Sorry, I forgot to mention the male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD is still coming to a feeder on Pendergast Road in Phoenix (Onondaga County)
----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Joseph Brin <brinjos...@yahoo.com> To: Cayugabirds <CAYUGABIRDS-L@cornell.edu> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 5:40 PM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA RBA * New York * Syracuse * December 10, 2012 * NYSY 12.10.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): December 03, 2012 - December 10, 2012 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:December 10 AT 5:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #332 -Monday December 10, 2012 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of November 26 , 2012 Highlights: ----------- BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON TUNDRA SWAN CACKLING GOOSE PEREGRINE FALCON SANDHILL CRANE ICELAND GULL GLAUCOUS GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD RED-HEADED WOODPECKER TOWNSEND’S SOLIRAIRE (Extralimital) BOHEMIAN WAXWING AUDUBON’S (YELLOW-RUMPED) WARBLER WILSON’S WARBLER WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW RED CROSSBILL EVENING GROSBEAK COMMON REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 12/7: 400 TUNDRA SWANS and 22 SANDHILL CRANES were seen from East Road. Jefferson County ------------ 12/4: 20 TUNDRA SWANS were seen near Wellesley Island. Onondaga County ------------ 12/4: The AUDUBON’S WARBLER was again seen along Onondaga Creek near Carousel Center on the other side of the creek from the Creekwalk. Also seen were a number of Eastern YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS. The juvenile BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was also relocated along Onondaga Creek between Bear Road and Hiawatha Boulevard. 12/6: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen on Pleasant Valley Road east of Marcellus. 12/7: The late WILSON’S WARBLER was again seen on the Creek Walk north of Hiwatha Boulevard. A small group of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS were also seen. 12/8: Over 100 COMMON REDPOLLS, 4 late WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS and a PEREGRINE FALCON were all seen in the Sorrell Hill area south of Baldwinsville. Oswego County ------------ 12/4: 3 RED CROSSBILLS and 4 COMMON REDPOLLS were seen at Derby Hill. 12/6: A BOHEMIAN WAXWING was seen on County Rt.6 south of Rt.104 near Mexico. 12/8: 6 COMMON REDPOLLS were at a feeder in Mexico. Madison County ------------ 12/6:1 GLAUCOUS, 1 ICELAND and 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were all noted at the Madison County Landfill on Buyea Road along with large numbers of the common gulls. COMMON REDPOLLS were seen near the landfill. EVENING GROSBEAKS, COMMON REDPOLLS and a rare in winter RED-HEADED WOODPECKER were noted at a feeder on Carpenter Road near DeRuyter. 12/7: The GLAUCOUS, ICELAND and LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were again located at the Madison County Landfill. Also noted was a possible THAYER’S GULL. Oneida County ------------ 12/8: A single PINE GROSBEAK was seen atop a tree in Holland Patent. Extralimital ------------ 12/9: A TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE was found at Sampson State Park off of Rt. 96A on the east side of Seneca Lake south of Geneva in Seneca County. The bird was relocated and seen by many birders today also. More specific instructions to the location are as follows. To get there, Google: Sampson State Park. You will drive into the park entrance (Sampson State Park Rd.) heading due West. You will encounter a large rotary. Take this around to the "third exit", basically, continue heading due West. Take this to the end of the roadway to the T-intersection with East Lake Road. Make a right-hand turn onto East Lake Road. Drive almost one mile North, to the point where you can see Seneca Lake to the North, beyond a green gate and residential houses outside of the Park. Pull over and walk around the area to the South of the green gate; especially the area about 200-300 feet South of the green gate. -- end report Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- 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/ --
