RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* February 21, 2011
* NYSY 2102.11
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
February 14, 2010 - February 21, 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 21 AT 1:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#244 -Monday February 21, 2011
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of February
14
, 2010
Highlights:
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RED-THROATED LOON
TUNDRA SWAN
CANVASBACK
TURKEY VULTURE
NORTHERN HARRIER
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
PEREGRINE FALCON
COMMON SNIPE
EASTERN PHOEBE
NORTHERN SHRIKE
COMMON RAVEN
BOHEMIAN WAXWING
EVENING GROSBEAK
RUSTY BLACKBIRD
PURPLE FINCH
COMMON REDPOLL
GREATER (COMMON) REDPOLL
HOARY REDPOLL
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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2/18: 108 TUNDRA SWANS were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 34 more were at
the intersection of VanDyne Spoor and Savannah-Spring Lake Roads.
2/20: 7 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS were spotted on Carncross Road.
Onondaga County
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2/15: A TURKEY VULTURE was seen in Skaneateles. The behinning of
migration,
perhaps?
2/16: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen hunting in Oakwood Cemetary in Syracuse.
An early RUSTY BLACKBIRD was spotted in Tully. A COMMON RAVEN was heard at the
Three rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. Another was heard the next day.
2/17: An EASTERN PHOEBE was seen along the Charlie Major Nature Trail in
Skaneateles. At this date this bird probably has overwintered. A PURPLE FINCH
was heard singing in Pompey.
2/18: Three more TURKEY VULTURES were spotted flying over the Three Rivers
WMA in Baldwinsville.
2/19: A COMMON RAVEN was spotted on East Sorrell Hill Road in the Town of
Van Buren.
2/20: 40 EVENING GROSBEAKS were on Shakham Road near the Onondaga/Cortland
County line. Also spotted was a “GREATER” COMMON REDPOLL in with a large group
of COMMON REDPOLLS.
Oswego County
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2/16: NORTHERN SHRIKES were seen on Spaeth Road and Salisbury Road in the
Town of Mexico and Town of Richland area. At Oswego Harbor 5 waterfowl species
including CANVASBACK were seen.
2/17: A RED-THROATED LOON was found in the Oswego Harbor.
2/18: 2 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen flying over at Derby Hill. A NORTHERN
SHRIKE was spotted at the Sage Creek Road and Rt.104B intersection.
2/19: 5 species of migrating raptor including a NORTHERN GOSHAWK were seen
at Derby Hill.
2/20: A COMMON SNIPE continues near a Brewerton residence.
Madison County
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2/20: A HOARY REDPOLL was found with a group of COMMON REDPOLLS at Dr.Coon
Lane in DeRuyter. Nearby on Paradise Hill Road 40+ EVENING GROSBEAKS continue
at
a feeder.
Jefferson County
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2/20: An attempt to find the TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE on Point Peninsula was
unsuccessful.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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