RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* January 04, 2010
* NYSY 0401.10
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
December 28, 2009 - January 04, 2010
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:January 04 AT 4:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#187 -Monday January 04, 2010
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of December
28 , 2009
Highlights:
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TUNDRA SWAN
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
PEREGRINE FALCON
ROUGH LEGGED HAWK
GREAT HORNED OWL
SCREECH OWL
COMMON RAVEN
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
PURPLE FINCH
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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No reports this week.
Oswego County
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12/29: 2 PURPLE FINCHES were at a feeder in Hastings
1/03: 33 TUNDRA SWANS were seen on Oneida Lake in Brewerton.
Oneida County
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12/30: a Light Phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen near Sangertown.
1/04: A COMMON RAVEN was seen near a residence in Clinton.
Madison County
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1/01: The Oneida Christmas Count produced 52 species. Highlights were:
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, SCREECH OWL, GREAT HORNED OWL, KINGFISHER, and PURPLE FINCH.
1/03: 3 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were found in fields near DeRuyter.
Jefferson County
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12/31: 5 species of raptor were seen in the Cape Vincent area including 11
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS (1 Dark Morph) . Also seen were 10 LAPLAND LONGSPURS in with
the SNOW BUNTINGS and HORNED LARKS.
Onondaga County
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1/02: A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen on Skaneateles Lake near the
village.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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