RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* December 07, 2009
* NYSY 0712.09
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
November 30, 2009 - December 07, 2009
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 07 AT 10:00 a.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#183 -Monday December 07, 2009
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of November
30 , 2009
Highlights:
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BRANT
CANVASBACK
KING EIDER
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
SURF SCOTER
BLACK SCOTER
REDHEAD
GLAUCOUS GULL
SHORT-EARED OWL
SWAMP SPARROW
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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12/6: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen in the clear area of VanDyne Spoor Road.
Jefferson County
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11/30: 5 KING EIDERS were seen on Lake Ontario from Montario Point Road.
Onondaga County
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12/3: 4 BRANT were seen flying over Otisco Lake.
12/6: A SWAMP SPARROW was discovered on Connors Road south of
Baldwinsville.
Madison County
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12/3: A GLAUCOUS GULL was found in a field with other gulls near
Wampsville.
Oneida County
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12/3: A large raft of SCAUP (both species) estimated at 3000 was seen on
Oneida Lake east of Cleveland. Also seen were small numbers of REDHEAD and
CANVASBACK.
Oswego County
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12/5: 277 TUNDRA SWANS were seen on Oneida Lake from Phillips Point on the
north shore. At Rainbow Shores Road on Lake Ontario the following waterfowl
were seen. 7 KING EIDER, 15 BLACK SCOTER, 1 SURF SCOTER, and 60 WHITE-WINGED
SCOTER.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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