RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* November 08, 2010
* NYSY 0811.10
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
November 01, 2009 - November 08, 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 08 AT 5:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#229 -Monday November 08, 2010
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of November
01
, 2010
Highlights:
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RED-NECKED GREBE
PACIFIC LOON (Extralimital)
BLACK SCOTER
GOLDEN EAGLE
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
MERLIN
PEREGRINE FALCON
SANDHILL CRANE
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
BOHEMIAN WAXWING
SNOW BUNTING
EVENING GROSBEAK
PINE SISKIN
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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11/7: 20 SANDHILL CRANES were observed in Knox-Marsellus Marsh.
Oswego County
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11/3: A BOHEMIAN WAXWING was found at Mexico Point State Park. 2
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS were seen at Derby Hill.
11/6: 9 Raptor species including a NORTHERN GOSHAWK were seen flying over
Bishop Hill Road north of Pulaski. Also 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen on the
ground nearby.
Onondaga County
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11/6: At Lakeview Point on Onondaga Lake 100 SNOW BUNTINGS, 200 BLACK
SCOTERS, 2 RED-NECKED GREBES, 2 COMMON LOONS, and 2 MERLINS were found. At the
south end of Jamesville Reservoir WOOD DUCK, PIED-BILLED GREBE and
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER were seen. A PEREGRINE FALCON and a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
were seen on West Dead Creek Road west of Baldwinsville.
11/7: A MERLIN was seen on North Street in Marcellus.
Cayuga County
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11/7: 4 DUNLIN and assorted waterfowl were seen at Fairhaven State Park.
Madison County
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11/6: 11 EVENING GROSBEAKS were found on Hunt Road at the south end of
DeRuyter Reservoir. Also PINE SISKINS and PURPLE FINCHES were seen at many
places in that area.
Extralimital
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11/7: A PACIFIC LOON was reported again 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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