RBA * New York * Syracuse * February 06, 2012 * NYSY 02.06.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): January 30, 2012 - February 06, 2012 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 06 AT 7:30 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #291 -Monday February 06, 2012 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 30 , 2012 Highlights: -----------
RED -THROATED LOON WESTERN GREBE (Extralimital) TUNDRA SWAN NORTHERN HARRIER TURKEY VULTURE ICELAND GULL GLAUCOUS GULL SNOWY OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE FISH CROW BOHEMIAN WAXWING YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL COMMON REDPOLL PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 2/6: NORTHERN HARRIERS were seen at the Visitor’s Center and May’s Point. Onondaga County ------------ SNOWY OWLS were reported at Syracuse’s Hancock Airport again this week, mostly from the Corregidor Road area but also from Malden Road south of the airport. Also being seen was a dark phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK. 1/31: CANVASBACK and RED HEAD ducks were seen in Skaneateles Lake from the village. 2/1: 9 species of waterfowl including GREEN-WINGED TEAL and CANVASBACK were seen at the mouth of Nine Mile Creek on Onondaga Lake. 10 FISH CROWS were found at the Marina in Liverpool. 2/2: A NORTHERN HARRIER was seen on Maple Road in the Town of Clay. A TURKEY VULTURE and a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER were found in the fields east of 60 Road at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 2/4: PINE SISKINS were seen on Shakham Road near the Cortland County line. 2/6: A YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER and a NORTHERN SHRIKE were seen in the fields east of 60 Road in the Three Rivers WMA. Madison County ------------ 2/1: 7 ICELAND GULLS and 1 GLAUCOUS GULL were seen at the Madison County Landfill. 2/6: A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and a NORTHERN SHRIKE were spotted at the Chickadee Hill Wildlife Sanctuary in Erieville. Oswego County ------------ 2/3: 5 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were found on North Church Road in Boylston. 2/5: WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were again seen on North Church Road along with PINE SISKINS. On Wart Road a NORTHERN SHRIKE wass found. 20 COMMON REDPOLLS were found at Selkirk Shores State Park. 2/6: At Derby Hill a RED-THROATED LOON was seen from the overlook and a NORTHERN SHRIKE was spotted south of Rt.104-B near Sage Creek Road. Extralimital ------------ A WESTERN GREBE has been seen through the week from Stewart Park at the south end of Cayuga Lake near Ithaca. 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/ --
