RBA * New York * Syracuse * January 21, 2013 * NYSY 01. 21. 13 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): January 14, 2013 - January 21, 2013 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 21 AT 6:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #338 -Monday January 21, 2013 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 14 , 2013 Highlights: -----------
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON BARROW’S GOLDENEYE MERLIN ICELAND GULL GLAUCOUS GULL SHORT-EARED OWL SNOWY OWL TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE VARIED THRUSH BOHEMIAN WAXWING YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD EVENING GROSBEAK HOARY REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 1/19: An adult male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was seen with Starlings on Armitage Road just off Rt.89 before Olmstead Road. Onondaga County ------------ 1/15: 4 immature BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS continue to be seen along the Onondaga Creek Creekwalk between Bear Street and Hiawatha Boulevard. 1/16: A SHORT-EARED OWL made a one day appearance on West Sorrell Hill Road just north of Hoag Road south of Baldwinsville. 1/18: A MERLIN was seen hunting in Camillus from Rt.695. 1/19: Sixteen species of waterfowl were seen in the Onondaga Lake area including REDHEAD and SHOVELER. An ICELAND GULL was seen. The 4 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were again seen on the creekwalk. 1/21: A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen on Onondaga Lake from the Butterfly Garden area. Jefferson County ------------ 1/17: 450 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen on Steinhelmer Road in LeRay. A female BARROW’S GOLDENEYE was seen at Fisher’s Landing on the St. Lawrence River. 1/19: 3 SNOWY OWLS were seen in the area between Chaumont and Cape Vincent. Oswego County ------------ 1/18: A VARIED THRUSH was reported from a feeder in Fulton. Unfortunately no reports since the initial sighting. 1/19: 40 EVENING GROSBEAKS were at a feeder on North Church Road in Boylston. 21 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen on Hinman Road southwest of Sandy Creek. Cortland County ------------ 1/20: 3 HOARY REDPOLLS were reported at a feeder in Cortland. Extralimital ------------ 1/19: Another positive report of the TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE from Samson State Park on the east side of Seneca Lake in Seneca County. The bird cotinues to be seen in the area at the north end of East Lake Road just south of the “green gate”. -- 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/ --
