RBA * New York * Syracuse * December 17, 2012 * NYSY 12.17.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): December 10, 2012 - December 17, 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:December 17 AT 5:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #333 -Monday December 17, 2012 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of December 10 , 2012 Highlights: -----------
PACIFIC LOON BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON KING EIDER SURF SCOTER WHITE-WINGED SCOTER RED-SHOULDERED HAWK RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD NORTHERN SHRIKE TOWNSEND’S SOLIRAIRE (Extralimital) HERMIT THRUSH AUDUBON’S (YELLOW-RUMPED) WARBLER WILSON’S WARBLER WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL EVENING GROSBEAK COMMON REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ No reports this week Onondaga County ------------ 12/11: 2 SWAMP SPARROWS were seen along Butternut Creek on a trail near Wegman’s. 12/12: The BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, AUDUBON’S WARBLER and WILSON’S WARBLER were all relocated along the Creekwalk near Carousel Center in Syracuse. 12/13: 3 immature BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were found along the creekwalk between Bear Street and Hiawatha Blvd. 12/14: 2 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were relocated along the creekwalk. A SURF SCOTER and a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER were found at the Marina on Onondaga Lake in Liverpool. 12/15: 86 species were reported on the Syracuse CBC. Highlights were the aforementioned BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS (3), WILSON’S WARBLER, AUDUBON’S YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL. 12/17: A HERMIT THRUSH was found along the Creekwalk north of Hiawatha Blvd. near Carousel Center. The adult male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD continues at a feeder on Pendergast Road in Phoenix. Madison County ------------ 12/11: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was found on Bishop Road near Munnsville. 150+ EVENING GROSBEAKS were found at traditional locations on Coon Tree Lane, Carpenter Road and Shakham Road (Cortland County) in the southern highlands. 12/17: Another flock of EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Paradise Hill Road near DeRuyter. Oswego County ------------ 12/12: A RED-SHOULDERRED HAWK was seen on Darrow Road near Mexico. 12/14: A KING EIDER was discovered in Oswego Harbor. 12/16: 66 species were recorded on the Oswego CBC. Highlights were the aforementioned KING EIDER, MERLIN and SHRIKE. Oneida County ------------ 12/15: 65 species were recorded on the Clinton CBC. Highlights were RED-SHOULDERED HAWK and WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL. Jefferson County ------------ 12/12: A PACIFIC LOON was found at Piller Point in Chamount Bay. It was relocated again on 12/14. Extralimital ------------- 12/17: The TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE initially discovered on 12/9 has been seen throughout the week and was seen today. It is still in the original location In Sampson State Park on the east side of Seneca Lake. It is seen at near the Green Gate at the north end of Lake Ave. in the park. Compiler’s Note: COMMON REDPOLLS have become widespread the past few weeks and will not be specifically reported until they become scarcer. -- 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/ --
