RBA * New York * Syracuse * January 13, 2014 * NYSY 01. 13. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
January 06, 2013 - January 13, 2014 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 13 AT 6:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #377 Monday January 13, 2016 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 06, 2013 Highlights: ----------- KING EIDER BLACK SCOTER BALD EAGLE PEREGRINE FALCON WILSON’S SNIPE GLAUCOUS GULL ICELAND GULL SNOWY OWL LONG-EARED OWL SAW-WHET OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 1/10: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on VanDyne Spoor Road. One SNOWY OWL was located from the potato building in the mucklands on Rt. 31. Onondaga County ------------ 1/8: The Beaver Lake Nature Center SAW-WHET was seen. It was relocated on 1/12. One SNOWY OWL was seen at Hancock Airport in Syracuse. 1/9: In what is beginning to be quite a spectacle 30 BALD EAGLES were counted on Onondaga Lake at the end of the Creekwalk near Carousel Center. A LONG-EARED OWL was seen at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. Two were heard on the tenth. 1/10: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Maykes Road south of Syracuse. 39 BALD EAGLES were counted at the end of the creekwalk. 6 ICELAND GULLS and 5 GLAUCOUS GULLS were seen at the Inner Harbor in Syracuse. 1/13: 4 SNOWY OWLS were seen at Hancock Airport in Syracuse. Another was seen in the shopping area near the intersection of Rts. 481 and 31 in the Town of Clay. Oswego County ------------ 1/8: 2 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS were found at Rice Creek Field Station in Oswego. 1/10: A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was seen at Sunset Bay Park. 1/12: A BLACK SCOTER was seen at Derby Hill. A KING EIDER was found in the Oswego River near Oswego Harbor with White-winged Scoters. A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen chasing Rock Pigeons in the same area. Herkimer County ------------ 1/10: A WILSON’S SNIPE was seen on Carleson Road north of Little Falls. 1/13: 2 SNOWY OWLS were seen on Cole Road north of Little Falls. -- 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/ --
