RBA * New York * Syracuse * October 29, 2012 * NYSY 10. 29.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): October 22, 2012 - October 29, 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 29 AT 5:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #326 -Monday October 22, 2012 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of October 22 , 2012 Highlights: -----------
RED-THROATED LOON RED-NECKED GREBE NORTHERN GANNET CATTLE EGRET ROSS’S GOOSE CACKLING GOOSE GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE BLACK SCOTER SURF SCOTER WHITE-WINGED SCOTER SANDHILL CRANE PURPLE SANDPIPER LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD NORTHERN SHRIKE LAPLAND LONGSPUR WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL EVENING GROSBEAK PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 10/24: 9CACKLING GEESE and 156 BRANT were seen along the Wildlife drive. 5 ROSS’S GEESE were seen in Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 10/25: 3 ROSS’S GEESE and a number of SANDHILL CRANES were at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. CACKLING GEESE were again along the Wildlife Drive. 10/26: 2 ROSS’S GEESE and a single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE were spotted at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 10/28: There was a second hand report of a CATTLE EGRET along Rt. 89 but so far there has been no follow-up. Oswego County ------------ 10/23: 24 EVENING GROSBEAKS were at a feeder on Kibby Road in Mexico. 10/25: 3 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were seen at the end of Kibby road near West Stone Road in Mexico. 10/26: An immature NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen along a railroad track between Kibie Lake Road and Johnson Road in Constantia. 10/27: Among the 47 species seen at Derby Hill were a single WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL, a RED-THROATED LOON and 8 RED-NECKED GREBES. 10/28: A PURPLE SANDPIPER was seen flying with DUNLIN and SANDERLING at Selkirk Shores State Park. Madison County ------------ 10/24: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was found in among the three common gulls at the Madison County Landfill. Onondaga County ------------ 10/26: 4 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at a feeder in Pompey. A CACKLING GOOSE was found amont the Canadas at Van Buren Park in Baldwinsville. 191 RUDDY DUCKS were on Beaver Lake. 10/28: The male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD continues to come to a feeder on Pendergast Road in Phoenix. 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at a feeder on West Dead Creek Road in Baldwinsville, 10/29: SURF and WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were seen from a pulloff on Onondaga Lake Parkway. Cayuga County ------------ 10/24: Among the 20 species seen at Fair Haven State Park were 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS and all 3 SCOTERS. Oneida County ------------ 10/27: All 3 SCOTERS were seen on Oneida Lake at Sylvan Beach. 10/28: 15 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at a feeder in Clinton. -- 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/ --
