RBA * New York * Syracuse * February 24, 2014 * NYSY 02. 24. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
February 17, 2013 - February 24, 2014 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: February 24 AT 6:30 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #383 Monday February 24, 2014 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of February 17, 2014 Highlights: ----------- RED-THROATED LOON WOOD DUCK GREEN-WINGED TEAL HARLEQUIN DUCK SNOWY OWL SAW-WHET OWL SHORT-EARED OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 3/2: 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS were spotted at the mucklands along Rt. 31. Onondaga County ------------- 2/26: A SNOWY OWL was seen at Hancock airport. 3/1: 2 GREAT HORNED OWLS and 2 WOOD DUCKS were seen at Green Lakes State Park. 3/2: A SAW-WHET OWL and 2 RAVENS were found on the Bog Trail at Beaver Lake Nature Center. Oswego county ------------ 2/28: An adult male HARLEQUIN DUCK. was spotted in the Oswego River near Lock 6 off of Rt. 48 in Oswego. It was seen in the same place for the next two days but had moved down river today to the area near the Post Office. 3 TRUMPETER SWANS and a GREEN-WINGED TEAL were seen on Oneida Lake at Brewerton. 3/1: A RED-THROATED LOON was spotted in Oswego Harbor. 2 TRUMPETER SWANS were seen in the Oswego River in Fulton 3/2: 8 TUNDRA SWANS were seen on Oneida Lake at Brewerton. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at Mallory. Oneida County ------------ 2/25: A SNOWY OWL was seen near the Thruway exit at Verona. 2/28: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen at the Harris Road intersection with Rt. 31. 3/2: A SNOWY OWL was seen at a farm in Oriskany. Madison County ------------ 3/1: A SNOWY OWL was spotted at the Sky High Sod Farm north of Chittenango. Jefferson County ------------ 3/1: A SNOWY OWL was seen on Rt. 11 north of Co. Rt. 26. -- 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/ --
