[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA
RBA *New York - Syracuse - January 28, 2019 - NYSY 01.28.19 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert Dates: January 21 - January 28, 2019 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: January 28 AT 5:00 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 January 21, 2019 Highlights: BLACK SCOTER PEREGRINE FALCON TURKEY VULTURE NORTHERN GOSHAWK MERLIN ICELAND GULL SNOWY OWL SAW-WHET OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE EASTERN TOWHEE VESPER SPARROW HARRIS’S SPARROW EVENING GROSBEAK COMMON REDPOLL PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) No reports this week. Onondaga County 1/21: An ICELAND GULL and a PEREGRINE FALCON were seen at the Inner Harbor on Van Renselear Street in Syracuse. 1/23: An EASTERN TOWHEE continues at a feeder south of Manlius. A SNOWY OWL was seen at Great Northern Mall. 1/25: A VESPER SPARROW continues at Banner Road in Tully. A large group of COMMON REDPOLLS were seen on Dunham Road west of Baldwinsville. 1/27: An EVENING GROSBEAK was seen at Radisson River Park north of Baldwinsville. 8 PINE SISKINS were at a feeder on Harrington Road in Syracuse. 1/28: 4 PINE SISKINS were at a feeder in Manlius. A SAW-WHET OWL was seen at Beaver Lake Nature Center west of Baldwinsville. Oswego County 1/22: 17 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on North Church Road in Lacona. 1/23: 5 COMMON REDPOLLS were seen on Ferguson Beach Road north of Oswego. 1/26: A female BLACK SCOTER was found at Oswego Harbor. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Clark Road east of Port Ontario. 1’27: An ICELAND GULL was seen from Derby Hill Madison County The HARRIS’S SPARROW discovered last week on Borden Road in Earleville has been seen through 1/27. EVENING GROSBEAKS, PINE SISKINS and 2 NORTHERN GOSHAWKS continue at a feeding station on Carpenter Road in Sheds. 1/22: 3 EVENING GROSBEAKS were at a feeder in Hamilton. 1/26: A MERLIN was seen on Gee Road north of Canastota. Oneida County 1/22: 3 TURKEY VULTURES and a PEREGRINE FALCON were seen at Spring Farms Nature Sanctuary south of Clinton. 1/27: 2 COMMON REDPOLLS were seen at a feeder south of Alder Creek. Herkimer County EVENING GROSBEAKS continue at a feeder on Military Road north of Dolgeville. End Transcript Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, NY, 13027, USA -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Aurora Redhead raft etc
Hi all, I took a photo/birding trip to the north end of the lake this morning. The lake was frozen north of Union Springs, but there was open water at Mud Lock where around 7:45 am I found numerous Tundra Swans sleeping along the ice edge but uncooperative for my camera. Also several Bald Eagles, including one adult, cruised by. After an hour or so I decided to head back south, and just outside Aurora (ie north of) I screeched to a halt at the sight of a large raft of Redheads (with a few Ring-necks and at least 1 Canvasback) close to shore. Spent an hour or so capturing stills and video as they all slowly swirled around feeding, and at one point yet another enormous raft swam in to join them. A couple of thousand birds I'd guess in total. (If you go, be aware that the road is very narrow there...be careful of traffic) 750 images later, and no longer able to feel my fingers, I headed into Aurora and pulled in to the Village Park parking lot to try to rescue one of my thumbs from possible frostbite (!). That was quickly forgotten at the sight of several hundred Red-breasted and Common Mergansers spread out in long strings on the lake! Several other large flocks of ducks (possible Gadwall) flew past too. Finally at Salt Point there were quite a few Common Goldeneye, another goal bird for me. (The thumb is still alive, BTW!) Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu Website: http://www.marieread.com ***NEW BOOK by Marie Read!*** Mastering Bird Photography: The Art, Craft, and Technique of Photographing Birds and Their Behavior https://rockynook.com/shop/photography/mastering-bird-photography/?REF=101/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Red-winged Blackbird
Had a single adult male at the feeders yesterday. -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Rd Burdett, NY 14818 42.443508000, -76.758202000 "Create and Conserve Habitat" -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
