RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* November 01, 2010
* NYSY 0111.10
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
October 25, 2009 - November 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:November 01 AT 7:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#228 -Monday November 01, 2010
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of October 25
, 2010
Highlights:
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RED-THROATED LOON
PACIFIC LOON (Extralimital)
CATTLE EGRET
CACKLING GOOSE
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
SURF SCOTER
BLACK SCOTER
GOLDEN EAGLE
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
SANDHILL CRANE
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
PARASITIC JAEGER
LITTLE GULL
CAVE SWALLOW
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
EVENING GROSBEAK
VESPER SPARROW
FOX SPARROW
PINE SISKIN
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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10/26: A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was still present at the visitor’s center.
10/30: 16 SANDHILL CRANES were seen in Knox-Marsellus Marsh! BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, DUNLIN, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, and
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK were seen along the wildlife trail. Also seen were at least
10
species of Duck.
Oneida County
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10/26: 2 CATTLE EGRETS wer found at the corner of Timian and Sulfur
Springs
Road in Saquoit. The birds were present the next day also.
10/28: A single CATTLE EGRET was found on Daytonville Road in Saquoit.
10/29: 3 CATTLE EGRETS were seen on Osbourne Ave in Waterville.
Cortland County
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10/25: A single CATTLE EGRET was seen at the corner of Cold Brook Road and
Rt. 281 in Homer.
Oswego County
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10/26: PINE SISKIN, PURPLE FINCH, and EVENING GROSBEAK were all at a
feeder
in Constantia. At Derby Hill2 EVENING GROSBEAKS, PINE SISKIN, RED-THROATED
LOON,
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, GOLDEN EAGLE, and 22 CAVE SWALLOWS were seen. At Sandy Pond
an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was found.
10/28: At Derby Hill all three SCOTERS, LITTLE GULL, AMERICAN GOLDEN
PLOVER, and 4 PARASITIC JAEGERS were seen.
10/29: 3 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were seen on Oneida Lake in Constantia.
10/30: At Derby Hill FOX SPARROW, VESPER SPARROW (nearby), all three
scoters, 1 PARASITIC JAEGER, and 2 LITTLE GULLS were found.
Madison County
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10/27: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen at the Great Swamp Conservancy in Lenox.
10/28: 2 CACKLING GEESE were seen along Lakeport Road. A BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVER and distant PEEP were seen at the corner of Ditchbank and Gee Roads,
also
known as Oniontown.
Cayuga County
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10/30: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen in the pond at Fairhaven State Park. The
next day a single SANDERLING was on the beach on the west (public) side.
Extralimital
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10/31: A PACIFIC LOON was reported near Sheldrake Point on Cayuga Lake.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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