RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* November 22, 2010
* NYSY 2211.10
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
November 15, 2009 - November 22, 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 22 AT 5:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#231 -Monday November 22, 2010
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of November
15
, 2010
Highlights:
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PACIFIC LOON (Extralimital)
RED-THROATED LOON
RED-NECKED GREBE
TUNDRA SWAN
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
ROSS’S GOOSE
BLACK SCOTER
RED PHALAROPE
PURPLE SANDPIPER
SANDHILL CRANE
PARASITIC JAEGER
ICELAND GULL
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE
CAROLINA WREN
BOHEMIAN WAXWING
EVENING GROSBEAK
PINE SISKIN
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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11/20: 19 SANDHILL CRANES were seen in Knox-Marsellus Marsh.
11/21: The SANDHILLS were again present in Knox-Marsellus along with 1
ROSS’S GOOSE and 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE.
Herkimer County
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11/18: 6 EVENING GROSBEAKS were at a feeder in Ceder Lake.
Madison County
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11/19: 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and 2 ICELAND GULLS were present at the
Madison County Landfill.
11/20: 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS were at a feeder on Carpenter Road east of
DeRuyter.
Oswego County
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11/19: 2 RED-NECKED GREBES were seen on Oneida Lake from Cleveland. 30
TUNDRA SWANS were seen on Oneida Lake from Constantia.
11/20: The winds were right for a good flight at Derby Hill. Highlights
were 14 species of waterfowl, 11 RED-THROATED LOONS, 1 RED PHALAROPE, 5
BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKES, and 1 PARASITIC JAEGER.
11/21: A single BOHEMIAN WAXWING was in with a large flock of Ceders at
Derby Hill. 2 PINE SISKINS were also seen. 21 BLACK SCOTERS were seen at
Rainbow
Shores. 30 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on North Church Road east of Wart Road.
Onondaga County
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11/19: A CAROLINA WREN was at a feeder in Syracuse.
11/21: 8 TURKEY VULTURES were seen in Fayetteville.
Cayuga County
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11/20: a PURPLE SANDPIPER was seen at Fair Haven State Park from the east
breakwall.
Extralimital
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11/17: A PACIFIC LOON was again seen on Cayuga Lake near Sheldrake Point
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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