St /

Date Prov /
Species
yyyymmdd Terr /
Island
XXXX
Wandering Albatross FL
[prior to 1884? PCD]

Wandering Albatross 188505XX FL

QC
18850820
Yellow-nosed Albatross [referred to by
[some authors (e.g., Murphy
[originally recorded as "Pink-footed Murphy (1936)
1936 and Bull 1961)
Albatross" which was lumped with as "Labrador";
erroneously state "Sep 1884"
Yellow-nosed by the AOU in 1944. PCD] see Bull 1960.
PCD]
PCD]

Yellow-nosed Albatross
[originally recorded as "Pink-footed NB
19130801
Albatross" which was lumped with ME
Yellow-nosed by the AOU in 1944. PCD]

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

19340723
Yellow-nosed Albatross ("found a few days previous ME
to 7/23")
1934XX - summer
[year is ambiguous due to a
poorly constructed sentence
Albatross species ME
by Norton; I agree with Post
that the year is 1934 rather
than 1913. PCD]
Diomedea species 19481107 NY
MQ
Black-browed Albatross 19561112
[Martinique]

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19580713 FL

19600321
[Palmer incorrectly reported
this date as 05/21, which was
Yellow-nosed Albatross repeated in Bourne as two ME
sightings on 03/21 and 05/21.
Only 03/21 is described.
PCD]
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19600529 NY
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19610815 QC/NL/NB/NS?

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19640512 ME

Albatross species 19670604 NJ

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19680712 NS
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19700509 LA

Albatross species 19700814 NS

Albatross speces
19700907 NH
[reported as Yellow-nosed?]
Albatross species 197010?? NH
Yellow-nosed Albatross
and/or 1970s-early NJ
Black-browed Albatross
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19710507 MA

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19710608 NY

Albatross species
first reported as Yellow-nosed?; later 19710925 NH
changed to Black-browed Albatross

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19720514 TX

Black-browed Albatross 19720628 MA

Albatross species 197206XX NJ

Diomedea species 19720702 MA

Albatross species 19720713 MA
197207XX
"Albatross-like" birds NJ
["mid July"]
Black-browed Albatross 19720819 NC
NS
"Albatross-sized" bird 19720819
ME
197208XX
"Albatrosslike" bird NJ
["early August"]
Albatross species 19730521 NY
Black-browed Albatross 19730527 NY
Black-browed Albatross 19730626 NS
Black-browed Albatross 19730705 NJ
Black-browed Albatross 19730916 MA

Black-browed Albatross 19740913 FL

Black-browed Albatross 19741007 NJ

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19750201 MD

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19750620 NL

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19760614 MA
BM
Diomedea species 19760623
[Bermuda]

Black-browed Albatross 19760711 MA

19760724
Diomedea species
[recorded on MARC web MA
[reported as Black-browed]
database as 07/25. PCD]
Black-browed Albatross
19760801 NH and ME
[reported as Albatross - Black-browed?]

Black-browed Albatross 19760801 NH

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19760810 NY

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19760820 NS

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19760821 RI

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19761028 TX

Yellow-nosed Albatross 197610XX NC

Albatross species 19761128 TX

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19780417 NC

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19780419 NC

Black-browed Albatross 19780528 ME

Yellow-nosed Albatross 197810XX NC

Albatross species 197905XX RI
Albatross species 19790707 RI
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19790730 NL
Albatross species 19790816 NB or NS
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19790821 RI
 VA
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19791203
MD

198006XX
Black-browed Albatross RI
("early June")
Black-browed Albatross 19800715 NL
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19801024 NH

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19811128 VA

MA
[state
Albatross species
19820502 designation
["thought to be Black-browed"]
may be
equivocal]
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19820703 FL
Black-browed Albatross 19830715 NS
PM
Black-browed Albatross 19850625 [St. Pierre &
Miquelon]
Albatross species 19851222 NC
Black-browed Albatross 19860721 NS
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19870805 NS
1988 - 2008
["within the last 20 years" - D.
Black-browed Albatross Seeler pers. comm. 2008] PE
Summer season (01 Jun - 15
Aug)

Albatross species
19890101 DE
[reported as Yellow-nosed]

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19890108 NJ

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19890524 NS
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19890528 NS

Black-browed Albatross 19891024 NJ

Black-browed Albatross 19910823 NS

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19920527 FL
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19930524 NB
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19930620 NB
Albatross species
19931004 & 07 MA
[reported as Yellow-nosed]
Diomedea species
19940508 NY
[submitted as Yellow-nosed]
Diomedea species
19950105 FL
[reported as Yellow-nosed]
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19950109 TX

Black-browed Albatross 19960527 NY

MA
Diomedea species
19960921 [probably MA
[submitted as Black-browed]
waters]
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19970422 NC

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19970711 TX

BA
Black-browed Albatross 19971225
[Bahamas]
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19971228 NH
BA
Black-browed Albatross 19980609
[Bahamas]
Yellow-nosed Albatross 19980712 NY
Diomedea species
19990106 FL
[submitted as Yellow-nosed]
Black-browed Albatross 19990206 VA

Yellow-nosed Albatross 19990706 ME

Yellow-nosed Albatross 20000205 NC

Yellow-nosed Albatross 20000501 FL

20000509
Yellow-nosed Albatross MA
1145h
20000509
1730h
Yellow-nosed Albatross [reported as 05/15 by Laux NY
2000b and Burgiel et al.
2000. PCD]
Yellow-nosed Albatross
[I believe this to be an albatross sp. 20000511 MD
PCD]
20000521-23
Yellow-nosed Albatross [presumed to be the same NJ
bird PCD]
Albatross species 20000527 NJ
Yellow-nosed Albatross
20000604
[however, RIBRC decision leaves open RI
1430 h
the possibility of Albatross, sp. PCD]
20000605
Yellow-nosed Albatross MA
1100 h
Albatross species 20000618 NY

Yellow-nosed Albatross 20000710 CT

Yellow-nosed Albatross 20011030 RI

Yellow-nosed Albatross 20030602 MA

Albatross species
20030829 MA
[submitted as Yellow-nosed]
Yellow-nosed Albatross 20030926 TX
Albatross species
20040317 VA
[submitted as Black-browed]
Yellow-nosed Albatross 20040411 NC

Black-browed Albatross 200406?? NL

Black-browed Albatross 200406?? NL

Yellow-nosed Albatross 20040610 FL

Yellow-nosed Albatross 20050529 MA

Yellow-nosed Albatross 20050531 MA

Yellow-nosed Albatross 20050618 MD

Yellow-nosed Albatross 20060411 NC

Yellow-nosed Albatross 20060514 MA

Yellow-nosed Albatross 20060606 MA

Albatross species 20060606
NH
[submitted as Yellow-nosed] 2 pm
Albatross species 20060606
NH
[submitted as Yellow-nosed] 3 pm
Yellow-nosed Albatross 20060608 TX

Yellow-nosed Albatross 20060611 ME

20060716-20
[last date was 7/20 rather
Yellow-nosed Albatross ME
then 7/19 as published in
Petersen]

Yellow-nosed Albatross 20060921 LA

 ME
[unsure if this
also qualifies as
a MA record
since the bird
Yellow-nosed Albatross 20070428
was transported
and
subsequently
died in MA?
PCD]

Yellow-nosed Albatross 20070506 NS

Yellow-nosed Albatross 20070611 ME

Yellow-nosed Albatross 20070716-20 ME

Yellow-nosed Albatross 20090606 MD

 Location #Birds / Age

Tampa Bay 1

Ward's Bank, mouth of the St. Johns River, twenty miles south of Jacksonville, Duval
1
County

near mouth of Moisie River on the north shore of the St. Lawrence Gulf 1 imm

taken near Machias Seal Island, Machias Bay, Washington County [ME]
off Grand Manan Island; near the mouth of the Bay of Fundy [NB] 1 adult
[very likely occurred in both ME and NB waters - see Murphy (1922)]

unknown 1

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

Cod Ledges
1
Casco Bay, Cumberland County [stated by Palmer]

Jones Beach, Long Island 1

off Vauclin 1

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

off Monhegan Island, Monhegan Township, Lincoln County 1

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

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

off Cape May 1

from MV Bluenose 50 km off Yarmouth 1
flying above the breakers, a few miles west of Holly Beach, Cameron Parish 1 adult
skimming through Petit Passage, the narrow strait between Long Island [NS] and the
1
peninsula of Digby Neck
Old Scantum Ledge, 7 mi. SE of Isle of Shoals 1
"inside Shoals" 1
several single bird
from the New York Bight, especially at or near Hudson Canyon
sightings

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

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

7 miles E of Hampton Harbor 1

South Padre Island jetties, Padre Island National Seashore, Cameron County
[previous discrepancies over published locations have been resolved (M Lockwood 1
pers. comm. 2008); the above information is correct; Nueces County is incorrect. PCD]

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

Hudson Canyon, far offshore several

off Gay Head on Martha’s Vineyard 1

Martha's Vineyard 1
seen flying 100 miles east of Manasquan Inlet 2

48 mi south of Morehead City 2

on the water seen from the "Bluenose" ferry between Bar Harbor, ME, and Yarmouth,
1
NS

45 miles east-southwest of Manasquan 2

flying across the Belt Parkway at Gravesend Bay at the Narrows, Brooklyn, NY 1
Hudson Canyon 1
about 55 mi. from North Sydney, NS, along the ferry route to Argentia, NL 1 near adult
from a party fishing boat, 5 mi offshore of Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey 1 adult
seen from the ferry between Hyannis and Nantucket, in Nantucket Sound 1 subadult

21 miles off Cape Canaveral, Brevard County 1

 2 birds: 1 adult and
from shore at Cape May Point
1 imm

Baltimore Canyon, 90 km east of Ocean City

1 sub- to near-
[38d 19mN
adult
73d 52mW]
off Baccalieu Island 1
Cultivator Shoals, NW Georges Bank 1 adult

Checkerboard, Spittal Pond 1

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

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

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

20 miles off Rye, NH at location called "Old Scantum" aboard M/V Atlantic Queen
1
[Finch: "12 miles east of Hampton"]

Croton Bay, Croton Point. Westchester County 1 adult

1 adult or near-
70 km west of Yarmouth, observed from the Bluenose ferry
adult
Cox's Ledge, a submarine plateau and fishing ground ca. 65 km (40 mi) eastsoutheast
1 subadult
of Montauk Point, LI, NY, and partly in MA and partly in Rl waters

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

offshore Oregon Inlet 1

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

59 km SE of Oregon Inlet, Dare County 1 adult

1
37 mi SE of Oregon Inlet

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

offshore Oregon Inlet 1

in the area of Cox's Ledge 1
about 11 miles east of Block Island's southeast lighthouse 1
from the CN ferry Marine Cruise approximately 2 h from Argentia 1
seen between Grand Manan, NB, and Yarmouth, NS 1
Cox's Ledge, a submarine plateau and fishing ground ca. 65 km (40 mi) eastsoutheast
1 subadult
of Montauk Point, LI, NY, and partly in MA and partly in Rl waters
Atlantic Ocean
1 imm or sub adult
38-01N, 74-04W, approximately 88 km east of the MD-VA line.

on Cox's Ledge (eastern side) 1

off the southwest coast of [NL] during a ferry crossing from North Sydney, Nova Scotia
1
to Argentia, Newfoundland
Scantum Basin, near S. end of Jeffries Ledge; LORAN A location: 44357, 13639 1 imm

from the shoreline of Back Bay NWR 1

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

near St. Marks Light, St. Marks NWR 1

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

in North Carolina waters

1 imm
35+E12038’N, 74º56’W
from the Cabot Strait Ferry 1
Cabot Strait, seen from the Sydney, NS to Argentia, NL ferry 1

unknown 1

from Cape Henlopen 2

Belmar 1
Two miles west of Seal Island 1
Seal Island 1

Manasquan Inlet, Monmouth County 1

from the Bluenose ferry, about 20 minutes south of Yarmouth 1

Key Largo, Monroe County 1 subadult
circling over the mouth of Halls Creek, Dieppe/Moncton; Westmoreland County;
1 adult
eventually heading south down the Petitcodiac River
off New Brunswick 1 adult
off Gay Head on Martha’s Vineyard 1-2
flying over Crown Point Peninsula, 2 mi. se of Port Henry, Lake Champlain, Moriah,
1
Essex County
152 meters from east end of Lake Worth Pier, Palm Beach County 1

off Port O'Connor, Calhoun County 1

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

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

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

San Jose Island, Aransas County 1

Conception Island 1
44 Jacuith Road, Hancock 2
off Exuma 1

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

Lake Worth Pier, Palm Beach County 1

65 nmi off Virginia Beach at Norfolk Canyon 1 imm

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

Three miles off Avon/Salvo 1 subadult

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

Penikese Island, one of the westernmost of the Elizabeth Islands, Buzzards Bay (just n.
of Martha's Vineyard), Dukes County 1 adult

Robbins Rest, 7 km east of Fire Island Lighthouse, Fire Island National Seashore, Long
1 adult
Island, Suffolk County

in flight and on the water (20-30 ft away) at Assateague Island, National Seashore,
1
Berlin, Worcester County

5/21: Garden State Parkway, south of Shellbay Landing, Cape May Courthouse, Cape
May County 1 adult
5/23: Delaware Bay Shore, Reeds Beach and Highs Beach, Goshen, Cape May County
Manasquan Inlet, Ocean County 1
over the woods and shoreline at South Kingston, Trustom Pond National Wildlife
1
Refuge, Washington Co., along RI's south coast
Tom Nevers Head, on the extreme southeastern corner of Nantucket Island, Dukes
1 adult
County
29 km southeast of Fire Island Inlet 1 unaged

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

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

Nahant Bay, Essex County 1

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

off Virginia Beach 1

flying over Cape Hatteras Point, Dare County 1

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

off Cartwright, Labrador, the same coastal area where the Black Tickle bird was
1
photographed
6 miles south of Pensacola Beach, Escambia County 1

Tuckernuck Island, Nantucket County 1 adult

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

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

on the beach at Cape Hatteras Point 1

Barnstable, Sandy Neck, Barnstable County 1 adult

Rockport, Andrews Point, Essex County 1 adult

south side of Great Boars Head, Hampton Beach 1 adult

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

North Padre Island, Kenedy/Willacy Counties 1

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

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

at Holly Beach, Cameron Parish 1

found wrecked at Cape Neddick in York, York County
(rehabbed, released and recaptured several times in MA 20 May - 26 Jun before 1
expiring)

in the open Atlantic Ocean due south of Liverpool

1
43.325ºN 64.734ºW

Yarmouth, Cumberland County 1

Old Orchard Beach, Stratton Island, York County 1

Assateague Island, Off Road Vehicle Zone 1

 Status / Documentation

specimen referenced but never produced

considered to be "hypothetical" per Stevenson and Anderson
(1994)
sight report
considered to be "hypothetical" per Howell (1932)

specimen
originally deposited in the Séminaire de Québec
now held at the Musée de la civilisation
MCQ #1995.2760

specimen

specimen
[hypothetical per Austin; accidental per Peters and Burleigh]
specimen
Portland Society of Natural History
[collection dispersed; probably no longer extant PCD]

sight report

feather specimen
specimen
collection???
#???
sight record

sight record
sketch
Accepted by ME-BRC

photograph
[recognized by NYSARC - see Andrle 1996]
sight report[s]
sight record
sketch
Accepted by
ME-BRC
sight report
hypothetical
[per Leck]
sight record
photograph
Accepted by LBRC
sight record

sight record
sight record

sight reports

sketch
Accepted by MARC
sight record
[never submitted to NYSARC for review, contra Finnegan]

sight record

sight record
[Finnegan reported that a specimen exists, but this is not
correct (M. Lockwood pers. comm. 2008) PCD]
Accepted by TBRC
sight record
Not reviewed by MARC
sight reports
hypothetical
[per Leck]
sight report
sight report
sight report
["questionable" per Veit"]
sight record
Accepted by NCBRC

sight report

sight report
["questionable" per Veit"]
sight report
[not submitted to NYSARC]
sight report
sight report
sight report
sight report
Accepted by MARC
sight report
[Mlodinow reports this as rejected, but this sighting was not
reviewed by FOSRC per Kratter (pers. comm. 2008). PCD]
sight report
published in Leck
[Mlodinow says this was rejected by the NJBRC; however, this
sight report predated the NJBRC who subsequently
considered it to be undocumented and not actionable [Larson
(pers. comm. 2008).] PCD]
photograph
Accepted by MD/DCRC
sight record
sight record
sight report
single observer sighting - notes and sketches
considered hypothetical by Amos
sight record
Accepted by MARC
sight record
Accepted by MARC as genus only

Sight report

Sight report
sight record
(post Hurricane Belle)
Accepted by NYSARC
sight record

sight record
specimen
U.T. Pan American collection (no specimen #)
Accepted by TBRC
sight report
Not Accepted by NCBRC
sight report
[Not reviewed by TRBC]
sight report
Not Accepted by NCBRC
sight report
Not Accepted by NCBRC
sight record
[currently considered hypothetical by ME-BRC; yet to be
reviewed]
sight report
Not Accepted by NCBRC
sight report
sight report
sight report
sight record
photograph
sight record
Accepted by VARCOM
VARCOM status: previously "Hypothetical" (Kain) - only due to
lack of specimen or photo for 1st state record; now "accepted"
(Cat 2) per Rottenborn and Brinkley
MD/DCRC status: not yet reviewed - documentation just
located (P Davis, pers. comm. 2008)
sight report
sight record
hypothetical - per Godfrey]
sight report
sight record
hypothetical - per VARC; only due to no specimen or photo for
1st state record

sight record

photograph
sight record
sight report
unpublished anectodal
hypothetical (Etcheberry pers. comm. 2008)
sight report
Not Accepted by NCBRC
sight report
sight record

hypothetical

sight report
sketches
[89th CBC - Cape Henlopen-Prime Hook, DE; not published in
CBC results [in AB 43(4):770-771. PCD]
Not Accepted by DRBC
sight report
sight report
photograph
sight record
previously accepted but reversed in 2008 to "Not Accepted" by
NJBRC
sight record
specimen
photographs
("two slightly distant black-and-white shots)
sight record
videotaped
Accepted by MARC as Albatross species
Accepted by NYSARC as genus

sight record
sight report
Not Accepted by TBRC
sight report
Not Accepted by NYSARC
sight report
Accepted as Diomedea species
sight report
Not Accepted by NCBRC
specimen
Accepted by TBRC
sight record
considered to be unsubtantiated by White
Not Accepted by NHBRC
sight record
considered to be unsubtantiated by White
sight report
Not Accepted by NYSARC
sight report
Accepted by FOSRC as genus only
photograph
Accepted-Cat 1
video and photos
ME-BRC status: in circulation
photograph
Accepted by NCBRC
photograph
Accepted by FOSRC
photograph
Accepted by MARC

photograph
[never submitted to NYSARC]

sight record
sketches
Not Accepted by MD/DCRC

photographed
Accepted by NJBRC

Sight report
sight report
Rejected by RIBRC
sight report
Not Accepted by MARC
sight report

Not Accepted by NYSARC

sight record
Not Accepted by ARCC
sight report
Rejected by RIBRC
sight report
Accepted by MARC
sight report
Accepted by MARC as Albatross species
photograph
Accepted by TBRC
sight record
Accepted by VARCOM as Cat2 - Albatross species
photograph
Accepted by NCBRC
photographed close, sitting on the water, by a fisherman
[Copy of image provided to PCD]
sight report
sight report
Not Accepted by FOSRC
photographs
Accepted by MARC
sight report
[Not formally submitted to MARC]
sight report
by an experienced birder
[Not yet reviewed by the MD/DCRC]
photograph
Accepted by NCBRC
sight record
Accepted by MARC
sight record
Accepted by MARC
sight report
Accepted by NHBRC
sight report
Accepted by NHBRC
sight report
Not Accepted by TBRC
sight report
[Not reviewed by ME-BRC]
videotaped (vocalizing)
photographed
Accepted by
ME-BRC
sight record
sketches and notes
hypothetical pending review by LBRC
specimen
skull specimen being transferred to MCZ (#????)
Accepted by
ME-BRC

sight report

submitted to NSBRC
sight report
"possible" sighting
photographed
Accepted by
ME-BRC
recent report