RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* January 31, 2011
* NYSY 3101.11
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
January 24, 2010 - January 31, 2011
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 31 AT 4:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#241 -Monday January 31, 2011
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 24
, 2010
Highlights:
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COMMON LOON
TUNDRA SWAN
MERLIN
SCREECH OWL
BARRED OWL
TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE
BOHEMIAN WAXWING
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
COMMON REDPOLL
HOARY REDPOLL
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
1/28: 22 species were found on a walk at Howland Island WMA. Highlights
were SCREECH OWL, 2 BARRED OWLS, and 3 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS.
Onondaga County
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BALD EAGLES were in the news again this week with a front page spread in
the Sunday edition of the Syracuse Herald American. They are again collecting
in
numbers at the south end on Onondaga Lake near Carousel Mall. Another place to
try is the walking trail starting at the Inner Harbor parking area and walking
north toward Bear Street. Eagles are often in the trees along the creek.
1/25: 5 TUNDRA SWANS were in the Seneca River below the dam in
Baldwinsville.
1/29: 50 COMMON and 1 HOARY REDPOLL were seen on Shakham Road near the
Cortland County border. 19 TUNDRA SWANS were seen on Onondaga Lake at the mouth
of Nine Mile Creek in Lakeland. A COMMON LOON continues to be seen in the Inner
Harbor off of Kirkpatrick Street.
1/30: A HOARY REDPOLL continues to be seen with a lagre group of COMMON
REDPOLLS at Beaver Lake Nature Center west of Baldwinsville. A single LAPLAND
LONGSPUR was seen with numbers of HORNED LARKS and SNOW BUNTINGS on Masters
Road
south of Marcellus. A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER continues to be seen and heard at
the corner of Rt.31 and Conners Road west of Baldwinsville.
Oneida County
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1/25: 2 BARRED OWLS were found in the area at the north end of Delta Lake
near Rome. One was seen on Town Line Road.
1/26: A MERLIN was seen at the intersection of Sulphur Springs and
Doolittle Roads in Saquoit.
Cayuga County
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1/26: 1 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and 15 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen alon the
entry road to Fair Have State Park.
Jefferson County
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The TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE continues at Point Peninsula west of Watertown.
There were positive sightings made on 1/26 and 1/30.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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