* New York* Syracuse
- February 26, 2018
* NYSY 02.26.18 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):February 19 2018 -
February 26, 2018to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate
NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands
Complex
Several males along Ellis Creek road as I drove home today
Jim Gaffney
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We had our first Grackle of the year visit our feeders this afternoon!
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The RB Grosbeak arrival here on a 31 year norm is 2 MAY Colleen,
your bird is an over-achiever!
John
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John and Sue Gregoire
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On 2018-02-25 22:25, Linda Orkin wrote:
I read in "Bulls Birds of New York State (1998 edition) that
woodcock".among our earliest breeders, with males reported in display as
early as the last week in January and, commonly, by the last week of
February."(pg. 268) That being said, these reports could possibly be from other
I'll be in Rochester in a couple of weeks meeting a friend from California
who is a beginner - intermediate birder. He will be recovering from
surgery so may not be up to birding many sites. I'm wondering if someone
familiar with the "birding hotspots" listed on the Rochester Bird Club
website
Wow! The 31 year norm here, just about 2 miles and a bit higher than
you, is 3/18 and the earliest was 3/8. Congrats Ken.
John
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On 2018-02-25
Nancy Dickinson, when she lived a bit further down the hill in Mecklenburg,
regularly got the first of year Woodcock in February.
- - Dave Nutter
> On Feb 26, 2018, at 7:45 AM, k...@empacc.net wrote:
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> Wow! The 31 year norm here, just about 2 miles and a bit higher than you, is
> 3/18 and
We had our first Woodcock last Thursday the 22nd, the day of the snowstorm.
Technically we are a few hundred yards south of the basin in Newfield. This is
very early even for our location.
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