RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* November 03, 2014
* NYSY 11. 03. 14
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
October 27, 2014 - November 03, 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: November 03 AT 6:00 p.m. (EDT)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#415 Monday November 03, 2014
Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of
October 27, 2014
Highlights:
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EARED GREBE
IBIS sp.
ROSS’S GOOSE
CACKLING GOOSE
SANDHILL CRANE
GPLDEN EAGLE
PURPLE SANDPIPER
WHITE-EYED VIREO
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
Shorebird numbers were definitely down this week. Only nine species were
noted. They were: SANDERLING, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER,
PECTORAL SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, DUNLIN and
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER.
10/29: 49 SANDHILL CRANES were counted at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. An EARED
GREBE was again seen along the Wildlife Drive.
10/30: 3 ROSS’S GEESE were noted at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 2 IBIS (species
not yet determined) were seen at Eaton Marsh on the Wildlife Drive.
10/31: The EARED GREBE was again seen along the Wildlife Drive but has not
been reported since.
11/2: The two INIS were again seen at Eaton Marsh. Up to 60 SANDHILL
CRANES were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. Nearly that number were noted today
also.
Oswego County
10/30: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen on Chesboro Road west of Central Square.
11/1: 2 GOLDEN EAGLES were seen from Bishop Road north of Pulaski.
11/2: A very rare for Region 5 WHITE-EYED VIREO made a brief appearance in
the bushes at Derby Hill. There have been no reports since.
Onondaga County
11/1: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen at Beaver Lake Nature Center. 2 PEREGRINE
FALCONS were seen atop the Syracuse Savings Bank in downtown Syracuse.
Cayuga County
11/3: 2 PURPLE SANDPIPERS were found along the break wall at Fair Haven
State Park in their usual spot on the south side and at the end. They remained
and were seen into late afternoon.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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