RBA * New York * Syracuse * February 13, 2012 * NYSY 02.13.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): February 06, 2012 - February 13, 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 13 AT 6:30 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #292 -Monday February 13, 2012 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of February 06 , 2012 Highlights: -----------
WESTERN GREBE (Extralimital) BARROW’S GOLDENEYE ICELAND GULL PEREGRINE FALCON LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL SNOWY OWL RUSTY BLACKBIRD PURPLE FINCH COMMON REDPOLL PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ No reports this week. Jefferson County ------------ 2/11: A female BARROW’S GOLDENEYE was seen in the St. Lawrence River at Grass Point State Park near Alexandria Bay. Onondaga County ------------ The SNOWY OWLS being seen at Syracuse’s Hancock Airport were last reported on 2/10. 2/11: 8 PURPLE FINCHES were seen at the Beaver Lake Nature Center feeding station. 2/13: A migrant flock of Icterids including COMMON GRACKLES and RUSTY BLACKBIRDS was seen on Rt.173 in the Town of Camillus. Madison County ------------ 2/7: At the Madison County landfill 4 ICELAND GULLS and 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were seen 2/12: At the Madison County landfill 4 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were seen. Also seen was a PEREGRINE FALCON which didn’t do much for gull watching. Oswego County ------------ 2/8: 50 COMMON REDPOLLS and heard only PINE SISKINS were found at the Selkirk east Trail. Extralimital: 2/11: The 2 WESTERN GREBES reported last week were last seen this day on the east shore of Cayuga Lake from Fire Lane 19 north of Union Springs. 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/ --
