[nysbirds-l] Le Conte's Sparrow photos

I didn't get anything really good, but I have put the best of the LE CONTE'S SPARROW photos I took this morning at the bottom of http://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/Fall2012Birds. First found by Tom Schulenberg on Saturday, the bird was rediscovered by Jay this morning at the same

[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA

RBA   *  New York *  Syracuse * November 19, 2012 *  NYSY  11.19.12   Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): November 12, 2012 - November 19, 2012 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Fuertes Le Conte's Sparrow

Matt,Yes, your memory is correct. This is from the account for Le Conte's Sparrow in John Bull, _Birds of New York State_, 1974, with 1976 supplement, reissued 1985:"Status: Casual -- two proved records for New York: (1) specimen collected at the head of Cayuga Lake, near Ithaca, Oct. 11, 1897