RBA * New York * Syracuse * December 31, 2012 * NYSY 12 .31.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): December 24, 2012 - December 31, 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:December 31 AT 3:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #335 -Monday December 31, 2012 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of December 24 , 2012 Highlights: -----------
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER NORTHERN SHRIKE RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD EASTERN TOWHEE FOX SPARROW LAPLAND LONGSPUR RED CROSSBILL EVENING GROSBEAK PINE GROSBEAK HOARY REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ No reports this week. Onondaga County ------------ 12/26: Four immature BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS remain along Onondaga Creek between Bear Street and Hiawatha Boulevard near Carousel Center. 12/27: This was the last day a male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was seen on Pendergast Road in Phoenix. This wonder arrived on 9/16 and was seen continually for the 14 weeks and 4 days it was present. I think all the birders who saw it owe a large debt of gratitude to the homeowner, Anne Dillon Gray, for letting all of us enjoy this jewel of a bird. 12/30: Two LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen on a manure spread on Chatfield Road in Elbridge. Another LAPLAND LONGSPUR was at a ground feeder on Banner Road in Tully. An EASTERN TOWHEE has been visiting a feeder in Elbridge. A FOX SPARROW was seen at a feeder at the intersection of Bishop Hill Road and Masters Road in Marcellus. 12/31: An adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was found on East Sorrell Hill Road south of Connors Road in Baldwinsville. Oswego County ------------ 12/27: One LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was at the dam in Phoenix. 12/28: 6 PINE GROSBEAKS and an immature NORTHERN SHRIKE were seen along North Church Road in Boylston. 12/29: A female HOARY REDPOLL was seen on Kibby Road near Mexico. Madison County ------------ 12/29: A FOX SPARROW was seen on Delphi Road. On the New Woodstock Christmas Count EVENING GROSBEAKS were reported from several locations. Also mentioned were HOARY REDPOLL and LAPLAND LONGSPUR but no locations were given. -- 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/ --
