RBA * New York * Syracuse * January 07, 2013 * NYSY 01. 07. 13 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): December 31, 2012 - January 07, 2013 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:January 07 AT 6:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #336 -Monday January 07, 2013 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of December 31 , 2012 Highlights: -----------
TRUMPETER SWAN TUNDRA SWAN RED-SHOULDERED HAWK GOLDEN EAGLE MERLIN PEREGRINE FALCON BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON ICELAND GULL GLAUCOUS GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER EASTERN PHOEBE NORTHERN SHRIKE TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE BOHEMIAN WAXWING EASTERN TOWHEE LAPLAND LONGSPUR EASTERN TOWHEE RUSTY BLACKBIRD EVENING GROSBEAK PINE GROSBEAK Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ No reports this week. Madison County ------------ 12/31: 12 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Dr. Coon Lane in Deruyter. They were seen again the next day. 1/1: 3 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were seen on Delphi Road south of Cazenovia. 1/2: 3 LAPLAND LONGSPURS, 80 SNOW BUNTINGS, 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS and 1 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD were seen on Bruce Road in the Town of Lincoln. I ICELAND GULL was seen at the Madison County landfill on Buyea Road. 1/3: 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS and a MERLIN were seen at the Bruce Road location. 1/5: 400 SNOW BUNTINGS, 22 HORNED LARKS and 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen on Strain Road in the Town of Stockbridge. Oswego County ------------ 12/31: An EASTERN PHOEBE was seen on Lakeshore Road south of Fulton. 1/1: 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen on Rainbow Shores Road. An ICELAND GULL was seen from Derby Hill. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Sherman Road. 1/3: PINE GROSBEAKS and EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on North Church Road in Boylston. 1/4: An adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen in Fulton. 3 ICELAND and 1 GLAUCOUS GULLS were seen in Phoenix. 1/5: 9 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen on Tryon Road. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen at Wright’s Landing at the Oswego Harbor. Onondaga County ------------ 1/2: An adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was again found on East Sorrell Hill Road south of Conners Road south of Baldwinsville. 1/4: 54 TUNDRA SWANS were seen flying over Skaneateles Lake. A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was seen on the Erie Canal Trail between MacDonald and Laird Roads in the Town of Peru. 1/5: 5 TRUMPETER SWANS and 3 FISH CROWS were seen at the Marina on Onondaga Lake in Liverpool. 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen on Chatfield Road south of Elbridge. Also in Elbridge an EASTERN TOWHEE has been frequenting feeders on Sunview Road. The RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was again seen on East Sorrell Hill Road in Baldwinsville. A GRAY CATBIRD was seen on Andrews Road in Dewitt. 1/6: 1 adult and 3 immature continue on the Creekwalk between Bear Street and Hiawatha Boulevard on Onondaga Creek near Carousel Center. 6 TUNDRA SWANS were seen at the Marina in Liverpool. 1/7: The RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was again seen on East Sorrell Hill Road south of Baldwinsville. Also found at a feeder there was an immature WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. A pair of PEREGRINE FALCONS were spotted in downtown Syracuse. Oneida County ------------ 1/5: A NORTHERN SHRIKE and a PEREGRINE FALCON were seen on Jug Point Road east on Sylvan Beach. Cortland County ------------ 1/5: A GOLDEN EAGLE was found on West Bennett Hollow Road in the Town of Preble. Extralimital ------------ The TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE was positively reported twice this week at Sampson State Park on the east side of Seneca Lake in Seneca County. It is being seen in the same spot near the green gate at the north end of East Lake Road. -- end report Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, -- 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/ --
