RBA * New York* Syracuse* December 29, 2014* NYSY 12. 29. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):December 22, 2014 - December 29, 2014to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortlandcompiled: December 29 AT 5:00 p.m. (EST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #423 Monday December 29, 2014 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of December 22, 2014 Highlights:----------- CACKLING GOOSEGREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSESANDHILL CRANEICELAND GULLLESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLSAW-WHET OWLSHORT-EARED OWLSNOWY OWLNORTHERN SHRIKEHERMIT THRUSHORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERYELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERCHIPPING SPARROWEVENING GROSBEAKCOMMON REDPOLLPINE SISKIN
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)------------ 12/23: 45 SANDHILL CRANES and 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen at Puddler’s Marsh. 12/26: A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE and a CACKLING GOOSE were seen in Knox-marsellus Marsh. 12/28: A CACKLING GOOSE was again seen in Knox-Marsellus Marsh. Onondaga County------------ 12/23: The SAW-WHET OWL was again seen at Beaver Lake Nature Center but has been invisible since. 12/26: A COMMON REDPOLL was heard flying over the Beaver Lake Nature Center area. 12/27: 2 SNOWY OWLS were seen at Hancock Airport. SNOW GEESE numbering in the the thousands were seen in flight in the Town of Van Buren near Baldwinsville. 12/28: A CHIPPING SPARROW was seen for two days at a feeder in Skaneateles. Madison County------------ 12/25: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Preston Hill Road near Hamilton. 12/26: EVENING GROSBEAKS and PINE SISKINS continue to visit a feeder on Carpenter Road near Sheds. 12/27: 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and 2 ICELAND GULLS were seen at the Madison County Landfill. Oneida County------------ 12/26: 4 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen again at the intersection of Rt.31 and Miller Road near Durhamville. 12/28: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Jug Point Road near Verona Beach. Oswego County------------ 12/26: An ICELAND GULL was seen in Oswego Harbor. 12/28: 13 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS and 2 HERMIT THRUSHES were seen at Rice Creek Field Station in Oswego. A SNOWY OWL was seen at the Oswego county Airport. Herkimer County------------ 12/27: 3 SHORT-EARED OWLS were found on Cronkhite Road south of St. Johnsville. Jefferson County------------ 12/26: An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was found at the Lakeview WMA near Wescott Beach State Park. SNOWY OWLS were seen on Rt. 11 near Philadelphia, Dog Hill Road and Sacketts Harbor Battlefield. -- end report Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, 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/ --
