RBA * New York * Syracuse * October 31, 2011 * NYSY 10:31.11 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): October 24, 2010 - October 31, 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:October 31 AT 7:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #277 -Monday October 31, 2011 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of October 24 , 2011 Highlights: -----------
YELLOW-BILLED LOON (Extralimital) AMERICAN BITTERN AMERICAN AVOCET HUDSONIAN GODWIT GOLDEN EAGLE LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER RED PHALAROPE PARASITIC JAEGER LITTLE GULL BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 10/27: This was the last positive report of the AMERICAN AVOCET at Puddler’s Marsh. 10/28:A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was relocated at the Visitor’s Center. It has remained all week and was reported today again. 5 SANDHILL CRANES were observed from East Road. 10/29: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen flying at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was found at Knox-Marsellus and May’s Point Pool. A ROSS’S GOOSE was seen in Puddler’s Marsh.LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER and numerous DUNLIN were seen at the Visitor’s Center. Oswego County ------------ 10/26: 7 PARASITIC JAEGERS, 5 BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKES, a RED PHALAROPE, and a LITTLE GULL were all seen at Derby Hill. 10/30: A late AMERICAN BITTERN was seen at the wet area on Co. Rt. 6 north of Co. Rt. 3 in the Town of Volnay. A FOS ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen west of Oswego on Rt. 104A. Onondaga County ------------ 10/27: A large flock of BRANT was seen flying over the Warners area. Since then then they have been seen at Fair Haven and Oswego. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was found off 60 R. in the Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 10/28: A YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was found on Potter Road at the THREE RIVERS WMA. Extralimital ------------ 10/30: A YELLOW-BILLED LOON was seen flying west on Lake Ontario from Broadway Road in the Town of Walcott, Wayne County. No new reports have been submitted. 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 http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
