RBA * New York * Syracuse * December 09, 2013 * NYSY 12. 09. 13 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
December 02, 2013 - December 09, 2013 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 09 AT 4:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #372 Monday December 09, 2013 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of December 02, 2013 Highlights: ----------- CACKLING GOOSE BRANT ROSS’S GOOSE RED-SHOULDERED HAWK SANDHILL CRANE ICELAND GULL GLAUCOUS GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL SNOWY OWL SAW-WHET OWL RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD NORTHERN SHRIKE HERMIT THRUSH GRAY CATBIRD LAPLAND LONGSPUR Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 12/6: 4 SNOWY OWLS were seen on the south side of Rt. 31 opposite the potato building. also seen were 1 ROSS’S GOOSE and 4 SANDHILL CRANES. 12/7: The 4 SNOWY OWLS were again seen at the previously mentioned Area in the mucklands. Also seen were a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, an ICELAND GULL and 20+ SANDHILL CRANES. Yet another SNOWY OWL was found on VanDyne Spoor Road. 12/8: 3 of the SNOWY OWLS were refound at the Rt. 31 location opposite the potato building. Extralimital ------------ 12/3: This was the last sighting of the RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD on Mynderse Street in Seneca Falls. Onondaga County ------------ SNOWY OWLS continue their presence at Hancock Airport. Anywhere from three to seven have been reported daily. 12/6: A SAW-WHET OWL has returned to it’s area at Beaver Lake Nature Center on the Bog Trail. It was relocated on the 7th. but has not been found since. 12/7: ABRANT was seen along the Creekwalk on Onondaga Creek near Carousel Center in Syracuse. 12/8: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen hunting at the intersection of Rt. 31 and 57 in the town of Clay. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. A late HERMIT THRUSH was again seen along the Creekwalk Oneida County ------------ 12/5: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Dunbar Road near Camden. 12/7: A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen on Oneida Lake at South Bay. Oswego County ------------ 12/8: A late GRAY CATBIRD and a CACKLING GOOSE were seen at Mexico Point State Park. Three SNOWY OWLS were seen on the break walls at Oswego Harbor. Herkimer County ------------- A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was found on Peck Road north of Little Falls. Madison County ------------ 12/3: A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at the Madison County Landfill. 12/8: an ICELAND GULL was seen at the Sav-alot gas station in Canastota. -- 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/ --
