RBA * New York * Syracuse * November 7, 2011 * NYSY 11.07.11 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): October 31, 2010 - November 7, 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:November 7 AT 7:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #278 -Monday November 7, 2011 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of October 31 , 2011 Highlights: -----------
TRUMPETER SWAN CACKLING GOOSE GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE ROSS’S GOOSE EURASIAN WIGEON GOLDEN EAGLE SANDHILL CRANE LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER ICELAND GULL NORTHERN SHRIKE CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 11/1: A drake EURASIAN WIGEON was found in the Main Pool looking from the spillway. 11/4: 9 TRUMPETER SWANS and 11 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen in Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 13 SANDHILL CRANED were found in Puddler’s Marsh. 11/6: A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was spotted in Knox-Marsellus Marsh. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was found on VanDyne Spoor Road. 11/7: A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE and a ROSS’S GOOSE were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. Onondaga County ------------ 11/2: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen in a pond on private property in the Town of Pompey. 11/7: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen in the fields opposite the Eagle’s Nest at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. Oneida County ------------ 11/4: A late CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER was spotted in Camden at a private residence. Oswego County ------------ 11/5: 8 species of Raptor including ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and GOLDEN EAGLE were seen migrating from Bishop Hill Road northe of Pulaski. Madison County ------------ 11/5: AN ICELAND GULL was found at the Madison County Landfill. 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/ --
