RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* October 20, 2014
* NYSY 10. 20. 14
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
October 13, 2014 - October 20, 2014
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: October 20AT 6:00 p.m. (EDT)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#413 Monday October 20, 2014
Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of
October 13, 2014
Highlights:
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EARED GREBE
RED-NECKED GREBE
CACKLING GOOSE
BRANT
EURASIAN WIGEON
AMERICAN AVOCET
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
LITTLE GULL
SHORT-EARED OWL
SNOWY OWL
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
PINE SISKIN
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
10/15: 2 AMERICAN AVOCETS were seen at Towpath Road. They have been found
through the 19th.
10/19: An EARED GREBE and 2 EURASIAN WIGEONS were seen in the Main Pool. A
HUDSONIAN GODWIT was found in Puddler’s Marsh. A CACKLING GOOSE was seen at
Knox-Marsellus Marsh.
Cayuga County
10/15: An early LAPLAND LONGSPUR was found on the inside of the break wall
at Fair Haven State Park.
Onondaga County
10/15: The Rt. 31 SNOWY OWL was again seen, this time near Wegman’s.
10/16: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen near the Eagles nest at Three Rivers WMA
north of Baldwinsville.
10/19: A BRANT was seen at close range on Vann Road near Beaver Lake
Nature Center west of Baldwinsville. Upwards of 70 DARK-EYED JUNCOS were seen
at Beaver Lake Nature Center.
10/20: A LINCOLN’S SPARROW and the county’s first FOX SPARROW were spotted
under the power lines at Three Rivers WMA. A late VESPER SPARROW and large
numbers of WHITE-CROWNED and WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS were found in the scrubby
area east of Van Rensselear Street at the Inner Harbor.
Oswego County
10/18: A LITTLE GULL was found at the overlook at Derby Hall.
10/19: An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and the region’s first fall FOX SPARROW
were seen at Great Bear Recreation Area north of Phoenix.
10/20: A PINE SISKIN was heard at Great Bear Recreation Area.
Oneida County
10/20: A PINE SISKIN was reported near Camden.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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