Cayuga Lake Basin First Records and Arrival Information

First Records: For many years, the Cayuga Bird Club kept a handwritten "First Records" list, which detailed the first record of each species reported in the Cayuga Lake Basin each year. These lists, sometimes beautifully illustrated by local artists, were prominently displayed at the Laboratory of Ornithology and are now archived at Cornell's Kroch Library. After a few years without a First Records list, Matthew Medler restarted the tradition and constructed and maintained the list from 1998 through 2009. Dave Nutter has been the primary caretaker of the list since 2010.

Previous Year Records (1998-2024) can be found here.