RBA * New York * Syracuse * December 16, 2013 * NYSY 12. 16. 13 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
December 09, 2013 - December 16, 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:December 16 AT 7:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #373 Monday December 16, 2013 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of December 09, 2013 Highlights: ----------- RED-SHOULDERED HAWK ICELAND GULL GLAUCOUS GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL SNOWY OWL SHORT-EARED OWL HERMIT THRUSH GRAY CATBIRD YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ No reports this week. Onondaga County ------------- 12/10: A SNOWY OWL was spotted at Hancock Airport. Three more were seen the next day. 12/13: 2 ICELAND and 1 GLAUCOUS GULL were seen at the Inner Harbor. 12/14: Highlights of the Syracuse CBC included HERMIT THRUSH, ICELAND GULL, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, MERLIN and PEREGRINE FALCON. Out of the circle a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK and a GRAY CATBIRD were seen on Sunview Drive in Elbridge. Madison County ------------ 12/11: 4 ICELAND, 1 GLAUCOUS and 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were found at the Madison County Landfill. 12/14: A SNOWY OWL was seen on Eatonbrook Road in the Town of Nelson. 12/15: A SNOWY OWL was seen on Peterboro Road south of Canastota. Oneida County ------------ 12/13: 5 SHORT-EARED OWLS were found at the intersection of Miller Road and Rt. 31. 4 were relocated the next day at the same location. Oswego county ------------ 12/16: 66 species were found on the Oswego Christmas Count. Highlights were RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, ICELAND GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, SNOWY OWL and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER. -- 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/ --
