RBA * New York * Syracuse * February 7, 2011 * NYSY 0702.11 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): January 31, 2010 - February 07, 2011 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 07 AT 7:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #242 -Monday February 07, 2011 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 31 , 2010 Highlights: -----------
TURKEY VULTURE ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK ICELAND GULL GLAUCOUS GULL BARRED OWL YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER COMMON REDPOLL HOARY REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ No reports this week. Onondaga County ------------ 2/2: 2 HOARY REDPOLLS were seen and photographed with the large group of Common Redpolls at Beaver Lake Nature Center west of Baldwinsville. 2/3: A BARRED OWL was found being harassed by a Flicker at Green Lakes State Park. 2/7: 6 BALD EAGLES were seen below the dam at the Seneca River in Baldwinsville. A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER continues on Connors Road at the intersection with Rt.31 west of Baldwinsville. A TURKEY VULTURE was seen in a tree on Foreward Road near Rt.174 north of Marcellus. Oswego County ------------ 2/4: 4 GLAUCOUS GULLS including one adult and 1 ICELAND GULL were found in Oswego Harbor. Oneida County ------------ 2/3: A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen and photographed on Town Line Road in the Town of Floyd near Rome. --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/ --