RBA * New York* Syracuse* November 10, 2014* NYSY 11. 10. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):November 03, 2014 - November 10, 2014to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortlandcompiled: November 10 AT 5:00 p.m. (EST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #416 Monday November 10, 2014 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of November 03, 2014 Highlights:----------- EARED GREBECATTLE EGRETAMERICAN BITTERNGLOSSY IBISROSS’S GOOSECACKLING GOOSESANDHILL CRANEAMERICAN AVOCETPURPLE SANDPIPERSNOWY OWLSAW-WHET OWLNORTHERN PARULAWHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)------------ Only five species of shorebird reported this week. DUNLIN, KILLDEER, AMERICAN AVOCET, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS. 11/6: 44 SANDHILL CRANES were counted at East Road. 40 DUNLIN were seen at Easton Marsh on the Wildlife Drive. 11/8: The adult and juvenile GLOSSY IBIS were seen at Eaton Marsh. The AMERICAN AVOCET was present also. The EARED GREBE was spotted at the first area of open water on the Wildlife Drive. A SNOWY OWL was seen at the end of the Wildlife Drive near Rt.89. 2 ROSS’S GEESE AND 53 SANDHILL CRANES were at Knox-Marsellus Pool. 11/9: The 2 GLOSSY IBISES and the AMERICAN AVOCET were again at Eaton Marsh. A late AMERICAN BITTERN was seen along the Wildlife Drive. 7 ROSS’S GEESE were at Knox-Marsellus Pool. Cayuga County------------ 11/6: A PURPLE SANDPIPER, 1 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and 2 DUNLIN were spotted on the south side of the break wall at Fair Haven State Park. The PURPLE SANDPIPER and the DUNLIN were seen again on 11/8. Onondaga County------------ 11/7: A BLACK SCOTER was seen at Willow Bay on Onondaga Lake. 11/9: The SNOWY OWL seen all summer and fall on Rt. 31 at the Home Depot area was injured by a car and was taken to a wildlife rehabilitator. 11/10: 2 CACKLING GEESE were seen in a corn field in Tully. Oswego County------------ 11/7: A SAW-WHET OWL was heard calling on Kibbey Road near Mexico. 11/9: A late NORTHERN PARULA was seen at Derby Hill. Jefferson County------------ 11/7: A WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL was heard at El Dorado State Park. A CATTLE EGRET was spotted at the intersection ofCo. Rt. 152 and Town Barn Road in Henderson. Possibly the same bird was spotted about 10 miles south at the intersection of Baldwin Road and Co. Rt. 89 in Mannsville on 11/9. -- end report Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
