RBA * New York * Syracuse * February 25, 2013 * NYSY 02. 25. 13 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): February 18, 2013 - February 25, 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 25 AT 5:30 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #343 -Monday February 25, 2013 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of February 18 , 2013 Highlights: -----------
TUFTED DUCK SURF SCOTER ICELAND GULL SHORT-EARED OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE AMERICAN PIPIT BOHEMIAN WAXWING LAPLAND LONGSPUR EVENING GROSBEAK HOARY REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 2/21: 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen from VanDyne Spoor Road. 10 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen from Morgan Road 2/24: 7 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen from Morgan Road. 3 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen from East Road. Jefferson County ------------ 40 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen at Point Peninsula. Onondaga County ------------ 2/19: At least 1 LAPLAND LONGSPUR continues with HORNED LARKS on East Sorrell Hill Road south of Connors Road. One was seen again on 2/21. 2/20: An AMERICAN PIPIT continues at the Carpenters Brook Fish Hatchery near Elbridge. It was found again on 2/22. 2/22: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at the corner of Emerick and Babcock Roads near Beaver Lake Nature Center. 2/23: 15 BALD EAGLES were seen on the ice at Cross Lake from Farnham Road in Memphis. 2/24: 6 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were spotted along the Erie Canal in Kirkville. EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Shakahm Road although they may have been in Cortland County. Oswego County ------------ 2/22: 43 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen in Oswego at the north end of County Rt.57. 2/23: The female TUFTED DUCK was relocated west (south) of Oswego Harbor near the SUNY Campus. A SURF SCOTER and an ICELAND GULL were seen in the Harbor. Madison County ------------ 2/24: COMMON REDPOLLS plus a HOARY REDPOLL were seen at a feeder on Paradise Hill Road. At least 200 COMMON REDPOLLS and 30 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at a feeder on Carpenter Road. 2 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS were seen near New Woodstock. Cayuga County ------------ 2/23: A BARRED OWL was seen at Fairhaven State Park. -- 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/ --
