RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* October 25, 2010
* NYSY 2510.10
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
October 18, 2009 - October 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:October 25 AT 5:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#227 -Monday October 25, 2010
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of October 18
, 2010
Highlights:
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RED-THROATED LOON
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
BRANT
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
ROSS’S GOOSE
SURF SCOTER
BLACK SCOTER
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
WHIMBREL
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
GRAY KINGBIRD
CAROLINA WREN
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
EVENING GROSBEAK
SNOW BUNTING
VESPER SPARROW
FOX SPARROW
LINCOLN’S SPARROW
PINE SISKINS
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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10/23: The NYSOA Convention, sponsered by Onondaga Audubon, held the bulk
of their field trips this day in the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and
surrounding area. The weater cooperated and many species including some
fantastic finds were recorded. Undoubtedly the find of the day was a GRAY
KINGBIRD. The bird was found on Seneca Street just outside the Village(?) on
Savannah near VanDyne Spoor Road. It was seen by a number of lucky birders but
unfortunately did not stick around once the cell phones got out the message.
Looking back in my records I see that a GRAY KINGBIRD was also reported on 9/26
at the ccorner of East Road and North Mays Point Road. At the Visitor’s center
a
HUDSONIAN GODWIT was seen. This bird also put in an appearance at the new
shorebird area along the wildlife trail. At Knox-Marcellus and Puddler’s Marsh
multiple ROSS’S and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were seen. A WHIMBREL was said
to have been seen but no details have been posted yet. Other shorebirds at the
Visitor’s Center and new shorebird area were BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, GREATER and
LESSER YELLOWLEGS, LEAST SANDPIPER, and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER.
Oswego County
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10/19: 10 species of Sparrow including FOX, TREE, and VESPER were seen
along the Railroad grade in West Monroe.
10/20: A RED-THROATED LOON was seen on Oneida Lake at Cleveland.
10/21: 2 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS were seen at Halsey Road.
10/23: A very out of area GRAY JAY was seen with a massive movement of
songbirds in the Parish area.
1/24: 12 PINE SISKINS were at a feeder in Hastings.
Oneida County
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10/20: 3 SURF SCOTERS were seen at Sylvan Beach. A LINCOLN’S SPARROW
was seen in the Verona Beach Woods. 5 SURF SCOTERS were seen at South Bay on
Oneida Lake.
Madison County
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10/19: 7 PINE SISKINS were seen at a feeder in Erieville.
Onondaga County
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102/0: 15 species including a COMMON RAVEN were found at Clark Reservation.
10/21: PINE SISKINS were at a feeder in Skaneateles.
10/24: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen along Onondaga Creek at the
Inner Harbor. 2BLACK SCOTERS were seen on Onondaga Lake in Liverpool near the
ball fields. They were seen today also.
10/25: 25 species, including a CAROLINA WREN were seen along the Erie
Canal
walking trail in Fayetteville.
Cayuga County
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10/23: A NYSOA field trip to FairHaven turned up a rare YELLOW-THROATED
WARBLER near the park buildings near the beach. 4 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS were
seen at a wet area on Victory-Conquest Townline Road near Rt.38. 4 VESPER
SPARROWS and 2 SCREECH OWLS were found at the Sterling Nature Center.
Herkimer County
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10/24: 4 FOX SPARROWS were at a feeder near Ceder Lake.
Cortland County
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10/25: A single EVENING GROSBEAK was seen near the Hovel Chalet in the
Summerhill area.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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