RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* January 25, 2010
* NYSY 2501.10
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
January 18, 2009 - January 25, 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 25 AT 6:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#189 -Monday January 25, 2010
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 18
, 2009
Highlights:
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TUNDRA SWAN
BALD EAGLE
TURKEY VULTURE
MERLIN
ROUGH LEGGED HAWK
ICELAND GULL
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
HAWK OWL (Extralimital)
FISH CROW
CAROLINA WREN
WINTER WREN
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
PINE SISKIN
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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No reports this week.
Madison County
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1/19: A PINE SISKIN was seen at a feeder in Erieville.
1/24: 2 ICELAND GULLS and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were seen at the
Madison County Landfill.
Onondaga County
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The YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER found two weeks ago was seen all week at the
Syracuse location, 242 Thurber Ave. Call Robert Burdick at 315-476-3979 if you
wish to some to see the bird.
1/20: A lone FISH CROW was found at Shop City in the Eastwood area of
Syracuse.
1/21: A TURKEY VULTURE was spotted near the Erie Canal Trail in
Fayetteville. 2 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS were seen near Slate Hill Road south of
Marcellus.
1/23: A MERLIN was seen near Nottingham High School in Syracuse. A
CAROLINA WREN and a WINTER WREN were found along the Erie Canal Trail west of
Baldwinsville on Laird Road.
1/24: A MERLIN was seen in a tree on an island in the Seneca River in
Baldwinsville. 3 BALD EAGLES were seen at the south end of Cross Lake on
Stevens Road.
Cayuga County
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1/23: 4 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS were found on Howland Island.
Oswego County
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1/19: 5 TUNDRA SWANS were seen flying from the end of Rainbow Shores Road
on Lake Ontario.
Extralimital
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A NORTHERN HAWK OWL was found in the Town of Champlain, Clinton County
near the Canadian border on 1/20. The bird was found on Prospect Street. The
latest positive report was from 1/23.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds
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