RBA * New York * Syracuse * December 20, 2010 * NYSY 2012.10 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): December 13, 2009 - December 20, 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:December 20 AT 5:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #235 -Monday December 20, 2010 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of December 13 , 2010 Highlights: -----------
RED-NECKED GREBE TRUMPETER SWAN TUNDRA SWAN CACKLING GOOSE KING EIDER (Extralimital) RED-SHOULDERED HAWK ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK MERLIN PEREGRINE FALCON PURPLE SANDPIPER LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL GLAUCOUS GULL SNOWY OWL SAW-WHET OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE GRAY CATBIRD WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW COMMON REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ No reports this week. Onondaga County ------------ 12/16: A NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL was seen near the Pines Meadow trail at Beaver Lake Nature Center. 12/18: The Syracuse Christmas Bird Count was held on this day with the following highlights. A PURPLE SANDPIPER was found on Onondaga Lake at the fisherman’s access near the State Fair. It is believed to be the first one ever found on Onondaga Lake in any season. Also seen on Onondaga Lake were 16 species of waterfowl, a RED-NECKED GREBE, a GLAUCOUS GULL, and a MERLIN. A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was found at the entrance to Clark Reservation State Park and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at a quarry pond on North Manlius Road near Mineoa. Oswego County ------------ 12/18: A group of Swans including TRUMPETERS and TUNDRAS were seen on Oneida Lake on Lakeshore Road near Lakeshore Country Club. 12/19: The Fulton/Oswego Christmas Bird Count was held this day with the following highlights.A SNOWY OWL was found on one of the breakwalls near the fort. Other good birds reported were COMMON REDPOLL and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. Locations were not available at this time. Oneida County ------------ 12/18: The Clinton Christmas Bird Count was held on this day with the following Highlights. CACKLING GOOSE, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, MERLIN, PEREGRINE FALCON, NORTHERN SHRIKE, GRAY CATBIRD, and COMMON REDPOLL. Extralimital ------------ The adult plumaged male KING EIDER first found at Meyer’s Point north of Ithaca on Cayuga Lake seems to have moved to Stewart Park at the south end of the lake in Ithaca and was seen as recently as 12/19. --end transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --