RBA * New York * Syracuse * January 27, 2014 * NYSY 01. 27. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
January 20, 2013 - January 27, 2014 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 27 AT 6:30 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #379 Monday January 27, 2014 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 20, 2014 Highlights: ----------- GREEN-WING TEAL KING EIDER TURKEY VULTURE GLAUCOUS GULL ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL SNOWY OWL SAW-WHET OWL SHORT-EARED OWL BOHEMIAN WAXWING LAPLAND LONGSPUR Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ No reports this week. Onondaga County ------------ 1/21: A SNOWY OWL was found on Hayes Road south of Rt.370 east of Baldwinsville. 1/22: A GREEN-WINGED TEAL was seen in the feeder canal on Andrews Road in Dewitt. The SAW-WHET OWL was seen again on the Bog Trail at Beaver Lake Nature Center west of Baldwinsville. A SNOWY OWL was seen at Hancock Airport. 1/24: An ICELAND GULL was seen at Mercer Park in Baldwinsville. 1/25: A TURKEY VULTURE was seen at Green Lakes State Park. 8 ICELAND GULLS and 2 GLAUCOUS GULLS were found at the Inner Harbor near Carousel Center. 1/26: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at the Inner Harbor. Oswego County ------------ 1/24: A female KING EIDER was again seen near the mouth of the Oswego River in Oswego. 1/27: A group of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS was heard in Constantia. Oneida county ------------ 1/24: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen at the intersection of Rt. 31 and Miller Road in Durhamville. Herkimer County ------------ 1/21: A SNOWY OWL continues near Barto Hill north of Middleville. Madison County ------------ 1/21: 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were found on Strain Road near Munnsville. 7 ICELAND GULLS were seen at the Madison County Landfill. 1/22: A SNOWY OWL was seen near the Fenner Wind Farm. -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
