RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* March 08, 2010
* NYSY 0803.10
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
March 01, 2009 - March 08, 2010
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:March 08 AT 6:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#195 -Monday March 08, 2010
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of March 01 ,
2009
Highlights:
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NORTHERN SHOVELER
CANVASBACK
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
PEREGRINE FALCON
KILLDEER
ICELAND GULL
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
NORTHERN HAWK OWL (Extralimital)
NORTHERN SHRIKE
COMMON RAVEN
CAROLINA WREN
FOX SPARROW
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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No reports this week.
Migrants seen this week
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TURKEY VULTURE
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
RED-TAILED HAWK
NORTHERN SHOVELER
RUSTY BLACKBIRD
COMMON GRACKLE
KILLDEER
Onondaga County
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At Baldwinsville on the Seneca River GLAUCOUS GULL, ICELAND GULL, and
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were seen up to 3/7. None of these species were found
today
3/1: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Rt.80 east of Fabius.
3/2: The Beaver Lake Nature Center was seen this day and on 3/5.
3/3: 2 NORTHERN SHOVELERS were seen alon the Erie Canal Trail On Shapp
Road near the Peru Bridge. PEREGRINE FALCON activity was seen on the webcam.
3/5: A RUSTY BLACKBIRD was seen along the Erie anal Trail near the Peru
bridge.
3/7: 12 species of waterfowl were seen on Onondaga Lake from the Nine Mile
Creek inlet. Highlights were CANVASBACK, REDHEAD, both SCAUP species and SWAN
species.
Oswego County
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3/3: A CANVASBACK and an ICELAND GULL were seen on Oneida Lake in
Brewerton. A COMMON RAVEN was seen at Selkirk Shores State Park. A NORTHERN
SHRIKE Awas seen on Halsey Road in Mexico.
Madison County
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3/3: A PINE SISKIN continues to come to a feeder in Erieville.
Herkimer County
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3/8: A FOX SPARROW is still frequenting a feeder near Cedar Lake.
Derby Hill
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This is the first week of official Hawk counting at Derby Hill. Only three
species, TURKEY VULTURE, NORTHERN GOSHAWK, and RED-TAILED HAWK were deemed to
be true migrants. The new Hawk counter is Seth Cutright. Stop up and say hi.
Extralimital
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The IVORY GULL discovered at Rouse’s Point on Lake Champlain in Clinton
County has not been seen since 3/2. The NORTHERN HAWK OWL being seen in
Champlain, also Clinton County, was last reported on 3/6.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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