RBA * New York * Syracuse * January 20, 2014 * NYSY 01. 20. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
January 13, 2013 - January 20, 2014 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 13 AT 6:30 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #378 Monday January 14, 2014 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 13, 2014 Highlights: ----------- RED-NECKED GREBE WOOD DUCK KING EIDER GOLDEN EAGLE GLAUCOUS GULL ICELAND GULL SNOWY OWL SAW-WHET OWL YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ No reports this week. Onondaga County ------------ 1/13: A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at the Inner Harbor in Syracuse near Carousel Center. A female WOOD DUCK continues to be seen with Mallards in Skaneateles near the Creekside Bookstore. 1/15: 4 ICELAND GULLS, 2 GLAUCOUS GULLS and 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were seen from the end of the Creecwalk on Onondaga Creek near Carousel Center. 1/16: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Lamson Road near Prine Road in the Town of Lysander. 1/17: 3 ICELAND GULLS were seen at Vincent Corners Road south of Rt. 80 east of Tully. 1/19: 2 GOLDEN EAGLES were seen in flight on Bockes Road near Borodino south of Skaneateles. A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen at Ten Mile Point on Skaneateles Lake. 1/20: A SAW-WHET OWL continues to be seen on the Bog Trail at Beaver Lake Nature Center west of Baldwinsville. Oswego County ------------ A female KING EIDER was again seen in Oswego, this time near the International Marina Pier. Jefferson County ------------ 1/13: 34 YELLOW0RUMPED WARBLERS were seen in red ceders at Stony Point. 3 ICELAND GULLS, 1 GLAUCOUS GULL and 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were all seen at a farm on State Route 193. Cayuga County ------------ 1/15: A SNOWY OWL was seen on the breakwall at Fair Haven State Park. Another,perhaps the same bird, was seen on 1/18. -- end report -- 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/ --
