RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* December 06, 2010
* NYSY 0612.10
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
November 29, 2009 - December 06, 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:December 06 AT 6:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#233 -Monday December 06, 2010
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of November
29
, 2010
Highlights:
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TRUMPETER SWAN
KING EIDER (Extralimital)
SANDHILL CRANE
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
MERLIN
NORTHERN SHRIKE
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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No reports this week.
Onondaga County
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12/1: A MERLIN was seen in Syracuse on 7th. North Street. Another was seen
on 12/3
from Onondaga Lake Parkway.
12/3: An adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at Onondaga Lake Park.
12/4: Sarting on this day SNOW GEESE were reported in flight at on bodies
of water from the northern to the southern parts of the county.
12/5: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was found on Banner Road in the Town of Tully.
Madison County
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12/5: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at a feeder in Erieville.
Cayuga County
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12/5: A TRUMPETER SWAN was heard vocalizing in flight near Dalton Road in
the Town of Ira.
Extralimital
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A male KING EIDER has been seen daily on Cayuga Lake from Meyers Point to
Stewart Park. Stewart Park is at the south end of the Lake in Ithaca and Meyers
Point is north of there on the east side of the lake.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html
2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html
3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds
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