RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* March 21, 2011
* NYSY 2103.11
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
March 14, 2010 - March 21, 2011
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (j
This morning during the rain and wind I briefly observed a Laughing Gull on
the beach at Coney Island. It disappeared almost immediately, but a little
under an hour later I found a Laughing Gull sitting in the middle of Gravesend
Bay as viewed from Coney Island Creek Park. The were only a hand
1Ring-necked Pheasant, f, along Neelytown Rd. about 7 telephone poles
south of Byrne's dairy/same side. Fresh road kill. No bands on the bird. It
was still warm. 2:45 PM. I took 2 cell phone photos if someone needs them for
documentation. 36f. Light drizzle/rain. Overcast skies.
1 AMERICAN KESTREL, across the street from the Orange County Airport,
Rte 211. On the wires at the home that has an orange tractor in their yard.
8 American tree
sparrows, at gate# 3. Orange County Airport. Dan Furbish
During an otherwise slow day of birding around the barrier beaches
yesterday, Joan Quinlan called to report a Grasshopper Sparrow that she
and Gerta Fritz had observed from the southeast corner of the boardwalk
at the Nature Center at Jones Beach West End around noon. Shai and I and
others lo
