RBA * New York * Syracuse * October 20, 2014 * NYSY 10. 20. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): October 13, 2014 - October 20, 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: October 20AT 6:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #413 Monday October 20, 2014 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of October 13, 2014 Highlights: -----------
EARED GREBE RED-NECKED GREBE CACKLING GOOSE BRANT EURASIAN WIGEON AMERICAN AVOCET HUDSONIAN GODWIT LITTLE GULL SHORT-EARED OWL SNOWY OWL ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER LAPLAND LONGSPUR PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 10/15: 2 AMERICAN AVOCETS were seen at Towpath Road. They have been found through the 19th. 10/19: An EARED GREBE and 2 EURASIAN WIGEONS were seen in the Main Pool. A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was found in Puddler’s Marsh. A CACKLING GOOSE was seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. Cayuga County ------------ 10/15: An early LAPLAND LONGSPUR was found on the inside of the break wall at Fair Haven State Park. Onondaga County ------------ 10/15: The Rt. 31 SNOWY OWL was again seen, this time near Wegman’s. 10/16: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen near the Eagles nest at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 10/19: A BRANT was seen at close range on Vann Road near Beaver Lake Nature Center west of Baldwinsville. Upwards of 70 DARK-EYED JUNCOS were seen at Beaver Lake Nature Center. 10/20: A LINCOLN’S SPARROW and the county’s first FOX SPARROW were spotted under the power lines at Three Rivers WMA. A late VESPER SPARROW and large numbers of WHITE-CROWNED and WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS were found in the scrubby area east of Van Rensselear Street at the Inner Harbor. Oswego County ------------ 10/18: A LITTLE GULL was found at the overlook at Derby Hall. 10/19: An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and the region’s first fall FOX SPARROW were seen at Great Bear Recreation Area north of Phoenix. 10/20: A PINE SISKIN was heard at Great Bear Recreation Area. Oneida County ------------ 10/20: A PINE SISKIN was reported near Camden. -- 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/ --