RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* November 29, 2010
* NYSY 2911.10
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
November 22, 2009 - November 29, 2010
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:November 29 AT 6:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#232 -Monday November 22, 2010
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of November
22
, 2010
Highlights:
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RED-NECKED GREBE
TUNDRA SWAN
KING EIDER
RED PHALAROPE
PURPLE SANDPIPER
SANDHILL CRANE
POMERINE JAEGER
LITTLE GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE
SHORT-EARED OWL
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER
NORTHERN SHRIKE
CAVE SWALLOW
GRAY CATBIRD
PINE WARBLER
BOHEMIAN WAXWING
EVENING GROSBEAK
COMMON REDPOLL
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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11/26: 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen on VanDyneSpoor Road
11/28: 8 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen at VanDyne Spoor Road. Upwards of 300
TUNDRA SWANS were found at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 26 SANDHILL CRANES are still
being seen at Knox-Marsellus also.
Cayuga County
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11/22: 2 CAVE SWALLOWS were found at Fair Haven State Park on the beach.
They were also present the next day but no reports since.
11/26: A PURPLE SANDPIPER was seen in its usual location at the west end
and on the south side of the breakwall at Fair Have State Park. It was also
seen
the next day but not since.
Onondaga County
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11/21: A BOHEMIAN WAXWING was spotted with Ceders in the Bradford Heights
section of Dewitt.
11/24: A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen at Otisco Lake Park.
11/26: A late GRAY CATBIRD was seen along the Erie Canal Trail in the
Jordan area.
11/28: 13 species of waterfowl were seen from the village of Skaneateles
on
the lake including, unusual for the area, LONG-TAILED DUCK.
Oswego County
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11/26: 16 species of waterfowl including a KING EIDER were seen at Derby
Hill. Also of note were a RED PHALAROPE and a BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE.
11/27: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Peter Scott Road west of Phoenix. A
late PINE WARBLER was seen at a feeder if Constantia. At Derby Hill 3
BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKES, 1 LITTLE GULL, 1 GLAUCOUS GULL, and 1 POMERINE JAEGER
were seen.
Madison County
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11/28: 2 COMMON REDPOLLS were found near DeRuyter Reservoir. 15 EVENING
GROSBEAKS were on Paradise Hill near DeRuyter and an adult LITTLE GULL was seen
on Bradley Brook Reservoir.
Herkimer County
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11/28: 2 BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS and a MERLIN were found on Third Lake
Creek Trail near Old Forge
Oneida County
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11/28: 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Fuller Road west of Remsen.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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