NNYBirds: Syracuse RBA
Subject: NNYBirds: Syracuse RBA
From: Joseph Brin
Date: Mon, Feb 6, 2012, 6:54 PM
RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* February 06, 2012
* NYSY 02.06.12
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
January 30, 2012 - February 06, 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:February 06 AT 7:30 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#291 -Monday February 06, 2012
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of
January 30 , 2012
Highlights:
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RED -THROATED LOON
WESTERN GREBE (Extralimital)
TUNDRA SWAN
NORTHERN HARRIER
TURKEY VULTURE
ICELAND GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
SNOWY OWL
NORTHERN SHRIKE
FISH CROW
BOHEMIAN WAXWING
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL
COMMON REDPOLL
PINE SISKIN
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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2/6: NORTHERN HARRIERS were seen at the Visitor’s Center and May’s Point.
Onondaga County
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SNOWY OWLS were reported at Syracuse’s Hancock Airport again this week, mostly from the Corregidor Road area but also from Malden Road south of the airport. Also being seen was a dark phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK.
1/31: CANVASBACK and RED HEAD ducks were seen in Skaneateles Lake from the village.
2/1: 9 species of waterfowl including GREEN-WINGED TEAL and CANVASBACK were seen at the mouth of Nine Mile Creek on Onondaga Lake. 10 FISH CROWS were found at the Marina in Liverpool.
2/2: A NORTHERN HARRIER was seen on Maple Road in the Town of Clay. A TURKEY VULTURE and a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER were found in the fields east of 60 Road at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville.
2/4: PINE SISKINS were seen on Shakham Road near the Cortland County line.
2/6: A YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER and a NORTHERN SHRIKE were seen in the fields east of 60 Road in the Three Rivers WMA.
Madison County
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2/1: 7 ICELAND GULLS and 1 GLAUCOUS GULL were seen at the Madison County Landfill.
2/6: A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and a NORTHERN SHRIKE were spotted at the Chickadee Hill Wildlife Sanctuary in Erieville.
Oswego County
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2/3: 5 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were found on North Church Road in Boylston.
2/5: WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were again seen on North Church Road along with PINE SISKINS. On Wart Road a NORTHERN SHRIKE wass found. 20 COMMON REDPOLLS were found at Selkirk Shores State Park.
2/6: At Derby Hill a RED-THROATED LOON was seen from the overlook and a NORTHERN SHRIKE was spotted south of Rt.104-B near Sage Creek Road.
Extralimital
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A WESTERN GREBE has been seen through the week from Stewart Park at the south end of Cayuga Lake near Ithaca.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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