RBA * New York * Syracuse * December 03, 2012 * NYSY 12. 03.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): November 26, 2012 - December 03, 2012 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 03 AT 6:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #331 -Monday December 03, 2012 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of November 26 , 2012 Highlights: -----------
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON TRUMPETER SWAN TUNDRA SWAN BRANT EURASIAN WIGEON SANDHILL CRANE PURPLE SANDPIPER SAW-WHET OWL RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD NORTHERN SHRIKE AUDOBON’S (YELLOW-RUMPED) WARBLER WILSON’S WARBLER RED CROSSBILL WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL PINE SISKIN EVENING GROSBEAK COMMON REDPOLL HOARY REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 12/2: Not exactly the complex but close enough; a single HOARY REDPOLL was seen at the Cayuga Lock at the north end of Cayuga Lake. 12/3: 33 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. Onondaga County ------------ 11/26: A lone BRANT was seen on Gatehouse Pond on Rt. 80 near Tully. 11/27: 2 SAW-WHET OWLS were seen on the Bog Trail at Beaver Lake Nature Center. One or two Saw-Whets have been seen off and on during the week. An AUDUBON’S YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was found in with eastern Yellow-Rumps on the Onondaga Lake Creekwalk near Carousel Center. 8 EVENING GROSBEAKS were found on West Lake Road near Deruyter Resevoir. 11/29: The AUDUBON’S WARBLER on the Onondaga Creek Creekwalk was refound and photographed. A very late WILSON’S WARBLER, reported last week, was refound ald also photographed. 11/30: The WILSON’S WARBLER was again seen on the Creekwalk but the AUDUBON’S WARBLER was not relocated. 2 SAW-WHET OWLS were again seen at Beaver Lake Nature Center. The adult male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD continues at a feeder on Pendergast Road in Phoenix. 12/1: An immature BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was found on the Onondaga Lake Creekwalk between Bear Street and Hiawatha Boulevard. 12/2: RED CROSSBILLS were heard flying over a residence in Pompey. Oswego County ------------ 11/27: Single COMMON REDPOLLS and PINE SISKINS were seen at a feeder in Williamstown. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Miner Road in Scriba. 11/29: COMMON REDPOLLS were seen in Mapleview. 12/3: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was found on Rt. 6 near Darrow Road. One TRUMPETER SWAN, perhaps injured, remains at the County Rt .6 wetlands in Volnay. Cayuga County ------------ 12/3: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen in the pond at Fairhaven State Park. A PURPLE SANDPIPER was at the end of the east breakwall on the south side. Madison County ------------ 11/26: 2 adult and 2 young TUNDRA SWANS were seen on Tuscarora Lake north of Erieville. They were seen again the next day. -- end report Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
