RBA * New York * Syracuse * December 28, 2009 * NYSY 2812.09 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): December21, 2009 - December 28, 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:December 28 AT 6:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #186 -Monday December 28, 2009 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of December 21 , 2009 Highlights: -----------
CACKLING GOOSE SNOW GOOSE BONAPARTE’S GULL NORTHERN GOSHAWK NORTHERN HARRIER MERLIN PEREGRINE FALCON LONG-EARED OWL SHORT-EARED OWL BARRED OWL SAW-WHET OWL YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER NORTHERN SHRIKE YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW FOX SPARROW SNOW BUNTING BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ Montezuma Christmas count (12/19-belated) 78 species were found on the Montezuma Christmas Count. Highlights were CACKLING GOOSE, PEREGRINE FALCON, LONG-EARED OWL, SHORT-EARED OWL, NORTHERN SHRIKE, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. 12/27: A second hand report of SHORT-EARED OWLS still at Van Dyne Spoor Road. An estimated 50,000 SNOW GEESE were seen on the north side of Rt. 31 in the Mucklands. Onondaga County ------------ 12/27: A late BONAPARTE’S GULL was seen near the Seneca River in Baldwinsville. A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen at Cold Spring Harbor near Liverpool. 12/28: A PINE SISKIN and a BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD were at a feeder in the south part of Syracuse. 100+ SNOW BUNTINGS were seen on Babcock Road just north of Beaver Lake Nature Center. Oneida County ------------ Clinton Christmas Count (12/19-belated) 54 specied were found on the Clinton Christmas Count. Highlights were NORTHERN HARRIER, MERLIN, PEREGRINE FALCON, BARRED OWL, SAW-WHET OWL, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, NORTHERN SHRIKE, FOX SPARROW. --end transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --