RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* February 28, 2011
* NYSY 2802.11
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
February 21, 2010 - February 28, 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:February 28 AT 6:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#245 -Monday February 28, 2011
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of February
21
, 2010
Highlights:
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COMMON LOON
TUNDRA SWAN
CANVASBACK
GADWALL
AMERICAN WIGEON
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
RUDDY DUCK
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
MERLIN
PEREGRINE FALCON
KILDEER
WILSON’S SNIPE
ICELAND GULL
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
NORTHERN SHRIKE
TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE
COMMON REDPOLL
GREATER (COMMON) REDPOLL
HOARY REDPOLL
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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2/27: BALD EAGLES and ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS were seen flying over the main
pool.
Oswego County
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2/21: A WILSON’S SNIPE was joined by 2 KILLDEER at a residence in
Brewerton. Both species are still being observed as of 2/27.
2/23: TUNDRA SWANS, GADWALL, and , RUDDY DUCK were seen on Oneida Lake at
Brewerton.
2/24: An adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, perhaps the same bird seen on 1/1,
was seen at the Bible Camp on Lake View Road on Lake Ontario.
Cortland County
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2/23: A flock of 60+ COMMOM REDPOLLS with one each HOARY REDPOLL and
GREATER REDPOLL continues at a feeder in the Town of Scott.
Onondaga County
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2/20: 2 MERLINS were seen in Oakwood Cemetary in Syracuse.
2/23: An adult ICELAND GULL was seen flying over the ESF campus of
Syracuse
University. 13 species of waterfowl were seen at the mouth of Nine Mile Creek
on
Onondaga Lake. TUNDRA SWAN, GADWALL, AMERICAN WIGEON, PINTAIL, CANVASBACK,
REDHEAD, RING-NECKED DUCK, LESSER SCAUP, BUFFLEHEAD, and COOT were all seen.
2/24: A SCREECH OWL is vocalizing at a resicence in Pompey.
2/26: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at Green Lakes State Park.
2/27: COMMON GRACKLE was seen in LaFayette and Liverpool. YELLOW-RUMP
WARBLER continues in Liverpool and at Conners Road in the Town of Van Buren.
Cayuga County
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2/27: An early BLUE-WINGED TEAL was seen at Fair Haven State Park.
Jefferson County
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2/27: Good news! The Point Peninsula TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE has bee
relocated
at it’s usual spot on State Park Road just off County Rt. 57.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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