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* New York * Syracuse * November 03, 2014 * NYSY 11. 03. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): October 27, 2014 - November 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: November 03 AT 6:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #415 Monday November 03, 2014 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of October 27, 2014 Highlights: ----------- EARED GREBE IBIS sp. ROSS’S GOOSE CACKLING GOOSE SANDHILL CRANE GPLDEN EAGLE PURPLE SANDPIPER WHITE-EYED VIREO Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ Shorebird numbers were definitely down this week. Only nine species were noted. They were: SANDERLING, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, DUNLIN and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. 10/29: 49 SANDHILL CRANES were counted at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. An EARED GREBE was again seen along the Wildlife Drive. 10/30: 3 ROSS’S GEESE were noted at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 2 IBIS (species not yet determined) were seen at Eaton Marsh on the Wildlife Drive. 10/31: The EARED GREBE was again seen along the Wildlife Drive but has not been reported since. 11/2: The two INIS were again seen at Eaton Marsh. Up to 60 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. Nearly that number were noted today also. Oswego County ------------ 10/30: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen on Chesboro Road west of Central Square. 11/1: 2 GOLDEN EAGLES were seen from Bishop Road north of Pulaski. 11/2: A very rare for Region 5 WHITE-EYED VIREO made a brief appearance in the bushes at Derby Hill. There have been no reports since. Onondaga County ------------ 11/1: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen at Beaver Lake Nature Center. 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS were seen atop the Syracuse Savings Bank in downtown Syracuse. Cayuga County ------------ 11/3: 2 PURPLE SANDPIPERS were found along the break wall at Fair Haven State Park in their usual spot on the south side and at the end. They remained and were seen into late afternoon. -- 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/ --
