* New York* Syracuse
- October 30, 2017
* NYSY 10.30.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):October 23, 2017 -
October 30, 2017to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY
counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands
Complex (MWC)
The 2017/2018 Montezuma Winter Raptor Survey season will begin on November
15, approximately two weeks away. The entire season runs from November 15
through March 28. The largest portion of the Raptor migrations will have
been completed, and it will be time to learn what species have chosen to
2 Cattle Egrets at Goose Haven today.
Saw one catch a frog from pond edge near barn and the other wading in a
Wilgoose pond ~1/4 mile South. The apparent insect shortage this year may have
forced a diet change.
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Hello Cayuga-area birders,
It's almost that time of year! It sure feels like we're finished with heat
waves this fall, meaning wintering raptors will soon be showing up in local
fields and wetlands. Every year, NYSDEC regions across the state monitor
wintering raptor presence to record
The last few days have been relatively slow lake-watching from Myers and
other areas. Yesterday's rain did not drop anything particularly noteworthy
down in the spots I was able to check. Highlights yesterday were two male
LONG-TAILED DUCKS flying north past Myers and a DUNLIN on the spit.
