RBA * New York * Syracuse * November 26, 2012 * NYSY 11.26.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): November 19, 2012 - November 26, 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 26 AT 6:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #330 -Monday November 26, 2012 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of November 19 , 2012 Highlights: -----------
RED-THROATED LOON TRUMPETER SWAN TUNDRA SWAN SURF SCOTER BLACK SCOTER WHITE-WINGED SCOTER LEAST SANDPIPER POMERINE JAEGER LITTLE GULL ICELAND GULL BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE SAW-WHET OWL RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD NORTHERN SHRIKE CAVE SWALLOW NORTHERN PARULA EVENING GROSBEAK Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 11/25: 2 TRUMPTER SWANS and a large number on TUNDRA SWANS were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. Oswego County ------------ 11/20: A late NORTHERN PARULA was seen and nicely photographed at Selkirk Shores State Park. 11/24: 34 species of birds were spotted at Derby Hill. Highlights were POMERINE JAEGER, all 3 SCOTERS, RED-THROATED LOON, BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE, LITTLE GULL and ICELAND GULL. 11/26: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was spotted on Rt. 104 in Oswego near the Lowe’s store. Onondaga County ------------ 11/25: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Lamson Road just west of the Pony Farm. The SAW-WHET OWL was again seen on the Bog Trail at Beaver Lake Nature Center. The male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, seen on 11/21 and this day, has now been present at a feeder on Pendergast Road in Phoenix for 10 weeks. Cortland County ------------ 11/21: EVENING GROSBEAKS are frequenting a feeder on Shakham Road just south of the Onondaga County line. Jefferson County ------------ 11/24: 6 CAVE SWALLOWS were seen at Wescott Beach State Park. A very late LEAST SANDPIPER was seen at El Dorado. -- 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/ --
