RBA * New York * Syracuse * November 12, 2012 * NYSY 11.12.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): November 05, 2012 - November 12, 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 12 AT 6:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #328 -Monday November 12, 2012 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of October 29 , 2012 Highlights: -----------
CATTLE EGRET EURASIAN WIGEON BLACK SCOTER SURF SCOTER WHITE-WINGED SCOTER SANDHILL CRANE AMERICAN AVOCET WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER POMERINE JAEGER RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD NORTHERN SHRIKE CAVE SWALLOW BOHEMIAN WAXWING HARRIS’S SPARROW WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL EVENING GROSBEAK COMMON REDPOLL PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 11/6: An AMERICAN AVOCET was seen at LaRues Lagoon. 11/8: An EURASIAN WIGEON was reported along the Wildlife Drive. The 3 CATTLE EGRETS remain on Rt.89 at Goose Haven. 15 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 11/10: 1 CATTLE EGRET was seen at Goose Haven. Madison County ------------ 11/6: The HARRIS’S SPARROW on Clark Road in Lakeport was seen throught the week but was unfortunately killed on 11/10 by a cat. Onondaga County ------------ 11/6: SURF SCOTERS were seen at the Marina in Liverpool on Onondaga Lake. 11/7: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen in the fields across 60 Road from the Eagles nest in Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 11/9: The RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD reported almost two months ago on Pendergast Road in Phoenix was still being seen. 11/10: WHITE WINGED SCOTERS, BLACK SCOTERS and the three normal GREBES were all seen at the Marina in Liverpool on Onondaga Lake. Oneida County ------------ 11/6: The three SCOTER SPECIES and a RED-NECKED GREBE were all seen on Oneida Lake at Sylvan Beach. Oswego County ------------ 11/7: EVENING GROSBEAKS continue to come to a feeder in Kibby Riad in the Town of Scriba. A POMERINE JAEGER was seen from Bishop Hill Road north of Pulaski. 11/10: A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was again reported at the boat launch site at Selkirk State Park on Lake Ontario. 11/11: At Derby Hill 5 CAVE SWALLOWS, 49 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS, 35 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS, 50 COMMON REDPOLLS and 4 EVENING GROSBEAKS were all spotted. 11/12: CAVE SWALLOWS continued to fly past Derby Hill at the north lookout along with small numbers of raptors. Extralimital ------------ Long Point State Park in Aurora on the east side of Cayuga Lake in Cayuga County continues to report exotic species. This week NORTHERN GANNET, SABINE’S GULL (actually spotted from the boathouse) and an unidentified JAEGER were all seen but unfortunately not relocated. -- 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/ --
