RBA * New York * Syracuse * February 18, 2013 * NYSY 02. 18. 13 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): February 11, 2013 - February 18, 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:February 18 AT 6:30 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #342 -Monday February 18, 2013 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of February 11 , 2013 Highlights: -----------
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON SMEW (Extralimital) TUFTED DUCK SURF SCOTER NORTHERN HARRIER ICELAND GULL GLAUCOUS GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL NORTHERN SHRIKE TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE(Extralimital) BOHEMIAN WAXWING HOARY REDPOLL GREATER REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ No reports this week. Onondaga County ------------ 2/12: ICELAND and LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were seen at the inner Harbor in Syracuse. 2/15: NORTHERN SHRIKES were seen at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville and on East Mud Lake Road north on Beaver Lake Nature Center. 2/16: A single BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen on the Creekwalk on Onondaga Creek near Carousel Center in Syracuse. SNOW GEESE were seen on an Onondaga Audubon field trip to Beaver Lake Nature Center. Madison County ------------ 2/12: HOARY and GREATER REDPOLLS were seen in a large flock of Common Redpolls at a feeder on Carpenter Road east of DeRuyter. They were reported again on 2/14. Oswego County ------------ 2/13: The female TUFTED DUCK was relocated at Oswego Harbor. The last positive report was on 2/16. Also seen was one ICELAND GULL and two GLAUCOUS GULLS. 50+ BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were spotted at the corner of Rt.57 and Great Bear Road north of Phoenix. 2/16: A flock of 80+ BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS (probably the same group seen for over a week) were seen at Great Bear Recreation Area off of Rt. 57 north of Phoenix. Cayuga County ------------ 2/11: 15 species of waterfowl and a NORTHERN HARRIER were the highlights of a trip to Fairhaven State Park. Extralimital ------------ The last positive sighting of the TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE being seen at Sampson State Park on the east side of Seneca Lake was on 2/5. 2/16: An extremely rare sighting of a female type SMEW was reported from Lisbon Beach on the Saint Lawrence River eight miles east of Ogdensburg in Saint Lawrence County. Unfortunately by the time other birders were able to arrive the bird had moved on. Luckily photos were taken. -- end report 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/ --
