found by Amos July
#1997-129
●Lockwood 1999 11 on the beach at San Jose I. Aransas (* to T.C.W.C.). This will represent the
specimen
●Mlodinow 1999 3rd state record and one of very few for the Gulf of Mexico."
Yellow-nosed San Jose Island, TCWC
19970711 TX 1 ●Finnegan 2001
Albatross Aransas County Accepted by #13338
●Lockwood and Freeman 2004 TRBC web site: "This specimen is the third State record: it was found on San
TBRC
●TRBC web site (accessed Jose Island, Aransas County, on July 11, 1997."
TPRF
03/23/2008) http://texasbirds.org/tbrc/ynalbatr.htm
#1651
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Norton: "A report of a Black-browed Albatross on Christmas Day 1997 off

Conception I., BA (RE), seemed a bit too odd to be taken seriously, although
the location is not far from deep water, until an astounding 2nd report June 9
(SB-C) of an albatross off Exuma, BA, was circulated (CW, TW). It was
apparently the same species and possibly the same bird for only the 2nd, or
3rd, time in 3 decades! The first report of Black-browed Albatross in the W.
Indies came from Martinique in 1956. Yellow-nosed Albatross is the other
possible vagrant in the tropical w. North Atlantic, but their records (three)
around Florida, for example, from May to July suggest a distribution and
sight record occurrence more frequent than Black-browed (one) in September (Stevenson
and Anderson 1996)."
Black-browed BA ●Norton 1998 Anthony White.
19971225 Conception Island 1 considered to be
Albatross [Bahamas] ●White 2004 05/12/2008
unsubtantiated by White: "There is no substantiated record of any albatross species from the
White Bahamas. All reports: 1 unidentified albatross, Conception Island 25 December
1997 (FN. 52 507-508 [Norton 1998]); ... Although [this] report was [not]
sufficiently detailed to determine the species involved, the most likely would
seem to be a mollymawk (Thalassarche) species, either Black-browed (T
melanophris) or Yellow-nosed Albatross (T chlororhynchos), which together
account for all accepted western North Atlantic Ocean records and reports of
albatross species, although there are four reports of Wandering Albatross
(Diomedea exulans) from European waters (Mlodinow 1999). Florida has one
report of the former and six reports, plus three records, of the latter (B. Pranty,
in litt.)."

Yellow-nosed 44 Jacuith Road, Not Accepted by NHBRC files via Rebecca
19971228 NH 2 [NHBRC details on file.]
Albatross Hancock NHBRC #??? [Report deposited in the NH Bird Suomala,
Norton: "A report of a Black-browed Albatross on Christmas Day 1997 off

Conception I., BA (RE), seemed a bit too odd to be taken seriously, although
the location is not far from deep water, until an astounding 2nd report
June 9 (SB-C) of an albatross off Exuma, BA, was circulated (CW, TW). It
was apparently the same species and possibly the same bird for only the
2nd, or 3rd, time in 3 decades! The first report of Black-browed Albatross in
the W. Indies came from Martinique in 1956. Yellow-nosed Albatross is the
other possible vagrant in the tropical w. North Atlantic, but their records (three)
around Florida, for example, from May to July suggest a distribution and
sight record occurrence more frequent than Black-browed (one) in September (Stevenson
and Anderson 1996)."
Black-browed BA ●Norton 1998 Anthony White.
19980609 off Exuma 1 considered to be
Albatross [Bahamas] ●White 2004 05/12/2008
unsubtantiated by White: "There is no substantiated record of any albatross species from the
White Bahamas. All reports: 1 unidentified albatross, Conception Island 25 December
1997 (FN. 52 507-508 [Norton 1998]); ... Although [this] report was [not]
sufficiently detailed to determine the species involved, the most likely would
seem to be a mollymawk (Thalassarche) species, either Black-browed (T
melanophris) or Yellow-nosed Albatross (T chlororhynchos), which together
account for all accepted western North Atlantic Ocean records and reports of
albatross species, although there are four reports of Wandering Albatross
(Diomedea exulans) from European waters (Mlodinow 1999). Florida has one
report of the former and six reports, plus three records, of the latter (B. Pranty,
in litt.)."
Wilson et al.: "One approximately 21 miles southeast of Fire Island Inlet

(coordinates 26435.1, 43676.5) Suffolk Co.,12 Jul. This report was submitted
by a birder on a scuba diving trip. The bird approached the anchored dive boat
sight report Jeanne Skelly,
21 miles southeast and was studied for about two minutes before flying off. The report did not
Yellow-nosed NYSARC Secretary,
19980712 NY of Fire Island Inlet, 1 or 2 ●Wilson et al. 2002 describe the flight style and made a casual reference to a 'second bird' which
Albatross Not Accepted by #1998-43-A NYSARC,
Suffolk County was not described further. After two rounds of review, the Committee
NYSARC 04/04/2008
concluded that the details provided were insufficient to unequivocally identify
this as a Yellow-nosed Albatross. That said, several Committee members felt
that the description was consistent with one of the small albatrosses."
Diomedea sight report

species Andrew Kratter,
Lake Worth Pier, FOSRC ●[not published in NAB 53(2) Kratter (pers. comm. 2008): "Submitted as Yellow-nosed, accepted as genus
19990106 FL 1 Accepted by FMNH,
Palm Beach County #95-326 1999] only."
[submitted as FOSRC as genus 03/03/2008
Yellow-nosed] only
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Patteson et al. "Figure 1. Immature Black-browed Albatross at Norfolk Canyon

..." "The Black-browed Albatross was first noted at 1230 EST. It remained in
view for 20 minutes at distances of 20-100 m. ... It remained in view for at least
●Patteson et al. 1999
Sue Heath, another 10 minutes after the identification was made, so all field marks could
65 nmi off Virginia photograph ●Mlodinow 1999
Black-browed VARCOM be rechecked on the bird with it still in view. An extensive set of photographs
19990206 VA Beach at Norfolk 1 imm ●Finnegan 2001
Albatross Secretary. and a videotape were obtained in this time ..."
Canyon Accepted-Cat 1 ●Tove and Patteson 2002
03/13/2008.
●Rottenborn and Brinkley 2007
Rottenborn and Brinkley: "Norfolk Canyon ca. 65 nmi east of Virginia Beach, 6
Feb 1999. Of the 20+ sight records of the species for the western North
Atlantic, this is the only one to have been documented by photograph."
Peterson: "Only "stunning!" can describe an ad. Yellow-nosed Albatross
present off Matinicus Rock, Knox, ME, 6 Jul (ph. A. Hill, L. Benedict, A.
Lightcap, C. Maranto, S. Schubel). The bird was carefully observed for over 2
hours, both flying and resting on the ocean, and was frequently accompanied
in flight by several Great Black-backed Gulls. Anthony Hill's photos (see the
seen near
Pictorial Highlights) clearly reveal the light gray head characteristic of the
Matinicus Rock in video and photos ●Peterson 1999
Bill Sheehan, nominate race chlororhynchos from the South Atlantic."
Yellow-nosed outer Penobscot ●Perkins 2000
19990706 ME 1 adult ME-BRC Chair.
Albatross Bay, Criehaven ME-BRC status: in ●Buckley and Schairer 2000
03/01/2008 Buckley and Schairer: "Petersen (1999) published photos (p. 445) of a
Township, Knox circulation ●Finnegan 2001
particularly dark-headed individual in the Gulf of Maine on 6 July 1999."
County
Angus Wilson Annotated List of the Seabirds of the World web site: "Series of
photos by Anthony Hill of a probable adult seen near Matinicus Rock in outer
Penobscot Bay, Maine, USA on 6 July 99. Images posted by Steve Mirick."
http://nh.ultranet.com/~mirick/albat/albat.htm
Davis: "A pelagic trip out of Hatteras, NC, 5 Feb produced one of the best birds
of the winter, a sub-ad. Yellow-nosed Albatross (BP et al). Only about three
miles off the beach, the bird was observed several times at close range in flight
and sitting on the water. Photos were obtained, thus providing the first
documented record for the Region (there are about three earlier substantiated
sight reports for North Carolina)." [Photos on Brian Patteson's website:
●Davis 2000
photograph http://www.patteson.com]
●Burgiel et al. 2000 Harry LeGrand,
Yellow-nosed Three miles off NCBRC
20000205 NC 1 subadult ●Finnegan 2001 Chair, NCBRC.
Albatross Avon/Salvo Accepted by #01-17 Tove and Patteson: [detailed account, description and photos PCD]
●Tove and Patteson 2002 03/12/2008.
NCBRC
●LeGrand et al. 2002
LeGrand et al. (2002): "One was seen by several dozen birders on a pelagic
trip a few miles off Salvo, Dare County, on 5 February 2000. The Committee
accepted a description provided by Michael Tove (Chat, in press) and photos
provided by Brian Patteson. This is the first accepted record for the state, and
acceptance of the photos places the species directly onto the Official List.
There are other reports that have not been accepted by the Committee."
northeastern Gulf
photograph
of Mexico, about 50 Andrew Kratter,
Yellow-nosed FOSRC ●Pranty 2000 Pranty: "A Yellow-nosed Albatross photographed 50 km w. of Tarpon Springs 1
20000501 FL km west of Tarpon 1 FMNH,
Albatross Accepted by #00-420 ●Tove and Patteson 2002 May provided the Region's 3rd verifiable record (RPo, fide GW)."
Springs, Pinellas 03/03/2008
FOSRC
County
Burgiel et al.: "This individual [15 May - NY, 21-23 NJ sightings] is almost
certainly the same one that appeared in Massachusetts over Penikese I. 9 May
and that was reported in Maryland over the shoreline at Assateague I. 11 May."
in flight and on the
Yellow-nosed ●Burgiel et al. 2000
water (20-30 ft sight record P. Davis (pers. comm. 2008): "Reported as 'Albatross, yellow-nosed?'"
Albatross ●Burgiel et al. 2001 Phil Davis,
away) at sketches MDDCRC
MD/DCRC
20000511 MD Assateague Island, 1 #MD/2000- MD/DCRC decision: "Some members of the committee found that this report
[I believe this to ●MD/DCRC decision (from Secretary.
National Seashore, Not Accepted by 024 supported identification of an albatross species. Supporting field marks
be an albatross database) [P Davis pers comm. 03/12/2008.
Berlin, Worcester MD/DCRC included the sketch of the wings, the described size and shape of the bird, and
sp. PCD] 03/22/2008)
County described shape of the bill. Conflicting field marks, however, included the tail
color, bill color, and head streaking. Some members felt that that report did not
totally eliminate a young gannet or possibly even some other species of
seabird."
Buckley and Schairer: "At 1500h on Saturday 27 May, Larry Moniz and several
●Buckley and Schairer 2000 amazed nonbirders watched an albatross almost sail over their heads, again
Albatross Manasquan Inlet,
20000527 NJ 1 Sight report ●Finnegan 2001 on land, at Manasquan Inlet, Ocean Co., northern NJ. They all described its
species Ocean County
●Burgiel et al. 2001 wingspan as 'about seven feet,' but no detailed description has yet been
received."
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Perkins: "The most sensational bird of the season was an ad. Yellow-nosed
Albatross that began a thrilling series of appearances throughout the northeast
...with a brief fly-by visit to Penikese I., MA, one of the westernmost of the
Elizabeth Islands, just n. of Martha's Vineyard, 9 May (C. Mostello et al.). The
bird was observed at point-blank range as it made several close passes over a
Penikese Island, blind in which a team of incredulous tern biologists was working. They watched
●Perkins 2000
one of the in amazement (but with the presence of mind to note key field marks such as
●Burgiel et al. 2000
westernmost of the the precise pattern of black and white on the underwing) before the bird flew
photograph ●Laux 2000a
20000509 Elizabeth Islands, out of sight over Buzzard's Bay."
Yellow-nosed MARC ●Buckley and Schairer 2000
MA Buzzards Bay (just 1 adult
Albatross Accepted by #00-17 ●Finnegan 2001
1145h n. of Martha's Rines: "Two researchers were observing terns from a blind on Penikese Island
MARC ●Burgiel et al. 2001
Vineyard), Dukes when they realized that a large bird that they were watching was an albatross.
●Rines 2002
County During the 45 seconds they watched it from the blind, it passed as close as 10
meters from their point of observation, at which point they were able to easily
pick out the bird’s unique bill and under wing pattern along with “the white top
of the head shading to grayish neck and nape,” all indicating an adult of the
nominate race chlororhynchus. Exiting the blind, the observers were able to
see the albatross again as it landed on the water, noting its large size
compared to the gulls in the area. ..."
Laux:" Several rangers at the Fire Island National Seashore were amazed to
discover it sitting in a group of herring gulls on the ocean beach on May 15
[error - should be May 9. PCD]. They were able to photograph the bird before it
flew out to sea."
20000509
Burgiel et al.: "The bird of the season was a Yellow-nosed Albatross, first seen
Robbins Rest, 7 km 15 May [error - should be May 9. PCD] at Fire I., Suffolk, NY, where it was
1730h ●Laux 2000b
east of Fire Island discovered on the beach by park rangers and then immediately flew out to
photograph ●Burgiel et al. 2000
Lighthouse, Fire Angus Wilson, sea."
Yellow-nosed [reported as ●Buckley and Schairer 2000
NY Island National 1 adult Chair, NYSARC,
Albatross 05/15 by [never submitted ●Finnegan 2001
Seashore, Long 04/04/2008. Buckley and Schairer: "In May [9th] 2000 an adult Yellow-nosed Albatross
Laux 2000b to NYSARC] ●Burgiel et al. 2001
Island, Suffolk came ashore on Fire Island, Long Island, Suffolk Co." [A detailed account and
and Burgiel ●Tove and Patteson 2002
County photos are included. PCD]
et al. 2000.
PCD]
Tove and Patteson: "On May 9, a full adult ... was seen near Fire Island, New
York (Buckley and Schairer 2000) ... [217 km from the Penikses, MA sighting]."
Wilson (pers. comm. 2008): "This was not submitted for NYSARC review, in
spite of credible photographs."
Burgiel et al. (2000): "The ... Yellow-nosed Albatross [first seen 15 May at Fire
I., Suffolk, NY] ... reappeared in New Jersey 21 May; flying over the s. end of
the Garden State Parkway, Cape May (SF). It made its longest appearance
5/21: Garden State over the Delaware Bayshore of s. Cape May for most of the day on 23 May (JL,
Parkway, south of m.ob., ph.), where it was seen at various locations cruising over land as often
Shellbay Landing, as over water and then roosting on the beach in the evening."
20000521- ●Burgiel et al. 2000
Cape May
23 ●Laux 2000b
Courthouse, Cape photographed Laux: "Early in the afternoon of May 21, Shawneen Finnegan of Cape May,
Yellow-nosed May County N.J., who is well-known in birding circles, was driving along the Garden State
[presumed NJ 1 adult ●Finnegan 2001
Albatross Accepted by Parkway just south of Shellbay Landing in Cape May County when she spotted
to be the ●Burgiel et al. 2001
5/23: Delaware Bay NJBRC an albatross flying along the median strip in a group of laughing gulls. ... [I]t
same bird ●Tove and Patteson 2002
Shore, Reeds apparently turned up [the evening of 5/22], on the New Jersey side of Delaware
PCD] ●Hanson 2008
Beach and Highs Bay."
Beach, Goshen,
Cape May County Finnegan: [detailed account, description and analysis PCD]
Burgiel et al. (2001): "Well seen and well photographed, this is the first New
Jersey record of this species. ... "
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Buckley and Schairer: "... on Sunday 18 Jun, at 1530h, an unaged albatross

not identified to species but described as "50% larger" than accompanying
Greater Shearwaters (Puffinus gravis) was reported by Charles Witek as it
cruised past his chumming fishing boat in the Atlantic Ocean 29 km (18 mi)
southeast of Fire Island Inlet-almost within sight of where the May Fire Island
bird had come ashore."
Wilson et al.: "albatross, sp. 2000-28-A One, 18 miles off shore from Fire
Island, 18 Jun. This was a distant view of a seabird without the aid of any
optics. The size and field marks do not eliminate Northern Gannet, a pelagic
bird much more common in these waters. Although the observer did describe
Angus Wilson, the flight characteristics, the lack of plumage details did not allow the
NYSARC Chair. committee to have a high degree of certainty concerning a possible albatross."
sight report ●Buckley and Schairer 2000 05/11/2008
Albatross 29 km southeast of NYSARC ●Finnegan 2001 Wilson (pers. comm. 2008): "This position (18 mi ...) is within NY waters (east
20000618 NY 1 unaged
species Fire Island Inlet Not Accepted by #2000-28-A ●Burgiel et al. 2001 Laurie Larson, of the straightline from an inshore point at 40°30'36", 73°58'12" to a far
NYSARC ●Wilson et al. 2003 NJBRC Ex- offshore point at 37°50'24", 70°35'00") and I believe also considered NJ waters
Secretary. (ie directly east of NJ)."
05/11/2008.
Larson (pers. comm. 2008): "I don't believe it was considered by NJBRC. ... I
can say, though, that the NJ borders did not extend "straight east" at that time.
In the mid-90s the border was provisionally decided to be roughly a line
following the Hudson Canyon southeast (see the map in the book "Birds of
New Jersey" available from NJ Audubon). This was called "the Buckley line"
because Paul proposed a method of drawing borders for the East Coast
(though I believe no other states used his idea). In 2006 new borders were
defined again and coordinates were published in NJBirds; they are also
southeastward diagonals though not quite identical to Buckley's. The intention
is to re-evaluate records from the last couple of decades and plot those
which have precise locations against the new borders."
Raithel et al. 2000: "Yellow-nosed Albatross (*[reviewable]) 6/4 Trustrom 1 ST

s[ight record]" "Undoubtedly the bird of the month and perhaps the yar was
Scott Tsagarakis' Yellow-nosed Albatross that flew closely along the beach at
Trustom on 6/4. This individual was very likely the same one tha also showed
up in strange places in Massachusetts and New Jersey, and constituted a
thrird firm record for the state."
Yellow-nosed
over the woods and
Albatross
shoreline at South ●Raithel et al. 2000 Burgiel et al.: "The bird of the season was a Yellow-nosed Albatross ... Later
copy of Scott
Kingston, Trustom sight report ●Burgiel et al. 2000 sightings were 4 Jun over the woods and shoreline at S. Kingston, RI ..."
[however, 20000604 Tsagarakis's
Pond National ●Buckley and Schairer 2000
RIBRC decision RI 1 report forwaded
Wildlife Refuge, Rejected by ●Finnegan 2001 Buckley and Schairer: "Another eight days later, on Sunday 4 Jun, at 1430h, a
leaves open the 1430 h by S. Mitra
Washington Co., RIBRC ●Burgiel et al. 2001 Yellow-nosed Albatross (whose culmen could not be seen with certainty and
possibility of 07/10/2008
along RI's south ●Tove and Patteson 2002 thus it could not be aged) appeared again over land, being pursued by crows,
Albatross, sp.
coast at Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge, Washington Co., along RI's south
PCD]
coast. Scott Tsagarakis's careful description of its underwing pattern confirmed
the identification as Yellow-nosed."
RIBRC Decision: "It is likely that an albatross was seen, but the report was not
detailed enough to rule out other species of mollymawks. [other committee
decision details available]"
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Burgiel et al.: "The bird of the season was a Yellow-nosed Albatross ... Later
sightings were ... 5 June over Nantucket I., MA."
Buckley and Schairer: "At 1100h the very next day, Monday 5 Jun, an
unequivocal adult albatross again firmly identified as a Yellow-nosed was also
seen over land, this time by Daniel Sutherland at Tom Nevers Head, on the
extreme southeastern corner of Nantucket Island, MA, some 145 km (90 nmi)
Tom Nevers Head, ●Burgiel et al. 2000 from Trustom Pond."
on the extreme sight report ●Buckley and Schairer 2000
20000605
Yellow-nosed southeastern MARC ●Rines 2001 Rines: "#00-06, Nantucket (Dukes), 5 June, 2000. In early summer of 2000
MA 1 adult
Albatross corner of Nantucket Not Accepted by #00-06 ●Finnegan 2001 there were a number of credible reports of this species along the northeastern
1100 h
Island, Dukes MARC ●Burgiel et al. 2001 Atlantic coast, and while it is very likely that this was, indeed, a Yellow-nosed
County ●Tove and Patteson 2002 Albatross, unfortunately the details of the written report were unconvincing."
Finnegan: "On 5 June an adult Yellow-nosed Albatross was reported to have

come straight in off the ocean at eye level at Tom Nevers Head, Nantucket
Island, Massachusetts, only 90 miles (56 km) from Trustom Pond, scene of the
previous day's report. Even though the observer was roofing a house at the
time, he saw it well; nonetheless the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee
did not accept this record (Rines 2001)."
Hanisek et al.: "On 10 Jul 2000, a bird suggesting a pale bodied albatross was
described by observers as being seen from a moving automobile as the bird
crossed the 1-95 bridge over the Housatonic River between the towns of
Stratford and Milford (00-18). Considering the circumstances of this
observation, a reasonable view was had and an array of very interesting field
marks was noted. The observers subsequently became aware of the infamous
seen from a moving Yellow-nosed Albatross(es) that had been making random appearances along
automobile as the the eastern seaboard from Maine to Florida during the late spring and summer
bird crossed the 1- sight record of 2000. After comparing the details of their sighting to these other reports,
Yellow-nosed 95 bridge over the ARCC concluded that they had seen this bird as it made its way between the Mid-
20000710 CT 1 ●Hanisek et al. 2001
Albatross Housatonic River Not Accepted by #00-18 Atlantic States and New England. The committee was more than a little
between the towns ARCC intrigued by this report and gave it close and careful consideration in light of
of Stratford and the unique set of circumstances presented by the events of this year.
Milford Unfortunately, the observer admitted that the conditions of the observation
were far from ideal to confidently identify this bird and even if thought to be an
albatross, the details were certainly insufficient to eliminate other similar
species. It is very important to note that even though this report is inadequate
to place the species on the state list, it will be a part of the permanent
ornithological record for the state of Connecticut and provide a tantalizing bit of
information to those people analyzing "Albatross Summer 2000"."
Raithel et al. 2001: "Yellow-nosed Albatross 10/30 [2001] Green Hill 1 MT

(*[reviewable])" "The bird of the period (and the only "tube-nose" reported) was
undoubtedly Mike Tucker's Yellow-nosed Albatross that dwarfed the gannets
sight report off Green Hill on 10/30. Hard on the heels of Scott Tsakarakis's bird that
info provided by
Yellow-nosed appeared over land at Truston/Green Hill a year or so ago, this latest sighting
20011030 RI Green Hill 1 ●Raithel et al. 2001 Chris Rather
Albatross Rejected by has almost raised this South Atlantic mollymawk to the level of a regular
07/14/2008
RIBRC species in R.I."
RIBRC Decision: "The submitted details do not convincingly support the

identification of Yellow-nosed Albatross. [additional decision details available]"
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Petersen: "A well-described Yellow-nosed Albatross in Cape Cod Bay at First

Encounter Beach, Eastham, Barnstable, MA 2 Jun (BN, CG) represents yet
another in a series of early-summer observations of this Southern Hemisphere
tubenose in New England waters within the last several years; the inevitable
question arises as to whether a single or several individuals are involved."
Rines: "#03-05, June 2, 2003, Eastham (Barnstable), B. Nikula.* During a

First Encounter sight report heavy flight of Northern Gannets observed passing First Encounter Beach in
Yellow-nosed Beach, Cape Cod MARC ●Petersen 2004 Eastham in the aftermath of a strong low-pressure system that tracked south of
20030602 MA 1
Albatross Bay, Eastham, Accepted by #03-05 ●Rines 2005 Nantucket two observers were able to study an albatross for several minutes
Barnstable County MARC before it disappeared, only to reappear half an hour later, when it was studied
for another one or two minutes. Nikula was unable to discern bill color, but
believed that it was not pale as in the Shy Albatross (T. cauta), the only other
small albatross (i.e., mollymawk) species possessing a similar underwing
pattern. After a lengthy discussion and evaluation of the description of the
underwing pattern, the Committee agreed unanimously to accept the report as
a Yellow-nosed Albatross. There are at least five previous occurrences of this
south Atlantic mollymawk in Massachusetts waters. (Third ballot)"
Ellison and Martin: "The best tubenose of the season was the Yellow-nosed
Albatross that flew past Nahant, Essex, MA 29 Aug (‡LP)."
Albatross sight report Rines: "#03-06, August 29, 2003, Nahant Bay (Essex), L. Pivacek.* An
species albatross noted without binoculars under good lighting conditions from a bluff
Nahant Bay, Essex MARC# ●Ellison and Martin 2004
20030829 MA 1 Accepted by exhibited a white body with dark mantle and upperwings, and a striking black-
County 03-06 ●Rines 2005
[submitted as MARC as and-white underwing pattern. The observation was submitted to the Committee
Yellow-nosed] Albatross species as a Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos), and while the
Committee accepted the observation as that of an albatross, the description of
the bird lacked sufficient details to eliminate other albatross and mollymawk
species. (Third ballot)"
Lockwood 2004a: "Undoubtedly the bird of the season was the ad. Yellow-
nosed Albatross found off South Padre I., Cameron 26 Sep (†BMc, JAr, m.
ob.), providing the 4th state record."
Lockwood 2004b: "Accepted Record: One adult off South Padre Island,
Cameron, on 26 September 2003 (PHo, EC, JA, BMc, MO, 2003-74; TPRF
TBRC# ●Lockwood 2004a
about 50m east of photograph 2119"
2003-74 ●Lockwood 2004b Mark Lockwood,
Yellow-nosed Port Isabel, off
20030926 TX 1 adult ●Lockwood and Freeman 2004 TBRC Secretary.
Albatross South Padre Island; Accepted by TRBC web site: "Yellow-nosed Albatross Photos by: Brad McKinney,
TPRF ●TRBC web site (accessed 03/13/2008.
Cameron County TBRC September 26, 2003. c. 50m east of Port Isabel, Cameron County, TX"
#2119 03/23/2008)
http://texasbirds.org/tbrc/ynalbatr.htm
Eric Carpenter's Site - Seabirds of the Lower Texas Coast: "The most recent
sighting off South Padre Island appears to be the Indian Ocean race, which
has a whiter head than the nominate South Atlantic race."
http://emyadestes.com/lrgv_pelagic.htm
sight record
Albatross
Sue Heath, Rottenborn and Brinkley: "An observer conducting aerial wildlife surveys off
species
Accepted by VARCOM Virginia Beach, 17 Mar 2004, reported an individual of this species [Black-
20040317 VA off Virginia Beach 1 ●Rottenborn and Brinkley 2007
VARCOM as Cat2 Secretary. browed]; due to the brevity of the observation, the record was accepted by
[submitted as
- Albatross 03/13/2008. VARCOM only as “unidentified albatross”."
Black-browed]
species
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Davis: "Yellow-nosed Albatross: One was a complete surprise as it flew from

the shore at C. Hatteras point, NC April 11 (Kevin Metcalf). The bird was
watched briefly as it flew along the shore, sat in the water several times, and
then flew off the beach toward Diamond Shoals. Photos should provide the
state with its second documented record, pending acceptance by the NC Bird
Records Committee."
photograph
flying over Cape Harry LeGrand,
Yellow-nosed NCBRC ●Davis 2004
20040411 NC Hatteras Point, 1 Chair, NCBRC. LeGrand et al.: "(04-11) One was remarkable in flight over Cape Hatteras Point
Albatross Accepted by #04-11 ●LeGrand et al. 2005
Dare County 03/12/2008. in Dare County, as seen by Kevin Metcalf on 11 April 2004. The Committee
NCBRC
accepted his description and photo, and this becomes the second accepted
state record. As the other accepted record, from a few miles offshore, also was
documented by photographs, the species is already on the Official List. There
are a few additional reports that have not been accepted by the Committee."
Photos on CBC website: http://www.carolinabirdclub.org
nf.birds (listserver): Paul Linegar: "Tony Chubbs just forwarded a series of

Black-browed Albatross photos taken off the southeast Labrador coast in 2005
[2004 is correct - PCD]. Details pending." Bruce MacTavish: "Wow is right!!! It
is a blazin' adult sitting on the water close to the fisherman who took the photo.
It shows the yellow-orange bill. Also taking flight showing the black tail. Very
good photos. No imagination required. It is the first 100% confirm albatross
species for Newfoundland though there have been a number of intriguing
reports over the years."
Linegar (pers. comm. Aug 2008): "I was sent scanned photographs of the
Black-browed Albatross that was observed 60 - 80 miles off Black Tickle on the
south Labrador coast. It now appears it was seen in 2004 and not 2005,
probably in June. Hope to be getting in touch with the fisherman who took the
fide David
photos to get additional details. There are no published articles on the sighting
photographed Christie,
yet and the Newfoundland rare birds committee does not review bird records
close, sitting on Secretary,
60-80 miles off from the Labrador portion of our province. A scanned version of one of the
the water, by a NBBRC
Black-browed Black Tickle on the photos is attached." "Four photographs were scanned and emailed to me. The
200406?? NL 1 fisherman N/A ●[not yet published] 06/10/2008.
Albatross south Labrador fisherman then mailed a contact sheet showed seven images of the bird plus
coast miscellaneous pictures of whales, crew members, another vessels, and so on.
[Copy of image Paul Linegar
The date on the contact sheet was December 2005 but the fisherman said the
provided to PCD] 08/15/2008
film was old and the pictures were taken in 2004, most likely in June since they
11/16/2008
were fishing crab off Labrador at the time and the fishery in that area closed by
the end of June. He said he would check and see if he could get a better idea
of the date and he thinks he can get a more precise location. I'll be checking
back with him at some point later this month."
Linegar (pers. comm. Nov 2008): "Trevor Larkham, a fisherman from Williams
Harbour, Labrador, was on board a fishing vessel in late June 2004 (not June
2005) when an albatross appeared around their boat. I think I sent you one or
more of the photographs. He does not recall the day it was seen in June. The
location of the sighting was 52o 40.5' N, 53o 30.30.5' W (approximately 140 km
east of Black Tickle, Labrador) ... This record has not been published to date
although I did send in the information to the ABA today .... It was in mid June,
not late June."
Linegar (pers. comm. Aug 2008): "Other albatross sightings have been
rejected by the Newfoundland rare birds committee. That being said, I have
one Black-browed Albatross report that I'd bet my binoculars was a good
off Cartwright, sighting. That sighting was in mid to late June 2004 off Cartwright, Labrador,
Labrador, the same the same coastal area where the Black Tickle bird was photographed."
Paul Linegar
Black-browed coastal area where
200406?? NL 1 sight report N/A ●[not yet published] 08/15/2008
Albatross the Black Tickle Linegar (pers. comm. Nov 2008): "The BBAL sight record from the Labrador
11/16/2008
bird was coast in June 2004 was by Linden Pardy. The location of that sighting was
photographed approximately 54o N, 56o 10' W. He has not been able to locate the pictures of
the bird. I suspect these two sightings pertain to the same individual. This
record has not been published to date although I did send in the information to
the ABA today."
06/09/2009 Page 41 of 53
Perkins "An ad. Yellow-nosed Albatross of the nominate (Atlantic) subspecies

was a spectacular sight at Tuckernuck I., Nantucket 29 May (ph. RRV). The
bird spent roughly 45 min cruising back and forth along the bluff on the s. shore
of the island before disappearing to the west. It vocalized frequently,
particularly whenever a territorial Great Black-backed Gull began chasing it."
Veit: "At about 4:45 pm on Sunday, May 29, 2005, I saw and photographed an
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross ... at Tuckernuck Island." [Detailed behavior
account and photos included.]
photographs ●Perkins 2005 Kellog et al. 2005: "One of the most exciting and well documented rarities of
Yellow-nosed Tuckernuck Island, MARC ●Veit 2005 [includes photos] the season was a Yellow-nosed Albatross that was observered at Tuckernut on
20050529 MA 1 adult
Albatross Nantucket County Accepted by #05-06 ●Kellog et al. 2005 May 29. The rarity of this species in Massachusetts (there are only six records)
MARC ●Rines 2006 and the north Atlantic, the magnificence of this giant pelagic wanderer, and the
amazing photographs that accompanied this report increased the excitement
(not to mention the frustration of observers unable to see it!)."
Rines: "The observer described how he was casually observing some gulls and
recalled mentally thinking how much a Great Black-backed Gull resembles an
albatross, when he suddenly realized one was an albatross. The bird was
cruising along the southern shore of Tuckernuck Island, making at least five
round trips, even occasionally vocalizing. He also took a number of diagnostic
photographs, the first photos ever taken of an albatross in Massachusetts (see
Bird Observer, Vol. 33, No. 5). (First ballot. Vote: 9-0)"
Perkins: "An albatross, perhaps the same one [as the 05/29 Tuckernuck
sighting], was also reportedly seen flying eastward past the s. end of South
Monomoy I., Chatham 31 May (E. Banks)."
Rines (pers. comm. 2008): "I don't have it in my records because the observer
had asked that I not publish his reports, and if he felt like submitting a record
he would do so. I was not all that confident myself in his report which Simon
[Perkins] must have culled from Massbird. His report follows:
Kellog et al.: "Two days later [after the 5/29 Tuckernuck sighting], there was a
flying eastward sight report
●Perkins 2005 report of an albatross species, not far away as the albatross flies, near South
past the s. end of Marjorine Rines,
Yellow-nosed ●Kellog et al. 2005 Monomoy. Unfortunately, observers could not confirm the identity of this
20050531 MA South Monomoy 1 [Not formally MARC Secretary,
Albatross ●Observer's comments (fide individual."
Island, Chatham, submitted to 04/10/2008.
Rines)
Barnstable County MARC]
[Observer email to Rines]:
"Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 16:56:52
Subject: [MASSBIRD] Albatross - S. Monomoy
I work on a seal watch boat ... out of Saquetucket Harbor. This afternoon about
2:30 we were leaving the southern tip of South Monomoy and I spotted an
albatross. We were headed northwest and the albatross was heading
northeast toward south Monomoy. We had company the past three days so I
had not been online. However, I just noticed Marj Rines' post about a yellow-
nosed albatross off Tuckernuck Island, which is about eight or so miles south
of Monomoy point. It was too far away for me to see any details."
06/09/2009 Page 42 of 53
Graff 2005: "My cousin ... called out to me about a very large seabird with thick
bill in the water. He knows what Storm-Petrel, Shearwater, Gannets and other
common seabirds looks [sic] like and been out on the ocean for about 30 some
years.
I observed this bird for about four minutes while the boat [was] in motion.
This bird looks [sic] tired. The captain doesn't brake for birds, he brake[s] for
fish. I had my camera with me but captain won't stop boat until we reach [sic]
our fishing ground about 9 more miles E from where the albatross was. This
sight report Phil Davis, bird was beautiful with blackish/grey back and entire wingspan, nice thick dark
Atlantic Ocean 26.8 MD/DCRC color on bill with some yellow over the top entire nostril; good clean thick flat
miles ESE of by an experienced MDDCRC Secretary. head; very dark eyebrows; black eyes; some brownish/grey over the nape,
Yellow-nosed
20050618 MD Ocean City Inlet, 3 1 birder #MD/2005- ●[not published] 03/12/2008. back of neck and a portion below the eye; short tail visible above water. Good
Albatross
miles NE of 051 size for albatross. Impressive looking bird, big too. Seen them on TV many
"Jackspot." [Not yet reviewed Kevin Graff times, but not in the wild."
by the MD/DCRC] 08/14/2008
Graff (pers. comm. Aug 2008): "I made a critical error on the id's. I was told
that this bird was a Yellow-nosed Albatross not a Black-browned Albatross due
to bill color. Yellow-nosed has black bill with yellow over the top as I mentioned
back in 2005?. Black-browned had yellow bill with red tip on both mandibles.
Juvenile Black-browned has all black/grey bill. Still I have the drawing, and
notes with me. Does Yellow-noded are reviewable bird too. Really sorry on
the id's. When I first saw it back then, I jump to conclusion becaise of darker
line through eye which Black-bronwed has. But Yellow-nosed has similar one
too."
Davis 2006: "Yellow-nosed Albatross: North Carolina’s third documented
Yellow-nosed Albatross was photographed while it sat on the beach near C.
Hatteras Point 11 April (Neal & Pat Moore, Joe Byrnes, Bunny & Jimmie
Doolittle, Marcia Lyons). Of interest is the fact that the second was also at that
location and on the same date two years earlier—11 April, 2004!"
photograph LeGrand et al.: "A remarkable record was of one bird seen on the beach at
on the beach at Harry LeGrand,
Yellow-nosed NCBRC ●Davis 2006 Cape Hatteras point in Dare County on 11 April 2006. The Committee
20060411 NC Cape Hatteras 1 Chair, NCBRC.
Albatross Accepted by #06-06 ●LeGrand et al. 2007 accepted photos taken, both of the bird perched and in flight, by Joe Byrnes;
Point 03/12/2008.
NCBRC he also provided thorough details. It was seen by several other birders that
day (see Chat 70:94-95 [Davis 2006]). Amazingly, a Yellow-nosed was seen
flying over this cape exactly two years earlier, on 11 April 2004. This 2006
report is now the third accepted record for North Carolina, all documented by
photographs."
Photos on CBC website: http://www.carolinabirdclub.org

Perkins: "The two most unusual seabirds of the season, whatever species they
were, were both left unidentified to species. An albatross made a pass of
Sandy Neck in Barnstable, MA during the Storm 14 May (G. Hirth) ..."
sight record
Barnstable, Sandy
Yellow-nosed MARC# ●Perkins 2006 Rines: "#06-09, May 14, 2006, Barnstable (Barnstable), G. Hirth* (First ballot:
20060514 MA Neck, Barnstable 1 adult
Albatross Accepted by 06-09 ●Rines 2007 Vote: 8-1). ... In mid-May 2006, a week of northeastly winds culminated in a
County
MARC miserable weekend with winds gusting to 40 MPH. Sea watchers along the
coast were treated to a fine display of pelagic species, but the bird of the storm
was unequivocally an adult Yellow-nosed Albatross spotted at Sandy Neck in
Barnstable."
Petersen 2007: "Reports of Yellow-nosed Albatross in New England are
practically annual in recent years, so the appearance of what was likely the
same ad. albatross at Andrews Pt., Rockport, Essex MA 6 Jun (RH) and
Hampton Beach, Rockingham, NH 6 Jun (fide DL), along with a possible
sighting at Yarmouth, Cumberland, ME 11 Jun (fide DL) and Maine's definite
4th state record at Stratton I. 16-19 Jul (ph S Sanborn, m. ob.) collectively
sight record suggest that something really interesting is going on, either with this species or
Rockport, Andrews
Yellow-nosed MARC# ●Peterson 2007 an individual albatross."
20060606 MA Point, Essex 1 adult
Albatross Accepted by 06-21 ●Rines 2007
County
MARC Rines: "#06-21, June 6, 2006, Rockport, Andrews Pt (Essex), R. Heil*. (First
ballot: Vote: 9-0). ... Three weeks [after the 05/14/2006 sighting], during
conditions apparently unaffected by weather, a sea-watcher at Andrew’s Point
in Rockport was astonished to see an adult Yellow-nosed Albatross being
pursued by a group of very vocal Herring and Great Black-backed gulls as it
flew along the rocky shoreline. ... It is possible that these two sightings may
have involved the same individual albatross."
06/09/2009 Page 43 of 53
Lockwood et al. 2007a: "One was carefully studied in the Gulf of Mexico from
Padre Island National Seashore, Kenedy and Willacy, June 6 by Sandifer for
15 minutes, an extremely rare sighting from land. (BS, details to TBRC)."
sight report Lockwood 2007b: "Not Accepted: North Padre Island, Kenedy/Willacy on 8
North Padre Island, ●Lockwood 2007a [unpublished Mark Lockwood,
Yellow-nosed TBRC# June 2006."
20060608 TX Kenedy/Willacy 1 NAB web inputs] TBRC Secretary.
Albatross Not Accepted by 2006-75
Counties ●Lockwood 2007b 04/10/2008.
TBRC Lockwood (pers. comm. 2008): "There are two sight records that were
reviewed and not accepted for Yellow-nosed ... the 2006 bird was seen from
shore at a great distance and probably was an albatross, but the details were
pretty skimpy and there was no way to be certain and definitely no way to
ascertain an identification at the species level."

same ad. albatross at Andrews Pt., Rockport, Essex MA 6 Jun (RH) and
Hampton Beach, Rockingham, NH 6 Jun (fide DL), along with a possible
over the Royal sighting at Yarmouth, Cumberland, ME 11 Jun (fide DL) and Maine's
River Boat Yard, sight report definite 4th state record at Stratton I. 16-19 Jul (ph S Sanborn, m. ob.)
Bill Sheehan,
Yellow-nosed from Hiway 295, collectively suggest that something really interesting is going on, either with
20060611 ME 1 adult ●Petersen 2007 ME-BRC Chair.
Albatross Yarmouth, [Not reviewed by this species or an individual albatross."
04/13/2008
Cumberland ME-BRC]
County Sheehan (pers. comm. 2008): "[ME-BRC hasn't] reviewed this report. There
really wasn't much to review other than a second-hand sight report at a
relatively inshore (bay) location. I sought more info and received none. It was
interesting to us though that the report came about a month before the July
sighting...."
NHBRC details on file.
Vazzano: "An albatross that was mostly likely a Yellow-nosed Albatross was
seen flying northward along the beach in Hampton during the first week of
June. This was the first albatross documented in New Hampshire in the past
26 years." "Any albatross in the North Atlantic Ocean is extremely rare and so
the sighting of a probable Yellow-nosed Albatross on June 6 along the beach
in Hampton was surely one of the biggest highlights of the summer season.
The desciptions received make it apparent that it was an albatross and a
Yellow-nosed Albatross was seen well just a few hours earlier heading north
Albatross ●Vazzano 2006 near Cape Anne in Massachusetts, about thirty miles south of the New
sight report NH Bird Records
species 20060606 south side of Great ●Peterson 2007 Hampshire sightings. This was almost certainly the same bird. It flew northward
NHBRC files via Rebecca
NH Boars Head, 1 adult ●[descision to be published in along the edge of the beach, sometimes less than 20 feet above the ground,
Accepted by #06SU-7 Suomala,
[submitted as 2 pm Hampton Beach the Winter 2007-2008 issue of thrilling at least a few beachgoers. One has to go back in the records to the fall
NHBRC 06/28/2008.
Yellow-nosed] NH Bird Records] of 1980 for the previous documented report of a Yellow-nosed Albatross in
New Hampshire. [Also listed on p. 8]
Petersen: "Reports of Yellow-nosed Albatross in New England are practically

annual in recent years, so the appearance of what was likely the same ad.
albatross at Andrews Pt., Rockport, Essex MA 6 Jun (RH) and Hampton
Beach, Rockingham, NH 6 Jun (fide DL), along with a possible sighting at
Yarmouth, Cumberland, ME 11 Jun (fide DL) and Maine's definite 4th state
record at Stratton I. 16-19 Jul (ph S Sanborn, m. ob.) collectively suggest that
something really interesting is going on, either with this species or an individual
albatross."
06/09/2009 Page 44 of 53
NHBRC details on file.
Vazzano: "An albatross that was mostly likely a Yellow-nosed Albatross was
seen flying northward along the beach in Hampton during the first week of
June. This was the first albatross documented in New Hampshire in the past
26 years." "Any albatross in the North Atlantic Ocean is extremely rare and so
the sighting of a probable Yellow-nosed Albatross on June 6 along the beach
in Hampton was surely one of the biggest highlights of the summer season.
The desciptions received make it apparent that it was an albatross and a
Yellow-nosed Albatross was seen well just a few hours earlier heading north
between Plaice
Albatross ●Vazzano 2006 near Cape Anne in Massachusetts, about thirty miles south of the New
Cove and Little sight report NH Bird Records
species 20060606 ●Peterson 2007 Hampshire sightings. This was almost certainly the same bird. It flew northward
Boars Head Beach, NHBRC files via Rebecca
NH 1 adult ●[descision to be published in along the edge of the beach, sometimes less than 20 feet above the ground,
Hampton, Accepted by #06SU-8 Suomala,
[submitted as 3 pm the Winter 2007-2008 issue of thrilling at least a few beachgoers. One has to go back in the records to the fall
Rockingham NHBRC 06/28/2008.
Yellow-nosed] NH Bird Records] of 1980 for the previous documented report of a Yellow-nosed Albatross in
County
New Hampshire." [Also listed on p. 8]
Petersen: "Reports of Yellow-nosed Albatross in New England are practically

annual in recent years, so the appearance of what was likely the same ad.
albatross at Andrews Pt., Rockport, Essex MA 6 Jun (RH) and Hampton
Beach, Rockingham, NH 6 Jun (fide DL), along with a possible sighting at
Yarmouth, Cumberland, ME 11 Jun (fide DL) and Maine's definite 4th state
record at Stratton I. 16-19 Jul (ph S Sanborn, m. ob.) collectively suggest that
something really interesting is going on, either with this species or an individual
albatross."
Vazzano: "On July 19 birders on a Maine Audubon field trip to Stratton Island.
off of Scarborough, Maine, found a Yellow-nosed Albatross, perhaps the same
bird. It then roosted on the island. was photographed, and spent the night. A
biologist on the island saw it fly off early the following morning. Determining
whether this is the same albatross that has been seen occasionally along the
East Coast for the past several years is speculative and the sightings may
involve multiple birds."
20060716-
20 videotaped
(vocalizing)
Stratton Island, Old same ad. albatross at Andrews Pt., Rockport, Essex MA 6 Jun (RH) and
[last date ●Vazzano 2006 Bill Sheehan,
Yellow-nosed Orchard Beach, in ME-BRC Hampton Beach, Rockingham, NH 6 Jun (fide DL), along with a possible
was 7/20 ME 1 photographed ●Sheehan and Vickery 2006 ME-BRC Chair.
Albatross Saco Bay, York #2006-005 sighting at Yarmouth, Cumberland, ME 11 Jun (fide DL) and Maine's definite
rather then ●Petersen 2007 04/13/2008
County 4th state record at Stratton I. 16-19 Jul (ph S Sanborn, m. ob.) collectively
7/19 as Accepted by
suggest that something really interesting is going on, either with this species or
published in ME-BRC
an individual albatross."
Petersen]
Sheehan (pers. comm. 2008): [Copy of detailed observer's report, with photo,
and email chronology provided. PCD]
Sheehan and Vickery: "16-20 July 2006, Stratton Island, Old Orchard Beach,
/York/, S. Sanborn and R. Lambert*†, P. Garrity†, m. ob., First Round (9-0).
The Stratton Island bird was well documented photographically and becomes
Maine’s sixth Yellow-nosed Albatross."
06/09/2009 Page 45 of 53
Beck (email): Subject: yes...a Yellow-nosed Albatross in Cameron

Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 19:07:38 -0500
"… Mike Musumeche and I found a Yellow-nosed Albatross off Holly Beach
today at ca. 1010 this morning. … scan[ing] the gulf for frigatebirds, I saw a
large flash of black and white. … This was a VERY long-winged bird (appeared
to be 8' in span to me...), with a dark back and upper wings, complimented with
a white head and dark bill, white rump and a slightly darker tail than the
rump....but not quite entirely dark as the upper wings appeared. The bird was
at a varying distance of ca. 200-300 yards out. It did accommodate by banking
sight record a couple of times, showing off quite well the clean white underparts with a stark
●[not published in NAB] white underwing pattern, outlined with black, being thickest at the outer
sketches and primaries. This bird was essentially coursing over the waves, never taking a
LBRC# Donna Dittman,
Yellow-nosed at Holly Beach, notes ●Beck - LBRC links (2006): single flap. There were also Laughing Gulls, Caspian & Royal Terns flying in
20060921 LA 1 2006-26 LBRC Secretary.
Albatross Cameron Parish link to email close proximity of the bird, and this monster DWARFED them. … It continued
2006-34 04/14/2008
hypothetical link to sighting report this way for close to 30 minutes, and after the weather had cleared, the bird
pending review by link to sketch was not to be found. …I made some sketchings and notes, but am not holding
LBRC my breath for this record to be accepted without further documentation.
James W. Beck
Broussard, LA"
http://www.neseabirds.com/Seawatch2006.htm (complete email)
http://losbird.org/lbrc/ynalbecka.htm (LBRC sighting report)
http://losbird.org/lbrc/ynalbeckb.htm (sketch)
Dittmann (pers. comm. 2008): "A sight record also from Holly Beach has not
yet been reviewed: 2006-26 Albatross, Yellow-nosed Musumeche, Michael J.
9/21/06 Ereport, Cameron: Holly Beach."
Perkins 2007a: "The discovery of an Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross aground

in a field in Maine set the stage for what became a sad saga. The bird was
found in a cow pasture in Cape Neddick, ME 28 Apr (R. & S. Coite). It was
meticulously rehabilitated for three weeks, initially at the Center for Wildlife
Clinic in Cape Neddick, then at the Tufts Wildlife Clinic in Grafton, MA. When it
was deemed strong enough, it was fitted with a satellite transmitter and then
Bill Sheehan, released from a beach in Falmouth, MA 20 May. Two hours after the release, it
ME-BRC Chair was spotted flying down a highway in Plymouth, MA roughly 16 km from the
03/01/2008 release point, and, the next day, was found grounded again, sitting under an
overpass along that same stretch of highway. Once again it was taken to Tufts,
ME
Marjorine Rines, and on 2 Jun, it was released again, this time from a boat 48 km e. of Boston.
MARC Secretary, Unfortunately, the transmitter failed, so no location data were received
[unsure if found wrecked at
04/10/2008. following this release. In the end, the bird was found dead on a beach in
this also Cape Neddick in specimen
Barnstable, MA 26 Jun (B. Harris), and, based on the condition of the carcass,
qualifies as York, York County
●Perkins 2007a Jeremiah it was judged to have been dead for roughly two weeks. ...Following a
a MA skull specimen
●Perkins 2007b (includes Trimble, Museum necropsy, the specimen will be housed at the Museum of Comparative Zoology
Yellow-nosed record (rehabbed, being transferred ME-BRC
20070428 1 photos) of Comparative at Harvard University." [error - trying to locate where specimen was deposited.
Albatross since the released and to MCZ (#????) #2007-006
●Peterson and Baicich 2007 Zoology at PCD]
bird was recaptured several
●Nickerson 2007 Harvard
transported times in MA 20 May Accepted by
University, Peterson and Baicich: "In late May, the [specify] bird was released at a beach
and - 26 Jun before ME-BRC
04/10/2008 in Falmouth, Massachusetts, and on its back it carried a light satellite
subsequent expiring)
transmitter - a $3,000-device donated by Habit Research, a Canadian
ly died in
Flo Tseng, Tufts manufacturing company. The bird's wanderings were to be tracked until the
MA? PCD]
University School batteries wear out, or until the albatross molts the feathers carrying the unit.
of Veterinary Unfortunately, the bird was tracked back to land on Cape Cod a few days
Medicine, later."
05/15/2008.
Sheehan (pers. comm. 2008): "Some believe this to be the same bird that had
been seen in Maine in 2006 but the committee treated it as a separate record."
"The York YNAL record number is: ME-BRC#2007-006."
Tseng (pers. comm. 2008): "[We] will be sending the specimen to the MCZ this
week."
in the open Atlantic McLaren: "A Yellow-nosed Albatross flew directly over a whale research vessel
sight report
Ocean due south of in the open Atlantic due S of Liverpool May 26, 2007, the fourth record of this
Yellow-nosed Blake Maybank
20070506 NS Liverpool 1 ●McLaren 2008 spectacular seabird within NS waters. Details are on their way to the Nova
Albatross submitted to 03/12/2008
Scotia Bird Records Committee. ... May 26, 43.325ºN 64.734ºW, 1 [bird], Sarah
NSBRC
43.325ºN 64.734ºW Wong [observer]."
06/09/2009 Page 46 of 53
Petersen: "For the first season in several years, the Region supported some
solid seabird concentrations, including several outstanding rarities. Reports of
Yellow-nosed Albatross in New England are practically annual in recent years,
Yarmouth, sight report so the appearance of what was likely the same ad. albatross at Andrews Pt.,
Yellow-nosed
20070611 ME Cumberland 1 ●Petersen 2007 Rockport, Essex MA 6 Jun (RH) and Hampton Beach, Rockingham, NH 6 Jun
Albatross
County "possible" sighting (fide DL), along with a possible sighting at Yarmouth, Cumberland, ME 11
Jun (fide DL) and Maine's definite 4th state record at Stratton I. 16-19 Jul (ph
S Sanborn, m. ob.) collectively suggest that something really interesting is
going on, either with this species or an individual albatross."
Petersen: "For the first season in several years, the Region supported some
solid seabird concentrations, including several outstanding rarities. Reports of
Yellow-nosed Albatross in New England are practically annual in recent years,
so the appearance of what was likely the same ad. albatross at Andrews Pt.,
Rockport, Essex MA 6 Jun (RH) and Hampton Beach, Rockingham, NH 6 Jun
photographed ●Petersen 2007
Old Orchard Beach, (fide DL), along with a possible sighting at Yarmouth, Cumberland, ME 11 Jun
Yellow-nosed 20070716- ME-BRC
ME Stratton Island, 1 (fide DL) and Maine's definite 4th state record at Stratton I. 16-19 Jul (ph S
Albatross 20 Accepted by #2006-005 ●Sheehan and Vickery 2007
York County Sanborn, m. ob.) collectively suggest that something really interesting is going
ME-BRC (includes photo)
on, either with this species or an individual albatross."
Sheehan and Vickery: "S. Sanborn and R. Lambert*†, P. Garrity†, m. ob., First
Round (9-0). ... The Stratton Island bird was well documented photographically
and becomes Maine's sixth Yellow-nosed Albatross"
Kratter
(http://www.fosbirds.org/RecordCommittee/Board%20Report_Fall%202007.htm
; 07/06/2008): "Not Accepted. The Committee received a written description of
this bird from a single observer. This bird was seen for ca. 15 minutes at close
range (ca. 10 feet) from a fishing boat, but without binoculars. The bird is only
sight report briefly described, and some characters, particularly “the upper mandible was
6 miles south of Andrew Kratter,
Yellow-nosed FOSRC yellow,” the “black tail band,” and the “undersides of the wing were white with
20040610 FL Pensacola Beach, 1 ●[not yet published?] FMNH,
Albatross Not Accepted by #07-630 black trailing edge” do not fit any albatross. It was felt by some committee
Escambia County 05/14/2008
FOSRC members that the observer may have meant that the culmen ridge was yellow,
not the entire upper mandible, that the entire tail was dark, and that the leading
edge of the underwing was also edged black, but the Committee could not
definitely determine this. As more than three years had passed since the
observation, we felt that too much time had passed to reconfirm plumage
details."
Assateague Island,
Yellow-nosed MD/DCRC Arnold, Stan
20090606 MD Off Road Vehicle 1 recent report ●[not yet published] [MD Osprey listserver; 06/06/2009; video recording reported]
Albatross #2009-055 06/07/2009
Zone
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file:///var/www/apps/scribd/scribd/tmp/scratch5/18511708.xls Negative Reports
St /
Prov / Pers. Comm. Source
Species
Terr / / Date
Island
Terence Lee Schiefer,
(none) MS
03/12/2008.
Jim Flynn, GOS-CRC.
(none) GA
03/12/2008.
BS Tony White.
(none)
[Bahamas] 03/12/2008.
Greg Jackson, ABRC.
(none) AL
03/13/2008.
Tony White.
(none) NU
03/13/2008.
Donna Sylce, Chair
(none) SC
SCBRC. 03/15/2008
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Wayne 1989 Wayne, W.J. 1989. Yellow-nosed Albatross off Cape Henlopen, Delaware, 1989. Delmarva Ornthologist 22:54-55.
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Wood 1976 Wood, Charles (ed.). 1976. Field Notes of Rhode Island Birds: August 1976 highlights 89:1-3.
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Abbreviation Definition Comments Link

AB American Birds http://www.americanbirding.org/pubs/nab/
ABRC Alabama Bird Records Committee http://www.bham.net/aos/abrc/
AOU American Ornithologists' Union http://www.aou.org/
ARCC Avian Records Committee of Connecticut http://www.ctbirding.org/arcc.htm
CBC Carolina Bird Club
CBC Christmas Bird Count
DBRC Delaware Bird Records Committee http://www.dosbirds.org/committees/records.htm
FMNH Florida Museum of Natural History http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/
FOSRC Florida Ornithological Society Records Committee http://www.fosbirds.org/RecordCommittee/FOSRC.php
GEW Museum code for Archbold Biological Station [Glen E. Woolfenden]
Georgia Ornithological Society Checklist and Records
GOS-CRC http://www.gos.org/brc.html
Committee
H.P.L. Howard P. Langridge
LBRC Louisiana Bird Records Committee http://losbird.org/lbrc/lbrc.htm
LOS Louisiana Ornithological Society http://losbird.org/
MARC Massachusetts Avian Records Committee http://massbird.org/marc/
MB Maryland Birdlife
MD/DCRC Maryland/District of Columbia Records Committee http://www.mdbirds.org/mddcrc/rcindex.html
ME-BRC Maine - Bird Records Committee
MV Motor Vessel
NBBRC New Brunswick Bird Records Committee http://www3.nbnet.nb.ca/maryspt/BRC/NBBRC.html
NCBRC North Carolina Bird Records Committee http://www.carolinabirdclub.org/brc/index.html
NJBRC New Jersey Bird Records Committee http://www.princeton.edu/~llarson/njrc.html
NWR National Wildlife Refuge
NYSARC New York State Avian Records Committee http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/NYSARChome.htm
RIARC Rhode Island Avian Records Committee http://riarc.ribirds.googlepages.com/
SCBRC South Carolina Bird Records Committee http://www.carolinabirdclub.org/brc/index.html
TBRC Texas Bird Records Committee http://texasbirds.org/tbrc/index.htm
The Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection was established in 1938 by the late Dr. William B. Davis, founder of the Department of Wildlife
Management (later Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences) at Texas A&M University. The collections within the TCWC serve as historical evidence of the
distribution of wildlife in Texas, and provide valuable ecological and life history information for an array of vertebrate species. The collections are
used in the research of Texas A&M faculty, graduate students, and scientists worldwide, as well as for the teaching of natural history, conservation
and wildlife management, both within the university and in public schools.
TCWC Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection http://wfscnet.tamu.edu/tcwc/tcwc.htm
The Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection primarily documents the faunal history of Texas, the United States, Central and South America, and the
Gulf of Mexico. This includes over one million specimens and their associated historical documents, so as to assure their accessibility to current
and future generations. Historically the TCWC has been an invaluable source of data for researchers in the fields of biodiversity, vertebrate
evolution, endangered species, wildlife and fisheries conservation, and even forensic biology. This information is also made available to the public,
to increase awareness of the natural history of Texas and thus enabling the citizens of Texas to make better-informed decisions affecting their
natural environment. In recent years, the mission of the TCWC has expanded to include a greater focus on public access and education.
The Texas Photo Record Files, housed in the TCWC, contain an estimated 6000 photographs, slides, CDs, and video tapes that document
TPRF Texas Photo Record File
occurrences of birds in Texas.
TTRS Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL Bird Photo Archives http://www.talltimbers.org/museum-birdphotos.html
U.T. Pan American The University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX. http://www.utpa.edu/
VARCOM Virginia Avian Records Committee http://www.virginiabirds.org/
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St/Prov/Island Point of Contact

NL Bruce Mactavish
" Paul Linegar
" David Seeler
QC Denis Lepage
" Norman David
NS Blake Maybank
NB David Christie
PE David Seeler
PM Roger Etcheberry
ME Bill Sheehan
NH Rob Woodward
" Terry Bronson
" Rebecca Suomala
MA Majorie Rines
" Jeremiah Trimble
RI Doug Wilson
" Shaibal Mitra
" Christopher Raithel
CT Greg Hanisek
NY Angus Wilson
" Jeanne Skelly
" Shaibal Mitra
NJ Laurie Larson
" Jennifer Hanson
" Bill Boyle
DE Frank Rohrbacher
" Bruce Peterjohn
VA Susan Heath
" Amy Gilmer
NC Harry LeGrand
" John Wright
" Jim Parnell
SC Donna Slyce
GA James F. Flynn Jr.
FL Andy Kratter
AL Steve McConnell
" Greg D. Jackson
MS Terence Schiefer
LA Donna Dittman
" Steven W. Cardiff
TX Mark Lockwood
BD Tony White
BM Andrew Dobson
Contemporary Steve Mlodinow

Prior Brian Patteson
Authors: Shawneen Finnegan
Acknowledgements: Claudia Angle

Roger Clapp
James Dean
Lynda Garrett
Paul O'Brien
Nick Pulcinella
Marcia Watson
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Wandering Yellow-nosed Black-browed

Wandering Yellow-nosed Black-browed

Bonaparte [citation?]: "Rare and accidental in the Middle States (Bonaparte)."

Coues (1885): "Probable Occurrence of Diomedea exulans in Florida -- Mr. B.

Howell: "Hypothetical List: A bird believed to be of this species was seen by

Coues (1872): "The yellow-nosed albatross, D. chlororhyncha of Audubon, vii,

Chamberlain (1888): "During a recent visit to the Museum of Laval University,

Bull (1960): "The Labrador specimen referred to by Murphy [1936] is apparently

Peters and Burleigh: "Status in Newfoundland: Accidental. One, determined by

Post: "... C. M. Packard informs me (in litt.) that it is an adult."

Bond: "[Additional Records] Martinique: Diomedea melanophris (Nov 12, 1956;

Bagg: "Five [together in one flock or separate? PCD] Yellow-nosed Albatrosses

Bagg: "... a Yellow-nosed Albatross, which Mark Libby almost captured by

Dittmann (pers. comm. 2008): "This record is published in Louisiana Birds

Davis and Morgan: "Yellow-nosed Albatross: Jun 8 Gardiner's Island (R.

Finnegan: "NYSARC accepted only as albatross sp. [incorrect per A. Wilson

While at a 10-ft elevation on Bird Is. (41°40'N, 70°43'W) in Buzzards Bay at

Teulings: "The sightings of two probable Black-browed Albatrosses (PD, RA et

Parnell: "Inadequately documented sight records: Reports of the following

DuMont: "Four other sightings of albatrosses of unknown species or

Veit: [Detailed account provided. PCD]

Edscorn: "Procellariiformes - This order made a grand showing. An albatross

MD/DCRC database: "Sub- to near-adult. MB 31(2):49-50. MB 31(2):52 w/

Petersen: "An albatross identified as a probable Black-browed Albatross seen

Finch: "The season's ... other reports were of Yellow-nosed Albatrosses, an

Paxton et al. "Another, described as sub-adult and almost certainly a different

Paxton et al.: "Unconfirmed Reports - A Black-browed Albatross was reported

Mactavish: "A convincing report of Black-browed Albatross was received. The

Mactavish: "The outstanding Yellow-nosed Albatross photographed at

Andrle: "1994-24-A.B: one at Crown Point peninsula, two miles southeast of

Norton: "A report of a Black-browed Albatross on Christmas Day 1997 off

Not published NH Bird Records

Norton: "A report of a Black-browed Albatross on Christmas Day 1997 off

Wilson et al.: "One approximately 21 miles southeast of Fire Island Inlet

Diomedea sight report

Patteson et al. "Figure 1. Immature Black-browed Albatross at Norfolk Canyon

Buckley and Schairer: "... on Sunday 18 Jun, at 1530h, an unaged albatross

Raithel et al. 2000: "Yellow-nosed Albatross (*[reviewable]) 6/4 Trustrom 1 ST

Finnegan: "On 5 June an adult Yellow-nosed Albatross was reported to have

Raithel et al. 2001: "Yellow-nosed Albatross 10/30 [2001] Green Hill 1 MT

RIBRC Decision: "The submitted details do not convincingly support the

Petersen: "A well-described Yellow-nosed Albatross in Cape Cod Bay at First

Rines: "#03-05, June 2, 2003, Eastham (Barnstable), B. Nikula.* During a

Davis: "Yellow-nosed Albatross: One was a complete surprise as it flew from

Photos on CBC website: http://www.carolinabirdclub.org

nf.birds (listserver): Paul Linegar: "Tony Chubbs just forwarded a series of

Perkins "An ad. Yellow-nosed Albatross of the nominate (Atlantic) subspecies

Photos on CBC website: http://www.carolinabirdclub.org

Petersen 2007: "Reports of Yellow-nosed Albatross in New England are

Petersen: "Reports of Yellow-nosed Albatross in New England are practically

NHBRC details on file.

Petersen: "Reports of Yellow-nosed Albatross in New England are practically

Beck (email): Subject: yes...a Yellow-nosed Albatross in Cameron

Perkins 2007a: "The discovery of an Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross aground

Abbreviation Definition Comments Link

St/Prov/Island Point of Contact

Contemporary Steve Mlodinow

Acknowledgements: Claudia Angle

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