RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* February 01, 2010
* NYSY 0102.10
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
January 25, 2009 - February 01, 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:February 01 AT 6:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#190 -Monday February 01, 2010
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 25
, 2009
Highlights:
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NORTHERN GOSHAWK
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK
ICELAND GULL
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
HAWK OWL (Extralimital)
COMMON RAVEN
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
SAVANNAH SPARROW
FOX SPARROW
SONG SPARROW
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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1/27: A SAVANNAH SPARROW was found with Tree Sparrows in the Mucklands
along Rt. 31.
Madison County
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1/26: Two ICELAND GULLS and one LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were found at the
Madison County Landfill on Buyea Road. On the 28th. the 2 ICELAND GULLS were
relocated.
Onondaga County
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1/27: 6 COMMON RAVENS were seen at the Andrews road feeder canal near
Rt.481in Dewitt.
1/28: 1 COMMON RAVEN was found at the Carpenter’s Brook Fish Hatchery.
1/31 A SONG SPARROW was seen near Simm’s Store on the Erie Canal near
Camillus. On Laird Road on the Erie Canal a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and a
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK were found.
1/31: As of Sunday 1/31 the YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was still being seen
at 242 Thurber Ave. in Syracuse. A group of birders tried but missed the bird
today (2/1) but it still may be in the area.
Oswego County
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1/29: 1 ICELAND GULL was seen in Oswego Harbor and 2 ICELAND GULLS were
seen at Lock 3 in Fulton.
1/30: An adult GLAUCOUS GULL and 2 ICELAND GULLS were seen at Lock 3 in
Fulton. A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen near Pennelville.
1/31: 1 GLAUCOUS GULL was seen on the ice in Oswego Harbor and another was
found upriver at Lock 6. An ICELAND GULL was seen above the falls in Phoenix.
Herkimer County
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1/30: A FOX SPARROW is still frequenting a feeder near Ceder Lake.
Extralimital
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1/31: A NORTHERN HAWK OWL continues to be seen on Prospect Street in the
village of Champlain in Clinton County near the Canadian border.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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