RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* February 08, 2010
* NYSY 0802.10
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
February 01, 2009 - February 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:February 08 AT 2:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#191 -Monday February 01, 2010
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 25
, 2009
Highlights:
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ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
MERLIN
GREAT HORNED OWL
HAWK OWL (Extralimital)
NORTHERN SHRIKE
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
SONG SPARROW
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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2/1: A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen from the Knox-Marcellus lookout on East
Road
2/2: 5 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS were seen on Howland Island.
Onondaga County
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The YELLOW THROATED WARBLER found is Syracuse three weeks ago was not
seen this week. The last positive sighting was on January 31.
2/5: 2 GREAT HORNED OWLS were heard hooting at Baltimore Woods Nature
Center.
2/6: 26 species of birds were found on Pleasant Valley Road east of
Marcellus. Highlights were PILEATED WOODPECKER, SONG SPARROW, and BLUEBIRD.
2/7: A MERLIN was spotted in Baldwinsville on the island below the dam.
Oswego County
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2/5: NORTHERN SHRIKES were spotted on Hogs Back road in Hastings and Morey
Road in West Monroe.
Extralimital
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2/6: The NORTHERN HAWK OWL in Champlain was seen on Prospect Street.
Champlain is in Clinton County close to the Canadian border.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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ARCHIVES:
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2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html
3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds
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