RBA * New York * Syracuse * January 28, 2013 * NYSY 01. 28. 13 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): January 21, 2013 - January 28, 2013 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:January 28 AT 6:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #339 -Monday January 28, 2013 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 21 , 2013 Highlights: -----------
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON NORTHERN GOSHAWK RED-TAILED HAWK - Dark Form ICELAND GULL GLAUCOUS GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL GREAT-GRAY OWL (Extralimital) NORTHERN SHRIKE TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE (Extralimital) EASTERN TOWHEE LAPLAND LONGSPUR EVENING GROSBEAK HOARY REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ No reports this week. Madison County ------------ 1/22: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was hunting at a feeder in Erieville. 1/23: The following birds were observed at a feeder on Carpenter Road near DeRuyter although not all on this day. 3 HOARY REDPOLLS, 80 EVENING GROSBEAKS, 1 EASTERN TOWHEE, PINE SISKINS and RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. 1/25: A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was in the Carpenter Road feeder area. 17 EVENING GROSBEAKS and a HOARY REDPOLL were at a feeder on Dr. Coon Lane near the DeRuyter Reservoir. Onondaga County ------------ 1/23: 2 AMERICAN PIPITS, 100+ HORNED LARKS and at least 10 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen on a manure spread on Conners Road between Canton Street and East Sorrell Hill Road south of Baldwinsville. A lone SNOW BUNTING was seen with the group in 1/24. The HORNED LARKS and LAPLAND LONGSPURS continued through Saturday but the PIPITS and SNOW BUNTING could not be relocated. A YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was seen in Marcellus. 1/25: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was at a feeder in Phoenix. 3 GLAUCOUS GULLS, 1 ICELAND GULL and 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were seen at the Inner Harbor. 1/27: The 4 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS continue to be seen along the Creekwalk between Bear Street and Hiawatha Boulevard near Carousel Center. 1/28: 15 BALD EAGLES were seen from the end of the Creekwalk at Carousel Center. Oswego County ------------ 1/23: Only 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at a feeder on North Church Road in Boylston where many more have been seen in past weeks. Extralimital: ------------ The Sampson State Park TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE was seen on 1/24 and 1/27 this week. The park is off of Rt. 96B south of Geneva on Seneca Lake. 1/27: A GREAT GRAY OWL was reported from Massena in Robert Moses State Park ( not the one on Long Island). It was seen on the campground Road. The bird was not relocated today but the park was closed. -- end report Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
