[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2018-12-10 Thread Joseph Brin 

 RBA




*New York
   
   - Syracuse
   - December 10 2018
   - NYSY 12.10.18




Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert

Dates: December 03 - December 10,  2018

To report by email: brinjoseph AT yahoo DOT com

Reporting upstate counties: Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Oneida, Herkimer, 
Cayuga, Montezuma Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands complex

compiled: December 10 AT 3:00 p.m. EDT

compiler: Joseph Brin

Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondgaaudubon.org







Greetings: This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week on December 
03, 2018




Highlights:




RED-THROATED LOON

RED-NECKED GREBE

SANDHILL CRANE

TUNDRA SWAN

TRUMPETER SWAN

CACKLING GOOSE

GOLDEN EAGLE

ICELAND GULL

LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL

FISH CROW

RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET

CHIPPING SPARROW

EASTERN TOWHEE

FOX SPARROW

BALTIMORE ORIOLE

EVENING GROSBEAK

COMMON REDPOLL

WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL










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






     12/7: 10 TRUMPETER SWANS and 20 TUNDRA SWANS were seen on Armitage Road. 
The Swans were seen in varying numbers after this day. Also ween were 18 
SANDHILL CRANES.

     12/9: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen on Armitage Road.







Onondaga County






     Due probably to more people posting, more reports of EVENING GROSBEAKS  
were recieved from Onondaga County than any other area. They were seen every 
day and from as far south as Shakham Road to Baldwinsville. Other areas 
reporting EVENING GROSBEAKS were Jamesville Beach and Green Lakes State Park.

     12/4: An EASTERN TOWHEE continues at a feeder in Manlius. A RED-THROATED 
LOON was seen on Onondaga Lake.

     12/7: A RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET was seen in Oakwood Cemetary in Syracuse.

     12/10: 3 FISH CROWS were seen inBaldwinsville.







Oswego County






     12/4: EVENING GROSBEAKS were reported at feeders in Williamstown,Fulton 
and Oswego. Some were active throughout the week.

     12/7: COMMON REDPOLLS were seen at a feeder on Hinman Road.

     12/10: 5 REDPOLLS and a late TURKEY VULTURE were seen at Bishop Hill north 
of Pulaski. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was found in Oswego Harbor.

     12/9: A PINE SISKIN was at a feeder north of Hastings. An ICELAND GULL was 
seen in Oswego Harbor.







Madison County






     12/4: EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen throughout the week at Hamilton, 
Erieville and on Carpenter Road in Sheds. A BALTIMORE ORIOLE continues at the 
feeder on Carpenter Road.

     12/5: A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen on Woodman Pond.

     12/10: COMMON REDPOLLS were at a feeder near Erieville.







Oneida county



     

     12/3: EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at a feeder in Bridgewater.

     12/4: A FOX SPARROW was at a feeder in Waterville. A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen 
in flight near Waterville.

     12/8: A CHIPPING SPARROW was seen at a feeder in Utica.

     12/9: 16 SNOW GEESE were seen in Proctor Park.







Herkimer county






     EVENING GROSBEAKS continued throughout the week at a feeder north of 
Dolgeville.




             

     




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Joseph Brin

Region 5

Baldwinsville, NY 13027 USA




     

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hawk Help Please?

2018-12-10 Thread Barbara Bauer Sadovnic 
Thank you, all!

> On Dec 9, 2018, at 5:40 PM, Norwalk, James  wrote:
> 
> Rough-legged!
> 
> 
> From: bounce-123172928-48869...@list.cornell.edu 
>  on behalf of Barbara Bauer 
> Sadovnic 
> Sent: Sunday, December 9, 2018 2:48 PM
> To: 
> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Hawk Help Please?
> 
> We just saw this large hawk out the window, across the field.  It sat in the 
> tree for awhile, took flight and hovered over the field, went back to the 
> tree, moved to a telephone pole, and then left.  Aiken Rd., just west of 
> Halseyville Rd. in the Town of Enfield.
> 
> Rough legged?  Swainson's?
> 
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pso9q0jrhx76aik/AADZZPHshqLcv7Fh1h7-Tf3Sa?dl=0
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[cayugabirds-l] OT Lansing Center Trails info

2018-12-10 Thread Donna Lee Scott 
Many of us like to bird at the Lansing Center Trails in South Lansing along NY 
Rts. 34/34B (Auburn Road). The Town of Lansing originally acquired this large 
parcel of land from New York State a few years ago.
Some of you may have noticed that a new road has been cut into the area 
opposite Woodsedge Road, next to the white Victorian house.
This is the new town road that will lead a little way into the property to a 
development on 13.5 acres of nine two-story "affordable housing" apartment 
houses and one community building. Going north on the new road the apartments 
will be on the left. A brief article about this appears in Tompkins Weekly, 
Dec. 3-9, 2018. This article shows a map of the project, the road, and part of 
the surrounding land.

The developer was required to keep out of the small "federal wetland" that runs 
south and west of the new apartments.
The present walking trails in the area will still be there, or relocated nearby.
But obviously, most the good wildlife habitat on this parcel will be lost to 
the road, the buildings and lawns.

If you look at the copied "plan" for that section of Lansing Center Trails in 
the Tompkins Weekly article, pg. 9, you see also another long, curved, new road 
that runs from Conlon Road back (north) of the new apartments to the right 
(east) edge of the picture -   the article says this new, second road would run 
all the way across the rest of the larger Lansing Trails parcel to join the 
part of Auburn Road that curves north and runs near the entrance to the Lansing 
Town Highway Department buildings (by Lansing Grocery Market).
However, today I talked to one of the more environmentally-friendly town board 
members who was on the planning committee for this project and she said that 
this "second road" won't happen for 1-2 years, if ever.  This road is not 
needed for either this present apartment project, nor a proposed "Phase II" 
housing project and some on the planning committee fought the idea of this 
road; to some extent, they did not prevail.
This road, if built though, would obliterate a lot of wildlife habitat, be 
disruptive to birding and hiking, and would no doubt cause the deaths of much 
wildlife.

This property was never intended by some in the government of Town of Lansing 
or in its Planning Office to be a "forever wild" hiking/birding venue.
The trails were put in by an ad hoc citizens group who saw an opportunity to 
create walking/birding trails in the then vacant land. It was not without much 
difficulty that they got approval for the trails, but they did and volunteers 
now take care of mowing the paths, keeping a small garden area, and erecting 
informational signs.

It was always intended by some on past and present Town Boards for this land to 
be part of locating housing density in the center part of the Town, as called 
for in the Town's Comprehensive Plan, so as to try to spare converting a lot of 
good agricultural land to the north into suburban-type housing.

So, this is about all I know about this new development. One could go to the 
Planning Office in Lansing Town Hall (29 Auburn Rd.) and ask to see the plan 
drawings,
M-Th 7:30 am - 4:00 pm. Fri. 7:30 - noon.

Donna Scott


Donna L. Scott
Lansing Station Road
Lansing, NY
d...@cornell.edu


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