RBA * New York * Syracuse * February 04, 2013 * NYSY 02. 04. 13 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): January 28, 2013 - February 04, 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:February 04 AT 6:30 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #340 -Monday February 04, 2013 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 28 , 2013 Highlights: -----------
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON TUNDRA SWAN CANVASBACK SURF SCOTER WHITE-WINGED SCOTER ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK MERLIN AMERICAN WOODCOCK ICELAND GULL GLAUCOUS GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL NORTHERN SHRIKE TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE (Extralimital) BOHEMIAN WAXWING LAPLAND LONGSSPUR Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ No reports this week. Onondaga County ------------ 1/30: 11 species of waterfowl including 2 TUNDRA SWANS were seen at the mouth of Nine Mile Creek on Onondaga Lake. 2/1: 1 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen along the creek walk on Onondaga Creek near Carousel Center. 2/2: 2 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen at the Carpenter’s Brook Fish Hatchery near Elbridge. 5 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen at Green Lakes State Park. At least 3 LAPLAND LONGSPURS continue with HORNED LARKS on a manure spread on Connors Road south of Baldwinsville. 2/3: 1 GLAUCOUS GULL, 1 LESSER BLACKED GULL and 2 ICELAND GULLS were seen at the Inner Harbor near Kirkpatrick Street in Syracuse. Oswego County ------------ 1/29: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was spotted on Halsey Road near Mexico. 2/1: 4 CANVASBACKS were seen at Oswego Harbor. 2/2: 5 CANVASBACKS and 13 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were among the waterfowl observed at Oswego Harbor. 10 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen on Mitchell Street in Oswego. 2/3: A SURF SCOTER and a MERLIN were seen from Sage Creek Road. A juvenile ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen on South Daysville Road. A near breeding plumaged LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen on Bishop Hill Road. 170 BOHEMOAN WAXWINGS were seen gritting on Rainbow Shores Road. Oneida County ------------ 2/1: There is a yet unconfirmed report of an AMERICAN WOODCOCK from Camden. Extralimital ------------ 1/3: There was a positive sighting on the TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE at Sampson State Park in Seneca County on the east side of Seneca Lake. -- 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/ --
