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:
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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)
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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
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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
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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.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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