RBA * New York * Syracuse * October 22, 2012 * NYSY 10. 22.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): October 15, 2012 - October 22, 2012 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:October 22 AT 7:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #325 -Monday October 22, 2012 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of October 15 , 2012 Highlights: -----------
NORTHERN GANNET CACKLING GOOSE GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE RPUGH-LEGGED HAWK OSPREY SANDHILL CRANE BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER DUNLIN POMERINE JAEGER LONG-TAILED JAEGER FRANKLIN’S GULL RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD LAPLAND LONGSPUR EVENING GROSBEAK PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 10/17: 17 SANDHILL CRANES and a CACKLING GOOSE were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 10/19: 5 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 10/20: 4 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, 3 CACKLING GEESE, 19 SANDHILL CRANES, 42 DUNLIN, 1 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER and 9 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. A SNOW BUNTING and a LAPLAND LONGSPUR were seen at Benning Marsh. 10/21: The numbers of CACKLING GEESE, SANDHILL CRANES, DUNLIN, AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS remained the same as yesterdays count but the number of GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE rose to 9 at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 10/22: 4 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE reported at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. An early ROUGH-LEGED HAWK was seen across the Thruway from Benning Marsh. Onondaga County ------------ 10/17: A late OSPREY was seen over the Oneida River. 12 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS were seen at a farm on East Sorrell Hill Road south of Baldwinsville. 10/20: 2EASTERN MEADOWLARKS and a VESPER SPARROW were found on No. 2 Road near Oran Delphi Road in Pompey. 4 female EVENING GROSBEAKS joined the RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD at Pendergast Road in Phoenix. 5 species of waterfowl and 2 late OSPREY were seen at the Tully Lakes area. A FOX SPARROW was found on Marble Island in Baldwinsville. 10/21: 2 male and 4 female EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen along with the RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD on Pendergast Road in Phoenix. Oswego County ------------ 10/20: An EVENING GROSBEAK was at a feeder in Hastings. 10/21: Rarity day at Derby Hill. Birds seen included an adult NORTHERN GANNET, a POMERINE JAEGER, a LONG-TAILED JAEGER and an immature FRANKLIN’S GULL. 10/22: 2 male EVENING GROSBEAKS and about two dozen each of PURPLE FINCHES and PINE SISKINS were at a feeder in Constantia. Madison County ------------ 10/21: PURPLE FINCHES , PINE SISKINS and an EVENING GROSBEAK were seen on Hunt Road at the south end of DeRuyter Resevoir. 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Paradise Hill Road. -- end report 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/ --
