February 17-20, 2012 St. Lawrence Valley & Adirondacks (St. Lawrence,
Hamilton, Franklin, and Essex Counties)
The record warm winter this year is truly alarming. Some of the unusual
results in northern NY: a lot of open water; lack of snow; intermittent rain
nearly every week, springtails (sno
A quick stop at the Erie Basin Marina at 5:20 pm yielded:
1 Black-legged Kittiwake - seen yesterday by Jim Pawlicki, the bird was on
one of the docks across from the condos on the marina. The small size,
dark smudge behind the eye and dark collar were easily seen.
100+ Ring-billed Gulls
2nd winter Iceland Gull along roadside north of Dune Rd., several DCCO. @
Shinnecock Inlet , 2 Red-throat loons, 4 C. Eiders about noon today.
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I took a group out on a boat through Rockaway inlet yesterday and
into NY Harbor and Jamaica Bay to see what's been around. We saw
most expected species and had a great time enhanced by the nice
weather.
species of note seen
Razorbill,
Gannet
Grea
The stiff NNE wind was an impediment to my President's Day attempts at
seeing the various continuing rarities in Queens and Kings counties.
But the day did get off to a good start with the drake BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
in position on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay when I arrived ~6:55. I spent
10 minutes
RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* February 20, 2012
* NYSY 02.20.12
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
February 13, 2012 - February 20, 2012
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands Complex
I had a Goshawk today at 3:00PM on the Dutchess County side just north of 199,
right where the bridge starts.
Jim Clinton Jr.
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Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:48:31
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"Im glad youve come." (c) Keymon webchin
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