[cayugabirds-l] No Gyrfalcon today - but lots of gulls
Dave Nutter and I drove up the west side of the lake this morning for a meeting at the Refuge. On the way we drove past and around the quarry on Canoga Road with no sighting of the Gryfalcon. This was around 9:30 am. After the meeting, around noon, we headed back to the quarry, stopping first at Van Cleef Lake to see if there were any gulls on the ice. When we stopped there Sunday as part of the CBC field trip the lake was completely frozen over, snow-covered, and devoid of gulls. Today there were some 350 gulls out loafing and preening in the snow. We quickly picked out a first year Iceland Gull. Then, as the birds shuffled around, we began to see more. Eventually we tallied an adult Iceland, a Thayers type (now, once again, lumped with Iceland), and an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull. Most of the rest were Herring gulls with some 7 Great Black-backed Gulls thrown in. Viewing conditions were ideal: diffuse light, no wind, and the birds only about 100m away. On the way home we again checked the quarry and surrounding roads. We had a Harrier and Red-tails, but again no Gyr. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA
* New York* Syracuse - January 16, 2018 * NYSY 01.16.18 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):January 08, 2018 - January 16, 2018to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortlandcompiled: January 16 AT 12:00 p.m. (EST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 8, 2018. Highlights-- KING EIDERBLACK VULTUREGOLDEN EAGLEICELAND GULLGLAUCOUS GULLLESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLSNOWY OWLSHORT-EARED OWLMERLINNORTHERN SHRIKESAVANNAH SPARROWLAPLAND LONGSPUR Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) No reports this week. Onondaga County 1/8: 3 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen at a farm near the intersection of Rt. 80 and Vincent corners Road in Fabius. 1/9: A KING EIDER was again seen on the Oswego River in Phoenix. 1/11: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen at the South Meadows Nature Area in Tully. 1/14: An ICELAND GULL was seen on the Seneca River in Baldwinsville. 1/15: A BLACK VULTURE was seen on Seneca Turnpike near Taylor Road west of Jamesville. A SNOWY OWL was seen near the entrance to the State Fair. 1/16: 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and 4 ICELAND GULLS were seen from Mercer Park in Baldwinsville. Oswego County-- 1/9: A KING EIDER was seen at the Oswego County side off the Oswego River in Phoenix. It was seen on the 10th. and the 11th. also. 1/10: A SNOWY OWL was seen at Oswego Harbor. It was seen on the 11th. also. 1/13: 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were seen on the Oswego River above the dam. 1/14: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at Indian Point on the Oswego River north of Fulton. A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at Lock 6 in Oswego. 1/15: An ICELAND GULL was seen in Phoenix. Madison County 1/10 A SNOWY OWL was seen on Gee Road north of Chittenango. 1/11: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen on Mason Hill east of Hamilton. 1/14: A SNOWY OWL was seen on Bellinger Road north of Cazenovia. 1/15: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Eden Hollow Road south of Erieville. Oneida County 1/11: A MERLIN was seen at Spring Farm Nature Center south of Clinton. ---end transcript ---Joseph BrinRegion 5 Baldwinsville, NY 13027 USA -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] more Siskins!
Today the Siskin count is up to 6! Hard to count as they move a lot and I have several niger socks out now. The goldfinches and siskins are pretty into dogfights! -- asher -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
