RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* February 14, 2011
* NYSY 1402.11
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
February 07, 2010 - February 14, 2011
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:February 14 AT 7:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#243 -Monday February 14, 2011
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of February
07
, 2010
Highlights:
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TRUMPETER SWAN
BALD EAGLE
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
MERLIN
PEREGRINE FALCON
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
COMMON GRACKLE
COMMON REDPOLL
HOARY REDPOLL
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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No reports this week.
Onondaga County
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2/8: 5 HOARY REDPOLLS were found at the feeders at Beaver Lake Nature
Center west of Baldwinsville. They are still being seen every day by different
observers.
2/12: 8 BALD EAGLES of various ages were seen in the trees below the dam
on
the Seneca River in Baldwinsville. While they are still being seen at the south
end of Onondaga Lake near the Carousel Mall The Baldwinsville location offers
much closer views of the birds. The birds can be seen from Lock Street by the
Dance Studio of on Marble Street on the other side of the river.
2/13. An adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was found on the ice at Mercer
Park
in Baldwinsville. It was seen on the 14th. on ice below the dam. A MERLIN was
seen in the big willows below the dam. Further south in the county a
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen at the intersection of Waters Road and Rt.20 and a
LAPLAND LONGSPUR was found at the intersection of Vincent Corners and Bardeen
Roads.
2/14: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen flying in downtown Syracuse.
Oswego County
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2/9: 10 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS in both phases were seen in open areas near the
Mexico and Richland Town Lines.
2/14: A COMMON GRACKLE was at a feeder in Brewerton. A possible Snipe was
flushed in the same location.
Madison County
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2/13: 4 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were found in with Horned Larks and Snow
Buntings
on Thurber Road south of Cazenovia. 2 HOARY REDPOLLS and possible Greater
Redpolls were at a feeder on Carpenter Road east of DeRuyter.
Cayuga County
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2/14: A first year GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at Fair Haven State Park at the
north end of the Bay. also seen were WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, LONG TAILED DUCKS,
and TRUMPETER SWANS.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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