RBA * New York * Syracuse * February 03, 2014 * NYSY 02. 03. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
January 27, 2013 - February 03, 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: February 03 AT 6:30 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #380 Monday February 03, 2014 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 20, 2014 Highlights: ----------- RED-NECKED GREBE TURKEY VULTURE GLAUCOUS GULL ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL SNOWY OWL PEREGRINE FALCON NORTHERN SHRIKE GRAY CATBIRD EASTERN TOWHEE RUSTY BLACKBIRD Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ No reports this week. Onondaga County ------------ 1/28: A GRAY CATBIRD and an EASTERN TOWHEE were found at Carpenter’s Brook Fish Hatchery in Elbridge. 1/30: 2 EASTERN TOWHEES were found at the Fish Hatchery. 1/31: A GLAUCOUS GULL wasa found at Green Lakes State Park. 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS were spotted in downtown Syracuse. A SNOWY OWL was seen at Hancock Airport. 2/1: 6 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were seen along the Erie Canal Trail at the north end of Shaap Road east of Jordan. A TURKEY VULTURE was seen in Fayetteville. 2/2: 16 ICELAND GULLS, 4 GLAUCOUS GULLS and 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were seen at the Inner Harbor at Kirkpatrick Street in Syracuse. Also seen was a NELSON’S GULL which is a hybrid of HERRING and GLAUCOUS GULLS. 2/3: 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED and 6 ICELAND GULLS were seen at the Inner Harbor. Also seen was a RED-NECKED GREBE. Madison County ------------ 1/29: 2 SNOWY OWLS were seen near the Fenner Wind Farm. 1/30: A GLAUCOUS GULL and 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were seen at the Madison County Landfill. 1/31 : A NORTHERN SHRIKE was spotted in Erieville. 2/1: A MERLIN was seen on Ditchbank Road northwest of Canastota. 2/2: A SNOWY OWL was seen at the Sky Hihg Sod Farm north of Chittenango. An ICELAND GULL was found on Ditchbank Road. Oswego County ------------ 1/30: A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was seen near Hastings. 1/31: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen in Fulton. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was found on Co. Rt. 62 north of Pulaski. Herkimer County ------------ 2/2: 2 SNOWY OWLS were seen from Rt.29 near Fairfield. Cayuga County ------------ 2/2: 3 TRUMPETER SWANS and 59 MUTE SWANS were noted at Fair Haven State Park. -- 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/ --
