RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* November 02, 2009
* NYSY 0211.09
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
October 26, 2009 - November 02, 2009
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:November 02 AT 6:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#178 -Monday November 02, 2009
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of October 26
, 2009
Highlights:
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RED-THROATED LOON
RED-NECKED GREBE
BRANT
EURASIAN WIGEON
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
MERLIN
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
MERLIN
RED-NECKED GREBE
SANDHILL CRANE
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
SANDERLING
DUNLIN
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
RED PHALAROPE
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
BONAPARTE’S GULL
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET
BLUE-HEADED VIREO
BOBOLINK
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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10/27: A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen on Van Dyne Spoor Road. 3 SANDHILL
CRANED were seen in Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 5 species of shorebird were seen at
the visitor’s center including WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER.
10/29: 2 EURASIAN WIGEON were seen in Tschache Pool.
St. Lawrence County
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11/1: A RED PHALAROPE was seen at Coles Creek State Park on the St.
Lawrence River near Massena.
Oneida County
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10/26: A late BOBOLINK was seen in Camden.
10/29: At Sylvan Beach the following were seen. 4 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 10
SANDERLING, 2 DUNLIN, 11 BRANT, and 16 BONAPARTE’S GULLS.
Onondaga County
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10/30: A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen near Northern Lights Shopping center.
10/31: 15 BRANT were seen in the Inner Harbor.
Oswego County
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10/31: A late swallow, possibly a CAVE SWALLOW, was seen at Mexico Point.
11/1: At Derby Hill the following birds were seen. WHITE-WINGED SCOTER,
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, MERLIN, and LAPLAND LONGSPUR.
Cayuga County
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11/1: At Fairhaven State Park a RED THROATED LOON, a RED-NECKED GREBE, and
a MERLIN were all seen.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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