RBA * New York * Syracuse * December 27, 2010 * NYSY 2712.10 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): December 20, 2009 - December 27, 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:December 27 AT 5:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #236 -Monday December 27, 2010 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of December 20 , 2010 Highlights: -----------
TUNDRA SWAN KING EIDER (Extralimital) HARLEQUIN DUCK BARROW’S GOLDENEYE NORTHERN GOSHAWK GLAUCOUS GULL NORTHERN SHRIKE COMMON RAVEN TOWNSEND’S SOLATAIRE BOHEMIAN WAXWING WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW LAPLAND LONGSPUR EVENING GROSBEAK COMMON REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ No reports this week. Onondaga County ------------ 12/21: 3 COMMON REDPOLLS were seen at a feeder in Marcellus. 12/23: 2 male HARLEQUIN DUCKS were found at the fisherman’s access area near the State Fairgrounds on Onondaga Lake. They were still present on the 24th. but efforts to find them on the 25th. and after have been unsuccessful. 12/25: 8 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen at the intersection of Verplank and Bennet Roads near Great Northern Mall. A second winter GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at the Marina near Liverpool on Onondaga Lake. 11 TUNDRA SWANS were seen at the mouth of Nine Mine Creek on Onondaga Lake. 12/26: 1 COMMON REDPOLL was at a feeder in Fayetteville. A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was at a feeder in Syracuse. 12/27: A COMMON RAVEN was seen flying over the Fayetteville area. Madison County ------------ 12/21: A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen at a feeder in Erieville. 12/24: 2 COMMON REDPOLLS and 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen on Hunt Road in DeRuyter. A small group of EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Carpenter Road and a group of 50 or more EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Paradise Hill Road, both near DeRuyter. 12/25: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen near a feeder in Erieville. 12/26: A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen flying near Erieville. 12/27: 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen with Snow Buntings and Horned Larks on Strain Road near Munnsville. Oneida Lake ------------ 12 27: 11 COMMON REDPOLLS were at a feeder in Durhamville. Jefferson County ------------ 12/20: A very rare TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE was found on State Park Road just off of Co. Rt. 57 on Point Peninsula. It has been very cooperative for the many visitors going to see it during the week and was seen today. It has been feeding on juniper berries which are very common in the area. Also seen nearby during the week were BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS and both a male and female BARROW’S GOLDENEYE. Extralimital ------------ 12/27: The male KING EIDER found originally at Meyer’s Point north of Ithaca on Cayuga Lake is still being seen closer to Ithaca. Initially refound at Stewart Park at the southernmost part of the lake, today it was seen Treman Marina Park just west of Stewart Park. --end transcript -- 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 ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --