RBA * New York * Syracuse * November 05, 2012 * NYSY 11. 05.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): October 29, 2012 - November 05, 2012 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 05 AT 6:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #327 -Monday November 05, 2012 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of October 29 , 2012 Highlights: -----------
LEACH’S STORM PETRAL NORTHERN GANNET CATTLE EGRET SNOWY EGRET TUNDRA SWAN ROSS’S GOOSE BLACK SCOTER SURF SCOTER WHITE-WINGED SCOTER NORTHERN GOSHAWK BLACK VULTURE SANDHILL CRANE WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER PURPLE SANDPIPER RED PHALAROPE PARASITIC JAEGER LITTLE GULL LAUGHING GULL ROSS’S GULL BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE FORSTER’S TERN RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD CAVE SWALLOW BOHEMIAN WAXWING HARRIS’S SPARROW WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL EVENING GROSBEAK PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 10/31: A RED PHALAROPE was found at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 3 CATTLE EGRETS were found at Goose Haven on Rt.89. They have continued through 11/4. 11/1: 5 ROSS’S GEESE and 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 11/3: The ROSS’S GEESE and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were relocated in Knox-Marsellus Marsh along with SANDHILL CRANED and 9 TUNDRA SWANS. 11/5: 8 SANDHILL CRANES and a PEREGRINE FALCON were seen along the Wildlife Trail. Onondaga County ------------ 10/29: All 3 SCOTER species were seen on Onondaga Lake from the marina in Liverpool. SURF and WHITE-WINGED continued to be seen till the weekend but have not been reported recently. 11/4: 2 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen on Thompson Road on the south side of Hancock Airport. 11/5: A FORSTER’S TERN has again been found at the marina on Onondaga Lake in Liverpool. The male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD at Pendergast Road in Phoenix is still present. It has been coming to a feeder for 7 weeks! Oswego County ------------ 10/29: A NORTHERN GOSHAWK, WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS and EVENING GROSBEAKS were all seen at Derby Hill. 10/31: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen at Sunset Bay Park. 11/2: A LITTLE GULL and a BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE were seen at Derby Hill. 11/3: A BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE was again seen at Derby Hill. EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at 88 Kibby Road and in Williamstown. 11/4: 9 EVENING GROSBEAKS and a late VESPER SPARROW were seen on North Church Road in Boylston.6 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen on Atkinson Road and another was seen on South Daysville Road. Madison County ------------ 11/3: A HARRIS’S SPARROW was found at a feeder on Clark Street in Lakeport. It was seen again on 11/4 and 11/5. Directions to the feeder can be found on Oneidabirds or can email me personally (brinjos...@yahoo.com). The homeowners ask that you observe from the road and not their driveway. Oneida County ------------ 11/1: A RED PHALAROPE was seen at Sylvan Beach. Jefferson County ------------ 10/31: A BLACK VULTURE was seen soaring at Henderson Harbor. A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen at Stony Point. 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at the intersection of Rts. 3 and 193 near Wescott Beach. 11/4; 2 BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKES were seen from Montario Point. 25 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen at Wescott Beach and 2 more were seen at El Dorado. Extralimital ------------ Most of the more exotic birds driven to our area by Hurricane Sandy were reported just outside the normal range of this report but deserve to be listed in this report. These species, with the exception of the NORTHERN GANNET, were seen from the east side of Cayuga Lake in Tomkins and Cayuga County. 10/30: An adult ROSS’S GULL (that’s right, gull and not goose) and a PARASITIC JAEGER were seen from Long Point Park. A LEACH’S STORM PETRAL was seen from Myer’s Point. 10/31: A LAUGHING GULL and a CAVE SWALLOW were seen at Myers Point. Another LAUGHING GULL, a BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE and a PURPLE SANDPIPER were seen at Long Point State Park. A NORTHERN GANNET was seen flying south over Owasco Lake. -- end report 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 http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
