RBA * New York * Syracuse * December 19, 2011 * NYSY 12.19.11 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): December 12, 2010 - December 19, 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:December 19 AT 5:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #284 -Monday December 19, 2011 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of December 12 , 2011 Highlights: -----------
TUNDRA SWAN CACKLING GOOSE KING EIDER GOLDEN EAGLE PEREGRINE FALCON SANDHILL CRANE PURPLE SANDPIPER POMERINE JAEGER GLAUCOUS GULL BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE SNOWY OWL SAW-WHET OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE GRAY CATBIRD LAPLAND LONGSPUR WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 12/16: A SNOWY OWL was seen on the south side of Rt.31 at the mucklands. Also seen here were two groups of about eight SANDHILL CRANES. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on VanDyne Spoor Road. 12/18: The SNOWY OWL was relocated on the south side of the mucklands. The same (probably) bird was seen at Tschache Pool. 12/19: The Snowy Owl was not seen but 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen on the south side of the mucklands Oswego County ------------ 12/12: Twenty SANDHILL CRANES were seen flying at Derby Hill. 12/13 A PURPLE SANDPIPER was seen on the rocky shore of Lake Ontario on County Rt. 89 near Rudy”s Restaurant in Oswego. 12/14: Over 200 TUNDRA SWANS were seen in ThreeMile Bay on Oneida Lake. 12/15: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen from Toad Harbor Road near Oneida Lake. 12/16: At Derby Hill the following were seen. BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE, CACKLING GOOSE, juvenile POMERINE JAEGER, GLAUCOUS GULL, and KING EIDER. Onondaga County ------------ 12/13: 4 PINE SISKINS were seen from the boardwalk at Labrador Hollow. 12/14: 3 GRAY CATBIRDS were seen on the feeder canal on Andrews Road in Dewit. The NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL was refound on the Bog Trail at Beaver Lake Nature Center. It was seen again on 12/19. 12/16: Highlights of the Syracuse CBC were GRAY CATBIRD and CACKLING GOOSE. Oneida County ------------ 12/17: Highlights of the Clinton CBC were PEREGRINE FALCON, NORTHERN SHRIKE, GRAY CATBIRD, and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. End Transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
