RBA * New York * Syracuse * January 14, 2013 * NYSY 01. 14. 13 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): January 07, 2013 - January 14, 2013 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:January 14 AT 6:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #337 -Monday January 14, 2013 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 07 , 2013 Highlights: -----------
RED-THROATED LOON BARROW’S GOLDENEYE TRUMPETER SWAN TUNDRA SWAN NORTHERN GOSHAWK MERLIN PEREGRINE FALCON GYRFALCON RED PHALAROPE BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON ICELAND GULL GLAUCOUS GULL NELSON’S GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER NORTHERN SHRIKE TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE HERMIT THRUSH GRAY CATBIRD BOHEMIAN WAXWING OREGON JUNCO WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW EVENING GROSBEAK HOARY REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 1/12: HERMIT THRUSH, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, NORTHERN SHRIKE and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW were all seen on Howland Island. 1/13: A juvenile gray GYRFALCON was seen from East Road in the Knox-Marsellus, Puddlers Marsh area. It was not relocated today. 1/14: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen in the May’s Point area. 5 TRUMPTETER SWANS were seen at Tschache Pool. GLAUCOUS, ICELAND and LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were seen on the north side of Rt.31 in the Mucklands. Also spotted was a NELSON’S GULL (Glaucous/Herring hybrid). TUNDRA SWANS were also present in large numbers. A juvenile RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on a telephone pole on Rt.89 between Armitage and North Mays Point Roads. Onondaga County ------------ 1/7: A GRAY CATBIRD and a WINTER WREN were spotted on the Andrews Road path in Dewitt. 3 juvenile BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS are still being seen on the Creekwalk between Bear Street and Hiawatha Boulevard near Carousel Center. An adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and 2 juvenile WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS were relocated on East Sorrell Hill Road south of Conners Road in the Town of Van Buren. An ICELAND GULL was seen on the ice on the Seneca River at Mercer Park in Baldwinsville. 1/8: A HERMIT THRUSH was seen at the Carpenter’s Brook Fish Hatchery near Elbridge. 1/9: A WINTER WREN was seen along the Creekwalk opposite Carousel Center. 2 WINTER WRENS and a GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET were seen along the Erie Canal Trail near Bennet’s Corners Road in Memphis. 1/11: The RED-HEADED WOODPECKER initially found on East Sorrell Hill Road in the Town of Van Buren was again seen. Oswego County ------------ 1/7: 7 ICELAND GULLS (5 adults) and 1 GLAUCOUS GULL were seen at the lock in Phoenix. A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen from Rt. 481 just north of Fulton. COMMON LOON, RED-THROATED LOON and RED-NECKED GREBE were all seen in Oswego Harbor. 1/8: 8 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at a feeder on North Church Road in Boylston. 30+ BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen on Tryon Road just off Rainbow Shores Road. 1/10: 60+ BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen at the intersection of Rt.3 and Clark Road. 1/11: 60+ BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen on Rainbow Shores Road. A HOARY REDPOLL was at a feeder in Hastings. 1/12: BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS and the HOARY REDPOLL were at the same locations. A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen in Phoenix and at Oswego. A female BARROW’S GOLDENEYE was found on Oneida Lake at the Big Bay Marina in Brewerton. It was relocated on 1/13 but was not reported today. 4 TRUMPETER SWANS were seen in a field on Rt.3 west of Fulton. A RED PHALAROPE was seen on Lake Ontario from Rainbow Shores Road. Extralimital ------------ The TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE at Sampson State Park on the east side of Seneca Lake (Seneca County) continues to be seen as recently as today. -- 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/ --
