RBA * New York * Syracuse * November 25, 2013 * NYSY 11. 25. 13 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
November 18, 2013 - November 25, 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:November 25 AT 2:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #370 Monday November 25, 2013 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of November 18, 2013 Highlights: ----------- RED-THROATED LOON GLOSSY IBIS WHITE-FACED IBIS KING EIDER RED-SHOULDERED HAWK ICELAND GULL GLAUCOUS GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL SNOWY OWL RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD RUSTY BLACKBIRD ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 11/19: Both the GLOSSY and the WHITE-FACED IBIS were relocated at the Visitor’s Center but have not been reported since. Onondaga County ------------ 11/23: A late RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD was reported at a feeder in the south part of Syracuse. It has been present through 11/23. 11/24: A SNOWY OWL was reported at Hancock Airport. A late ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK has been visiting a feeder on Sunview Drive in Elbridge. Cayuga County ------------ 11/23: An Onondaga Audubon field trip to Fairhaven State Park turned up numerous waterfowl highlighted by RED-THROATED LOON, GLAUCOUS GULL and KING EIDER. Oswego County ------------ 11/23: An ICELAND GULL was seen at Derby Hill. 11/24: One LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and two ICELAND GULLS were seen at Derby Hill. 11/25: A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was seen near a feeder in Constantia. Oneida County ------------ 11/25: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was observed at a residence in Durhamville. -- 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/ --
