RBA * New York * Syracuse * November 19, 2012 * NYSY 11.19.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): November 12, 2012 - November 19, 2012 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:November 19 AT 6:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #329 -Monday November 19, 2012 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of November 12 , 2012 Highlights: -----------
ROSS’S GOOSE SANDHILL CRANE SAW-WHET OWL RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD NORTHERN SHRIKE CAVE SWALLOW BOHEMIAN WAXWING WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL RED CROSSBILL PINE GROSBEAK EVENING GROSBEAK COMMON REDPOLL PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 11/15: 2 ROSS’S GEESE were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 5 SANDHILL CRANES were seen also. Oswego County ------------- 11/13: 6 CAVE SWALLOWS were seen at Derby Hill. 11/17: WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were seen at Pine Grove and Sherman Road. 1 EVENING GROSBEAK was seen at Derby Hill. 11/18: PINE GROSBEAK, COMMON REDPOLL, WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL, PINE SISKIN,EVENING GROSBEAK and BOHEMIAN WAXWING were all found at Derby Hill. 11/19: COMMON REDPOLL, EVENING GROSBEAK and PINE SISKIN were seen at a feeder in Williamston. 1 CAVE SWALLOW and a WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL were seen at Derby Hill. Onondaga County ------------ 11/17: EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Shakham Road. A NORTHERN SHRIKE wer seen on Conners Road south of Baldwinsville. 11/18: A NORTHERN SHRIKE and WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were seen on Shakham Road. 11/19: The adult male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD first reported nine weeks ago continues to visit a feeder on Pendergast Road in Phoenix. A SAW-WHET OWL has been seen for nearly a week on the Bog Trail at Beaver Lake Nature Center west of Baldwinsville. Madison County ------------- 11/18: EVENING GROSBEAKS and PINE GROSBEAKS were reported at a feeder on Carpenter Road near DeRuyter. Oneida County ------------ 11/18: Over 100 COMMON REDPOLLS were seen on Poppleton Road east of Verona Beach State Park. Cortland County ------------ 11/18: EVENING GROSBEAKS continue at a feeder on Shakham Road just into Cortland County. A RED CROSSBILL was seen there on 11/13. -- end report Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --