RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* December 20, 2010
* NYSY 2012.10
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
December 13, 2009 - December 20, 2010
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),
Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortland
compiled:December 20 AT 5:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#235 -Monday December 20, 2010
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of December
13
, 2010
Highlights:
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RED-NECKED GREBE
TRUMPETER SWAN
TUNDRA SWAN
CACKLING GOOSE
KING EIDER (Extralimital)
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
MERLIN
PEREGRINE FALCON
PURPLE SANDPIPER
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
SNOWY OWL
SAW-WHET OWL
NORTHERN SHRIKE
GRAY CATBIRD
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW
COMMON REDPOLL
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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No reports this week.
Onondaga County
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12/16: A NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL was seen near the Pines Meadow trail at
Beaver Lake Nature Center.
12/18: The Syracuse Christmas Bird Count was held on this day with the
following highlights. A PURPLE SANDPIPER was found on Onondaga Lake at the
fisherman’s access near the State Fair. It is believed to be the first one ever
found on Onondaga Lake in any season. Also seen on Onondaga Lake were 16
species
of waterfowl, a RED-NECKED GREBE, a GLAUCOUS GULL, and a MERLIN. A
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was found at the entrance to Clark Reservation State Park
and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at a quarry pond on North Manlius Road
near Mineoa.
Oswego County
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12/18: A group of Swans including TRUMPETERS and TUNDRAS were seen on
Oneida Lake on Lakeshore Road near Lakeshore Country Club.
12/19: The Fulton/Oswego Christmas Bird Count was held this day with the
following highlights.A SNOWY OWL was found on one of the breakwalls near the
fort. Other good birds reported were COMMON REDPOLL and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW.
Locations were not available at this time.
Oneida County
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12/18: The Clinton Christmas Bird Count was held on this day with the
following Highlights. CACKLING GOOSE, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, MERLIN, PEREGRINE
FALCON, NORTHERN SHRIKE, GRAY CATBIRD, and COMMON REDPOLL.
Extralimital
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The adult plumaged male KING EIDER first found at Meyer’s Point north of
Ithaca on Cayuga Lake seems to have moved to Stewart Park at the south end of
the lake in Ithaca and was seen as recently as 12/19.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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NYSbirds-L List Info:
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES
ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html
3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
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