RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* January 10, 2011
* NYSY 1001.11
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
January 03, 2010 - January 10, 2011
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:January 10 AT 7:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#238 -Monday January 10, 2011
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 03
, 2010
Highlights:
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TUNDRA SWAN
BRANT
CACKLING GOOSE
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
ROSS’S GOOSE
CANVASBACK
REDHEAD
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
RUDDY DUCK
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
MERLIN
PEREGRINE FALCON
GLAUCOUS GULL
SHORT-EARED OWL
BARRED OWL
KINGFISHER
NORTHERN SHRIKE
FISH CROW
TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE
BOHEMIAN WAXWING
EVENING GROSBEAK
COMMON REDPOLL
HOARY REDPOLL
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
1/03: 8,000 SNOW GEESE, 40 TUNDRA SWANS, plus singles of BRANT,
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, ROSS’S GOOSE, and CACKLING GOOSE were found at the
mucklands along Rt.31.
Jefferson County
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1/08: The TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE was still present on State Park Road just
off Co. Rt. 57 on Point Peninsula. Also seen there was a BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
near
the first causway. On Daysville Road 8 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen.
Onondaga County
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1/04: A CANVASBACK was in with a raft of SCAUP species on Onondaga Lake at
the mouth of Nine Mile Creek.
1/07: 2 CANVASBACK, 45 REDHEAD, 4 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 65 GREATER SCAUP, 9
LESSER SCAUP, and 7 RUDDY DUCKS were seen at the north end of Skaneateles Lake.
A KINGFISHER was found at the inner Harbor. 3 FISH CROWS and a PEREGRINE FALCON
were seen at the Marina in Liverpool on Onondaga Lake. A MERLIN was found on
Conner’s Road near East Sorrell Hill Road in the Town of Van Buren.
1/08: A HOARY REDPOLL was seen at a feeder in Baldwinsville. EVENING
GROSBEAKS, PINE SISKINS, and COMMON REDPOLLS were seen on Shakham Road at the
Onondaga/Cortland County Line.
1/09: A HOARY REDPOLL was seen with a large group of about 70 COMMON
REDPOLLS at Beaver Lake Nature Center west of Baldwinsville.. The bird was
present on the 9th. also.
Madison County
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EVENING GROSBEAKS are frequenting feeders on a consistant basis at Jones
Road, Paradise Hill Road and Carpenter Road.
1/1: The Oneida Christmas Count amassed 56 species. Highlights were
MERLIN,
BARRED OWL, SHORT-EARED OWL, and NORTHERN SHRIKE. Some birds may have been
found
in Oneida County.
1/09: A first winter GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at the Madison County
Landfill.
It was seen also on the 10th.
1/10: 3 NORTHERN GOSHAWKS were seen on Buyea Road near the Madison County
Landfill.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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