[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA
* New York* Syracuse - FEBRUARY 06 2017 * NYSY 02.06.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):January 30, 2017 - February 06 2017to 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: February 06 AT 5 p.m. (EST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 30, 2017. Highlights-- LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLGLAUCOUS GULLICELAND GULLTHAYER’S GULLROSS’S GULL - ExtralimitalSHORT-EARED OWLSNOWY OWLNORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLGYRFALCON - ExtralimitalNORTHERN SHRIKEHERMIT THRUSHLAPLAND LONGSPUR Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 1/30: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen in the Morgan Road Marshes. It was seen on 1/31 and 2/1 also. 2/6: A HERMIT THRUSH was seen on VanDyne Spoor Road. Onondaga County 2/2: 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen on West Sorrell Hill Road north of Connors Road in the Town of Van Buren. 2/5: 2 SAW-WHET OWLS were found on the Bog Trail at Beaver Lake Nature Center west of Baldwinsville. Oswego County 2/1: A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen on Sherman Road near Mexico. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at Phoenix near the dam. 2/2: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen on Oneida Lake in Brewerton. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on inman Road north of Pulaski. 2/5: A LESSER BLACK BACKED GULL was seen at Phoenix and Brewerton. An ICELAND GULL and a GLAUCOUS GULL were both seen in Caudenoy at Co. Rt. 10. 2/6: 18 ICELAND GULLS, 2 GLAUCOUS GULLS and a THAYER’S GULL were all seen at Phoenix. 17 ICELAND GULLS, 3 GLAUCOUS GULLS and 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were all seen at Brewerton Madison County 1/30: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen on Harp Road south of Canastota. A SNOWY OWL was seen on Bellinger Road in Fenner. 2/4: A SHORT-EARED OWL was again seen on Harp Road. SNOWY OWLS were seen on Peterboro Road and North Road at Fisher Bay. 2/6: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Eden Hollow Road in the Town of Nelson. Extralimital The GYRFALCON found at the corner of North Hoster and Canoga Roads south of Seneca Falls (Seneca County) was seen as recently as yesterday. It seems to favor a quarry at that location. The ROSS’S GULL found at Tupper Lake in Franklin County was last seen on 2/2: That last location was at the Tupper Lake Boat launch on Rt. 30 south of the Village of Tupper Lake. -end report Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, NY 13027 U.S.A. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Song Sparrow
There is a SONG SPARROW currently feeding on the ground under my feeders with the AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS and DARK-EYED JUNCOS. Mickey ScilingoConstantia, Oswego Countymickey.scili...@gte.net315-679-6299 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds ABA Please submit your observations to eBird! --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Sunday Feb. 5, 2017 - Red-necked Grebe, Red-headed Woodpecker, etc.
Central Park NYC Sunday Feb. 5, 2017 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walk starting from the Boathouse Cafe at 9:30 a.m. Including birds seen from the south end of the Reservoir (DA) before the walk. Highlights: Red-necked Grebe, Red-headed Woodpecker, Northern Pintail, Great Blue Heron, Brown Thrasher. Canada Goose - 205+ Mallard - 100+ Northern Shoveler - 60+ (Turtle Pond (2) & Lake) Northern Pintail - male still showing traces of eclipse plumage at the Pond Bufflehead - 5 Reservoir Hooded Merganser - 7 Reservoir Ruddy Duck - around 150 Pied-billed Grebe - 2 Red-necked Grebe - 1 (bird released by Wild Bird Fund) Mourning Dove Ring-billed Gull - 6 Lake, a few others at the Reservoir Herring Gull - less than 50 Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - around 20 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 2 Reservoir Great Blue Heron - the Pond Red-tailed Hawk - 3 Red-headed Woodpecker - first-winter bird continuing at the Dene (approx. E 68th Street) Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - maple north of Azalea Pond Downy Woodpecker - residents including 2 at Evodia field feeders Blue Jay - residents - several mobbing one of the Red-tailed Hawks Black-capped Chickadee - 10+ some at feeders Tufted Titmouse - 30+ some at feeders Brown Creeper - south end near Essex House before walk White-breasted Nuthatch - 10+ some at feeders Carolina Wren - Weather Station Brown Thrasher - Lasker Rink near the Pond House Finch - 1/2 dozen at feeders American Goldfinch - at least 12 (sweetgums in Ramble & at feeders) Fox Sparrow - 4 (Maintenance Field & Stone Arch) Song Sparrow - 2 Swamp sparrow - 59th Street Pond (mudflats) White-throated Sparrow - many Dark-eyed Junco - 7 Sparrow Rock Common Grackle - around 50 Many thanks to Jeffrey M. Ward for leading the Birding Bob walks on Jan. 22 & 29, Deb Allen -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Ross's Goose, Farmingdale
Currently at Pinelawn Cemetary across from the LIRR station with a Snow Goose and a small group of Canadas. Rob in Massapequa -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
