[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2011-01-10 Thread Joseph Brin 
RBA
 
*  New York
*  Syracuse
*  January 10, 2011
*  NYSY 1001.11
 
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
January 03, 2010 - January 10, 2011
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:January 10 AT 7:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
 
 
#238 -Monday January 10, 2011
 
 
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 03 
, 2010
 
Highlights:
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TUNDRA SWAN
BRANT
CACKLING GOOSE
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
ROSS’S GOOSE
CANVASBACK
REDHEAD
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
RUDDY DUCK
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
MERLIN
PEREGRINE FALCON
GLAUCOUS GULL
SHORT-EARED OWL
BARRED OWL
KINGFISHER
NORTHERN SHRIKE
FISH CROW
TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE
BOHEMIAN WAXWING
EVENING GROSBEAK
COMMON REDPOLL
HOARY REDPOLL



Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)

 1/03: 8,000 SNOW GEESE, 40 TUNDRA SWANS, plus singles of BRANT, 
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, ROSS’S GOOSE, and CACKLING GOOSE were found at the 
mucklands along Rt.31.


Jefferson County


 1/08: The TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE was still present on State Park Road just 
off Co. Rt. 57 on Point Peninsula. Also seen there was a BARROW’S GOLDENEYE 
near 
the first causway. On Daysville Road 8 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen.


Onondaga County


 1/04: A CANVASBACK was in with a raft of SCAUP species on Onondaga Lake at 
the mouth of Nine Mile Creek.
 1/07: 2 CANVASBACK, 45 REDHEAD, 4 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 65 GREATER SCAUP, 9 
LESSER SCAUP, and 7 RUDDY DUCKS were seen at the north end of Skaneateles Lake. 
A KINGFISHER was found at the inner Harbor. 3 FISH CROWS and a PEREGRINE FALCON 
were seen at the Marina in Liverpool on Onondaga Lake. A MERLIN was found on 
Conner’s Road near East Sorrell Hill Road in the Town of Van Buren.
 1/08: A HOARY REDPOLL was seen at a feeder in Baldwinsville. EVENING 
GROSBEAKS, PINE SISKINS, and COMMON REDPOLLS were seen on Shakham Road at the 
Onondaga/Cortland County Line.
 1/09: A HOARY REDPOLL was seen with a large group of about 70 COMMON 
REDPOLLS at Beaver Lake Nature Center west of Baldwinsville.. The bird was 
present on the 9th. also.


Madison County


 EVENING GROSBEAKS are frequenting feeders on a consistant basis at Jones 
Road, Paradise Hill Road and Carpenter Road.
 1/1: The Oneida Christmas Count amassed 56 species. Highlights were 
MERLIN, 
BARRED OWL, SHORT-EARED OWL, and NORTHERN SHRIKE. Some birds may have been 
found 
in Oneida County.
 1/09: A first winter GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at the Madison County 
Landfill. 
It was seen also on the 10th.
 1/10: 3 NORTHERN GOSHAWKS were seen on Buyea Road near the Madison County 
Landfill.
 

   
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y.  13027  U.S.A.


  
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[cayugabirds-l] redwings

2011-01-10 Thread joe & Diana 
Hi All,
 In my travels around Montezuma on Route 89, I saw 2 male Red-winged Blackbirds 
and 4 females. I don't know if this is unusual or not. It was pretty quiet 
otherwise with a Red-tail watching the thruway and a distant Rough-legged in 
the grassland area on 89.   Diana Whiting
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[cayugabirds-l] southwest corner of Cayuga

2011-01-10 Thread Elaina McCartney 
With shooting subsiding, several large rafts of mostly Redheads have
reappeard in the southwest corner of the lake.  There are lots of
Canvasbacks as well, some Scaup, and three Tundra Swans (not the immature
one though), a few Mallards.  Too far away to be sure of other species.  A
Golden-crowned Kinglet continues to appear on my deck regularly to pick up
suet crumbs.  I have two Carolina Wrens doing the same.  Saw the first Junco
in a long time this morning.  Other yard regulars appearing today include
Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, White-breasted Nuthatch, DownyWoodpeckers,
Hairy Woodpeckers, Red-bellied Woodpecker, American Goldfinch, Black-capped
Chickadee.


Elaina


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[cayugabirds-l] Field Sparrow at Lab of Ornithology

2011-01-10 Thread Tom Schulenberg 
The Field Sparrow is back at the Lab of Ornithology this morning, foraging
on the ground underneath the feeders on the north side of the building. As
do all the other sparrows (American Tree, White-throated, Song), it comes
and goes, but keep an eye out for it.



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[cayugabirds-l] More on CBC Trip yesterday

2011-01-10 Thread bob mcguire 
Thanks, Dave, for posting a most thorough account of the Bird Club's  
trip around the lake yesterday. The only bird I can add was a Rough- 
legged Hawk seen by one car only at the top of Parker Road.


I would like to add to Dave's note re:Rafferty Road. We arrived around  
4:45 and pulled up next to the red barn on the north side of the road  
where we watched until the single Short-eared Owl appeared at 5:13. As  
we were pulling out about 5:30, Mrs. Close stopped and came over to  
speak with us. She asked what we were doing by the barn, and we  
explained. I had always thought that it was DEC land because of the  
"restricted hunting" signs along the road. She replied that no, the  
land belonged to her and had been in the family for ages. She was  
pleasant and requested that one call her (315) 364-8824 in the future  
if they wanted to be on the land. There is no problem in birding from  
the road and, in most cases, the owls can be seen without leaving the  
road.


Bob McGuire



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[cayugabirds-l] single song sparrow

2011-01-10 Thread Tom Hoebbel 
We have had a solo song sparrow under our feeder for the last couple days in
Brooktondale.


 Thomas Hoebbel Photo~Video
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club trip around lake today (09 Jan)

2011-01-10 Thread Dave Nutter 
I neglected to mention the AMERICAN COOTS, one north of Sheldrake Point from Wyers Point Rd, and two on Mill Pond in Union Springs.  I left out lots of other stuff, too.  Additions & corrections welcome.  --Dave NutterOn Jan 09, 2011, at 07:56 PM, Dave Nutter  wrote:Bob McGuire led a great trip today around Cayuga Lake.  Car-pooling from the Lab of O, the first stop was Stewart Park, where I met the group.  Waterfowl were sparse (we heard gunfire from the west and north) and often hidden behind the mounds of ice, but a highlight for me was a female BUFFLEHEAD in a small flock of COMMON GOLDENEYES.  We saw only the 3 usual GULLS: RING-BILLED, HERRING, and GREAT BLACK-BACKED. On account of the bitter northwest winds and snow, Bob decided we should go clockwise around the lake for a change.  But first we stopped by the Sciencenter at First and Franklin Streets to check for FISH CROW among a small group of AMERICAN CROWS, and several people heard both.  As we stood listening, there were two surprising flyovers,  one high SWAN (unidentified, but probably Tundra) headed into the wind, and a MERLIN which first zoomed west, then landed briefly on a distant pole, then zoomed back east.  Wondering if the swan had landed in the southwest corner of the lake, we stopped at a friend's house on NYS 89, but the water was empty.  We saw a couple guys with guns walking along the shore of Treman Marine State Park, a possible factor.  A few COMMON MERGANSERS flew past, then a large flock of REDHEADS whirled in and turned north as if to alight soon.  Before we left we enjoyed feeder birds including comparing field marks of DOWNY and HAIRY WOODPECKER.  Next stop was the Ithaca Yacht Club, where we saw no grebes, but one far COMMON LOON, and two each of CANVASBACK, COMMON and HOODED MERGANSERS, along with a trio we saw at nearly every stop along the lake: AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, MALLARDS, and CANADA CANADA GEESE.  Along Seneca County Road 153 in the Sheldrake area, those 3 species lined much of the waterfront, with small numbers of REDHEADS, RING-NECKED DUCKS, and  BUFFLEHEADS mixed in.  There were also 2 separate female GREATER SCAUP, a trio of GADWALL, and a couple of interesting hybrids: a MALLARD x AMERICAN BLACK DUCK (like an American Black Duck with a green upper half of the head) and a CANADA x SNOW GOOSE (white head & neck, but dark brown back, wings & breast, and streaked gray and white under the tail).  We had good scope views of RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS farther away.   There was also a COMMON LOON off the point and a few individual GREAT BLACK-BACKED and HERRING GULLS along the way.  We saw ROCK PIGEON, PILEATED WOODPECKER, and HOUSE FINCH on our way to Dean's Cove where we saw the reliable winter LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL.  At Leader Road we found a pair of CAROLINA WRENS as well as BLUE JAYS, NORTHERN CARDINALS, and a RED-TAILED HAWK.  From Bonnie Banks Road we saw a lovely female NORTHERN FLICKER.  Then some of us saw a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK along NYS 89. Coming into Canoga we saw a male AMERICAN KESTREL on the wire.  Lots of feeders at a house on Parker Road attracted lots of birds, including an adult and an immature WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW (which we thought were firsts for 2011, but eBird shows that Nancy Dickinson saw the species on New Year's Day in Mecklenberg).  North of Canoga near the ice edge we saw at least 2 BALD EAGLES, including an adult and a larger and surprisingly dapper immature.  On the distant ice along with many resting CANADA GEESE were many big creamy "pillows" - sleeping swans!  In one of the polynyas along Lower Lake Road we had good looks at several more active TUNDRA SWANS.  A detour west to Van Cleef Lake in Seneca Falls revealed another LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL among the many HERRING and few GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS on the ice.  A surprise bonus was a NORTHERN HARRIER flying by in the distance.  Heading east on 5&20, some of us saw a flock of WILD TURKEYS in a roadside field.  After a lunch break at the Nice-n-Easy near Montezuma NWR, we headed south.  Next stop was River Road by Mud Lock where we saw and heard a group of displaying TRUMPETER SWANS.  (We thought these were firsts for 2011 for the basin, but eBird reveals that Leona Lauster reported them from Morgan Rd in Savannah on New Year's Day.) Six of the eight adults were bowing their heads,  holding their wings half out over the water, giving less musical braying honks than I expected, and occasionally chasing one another very short distances.  The other 2 adults and 1 immature were not so active, though the youngster was interested.  There was also an adult BALD EAGLE stationed near its nest.  From Harris Park in the Village of Cayuga we saw many of the previously mentioned waterfowl, including many distant swans, feeding in a large polynya.  Here our group split up, one car heading back to the Lab by 3:30.  The other car went to Lettie Cook Woods, where we found 2 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS and glimpsed an unidentified owl moving through the