* New York* Syracuse - November 21, 2016 * NYSY 11. 21.16 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):November 14, 2016 - November 21, 2016to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortlandcompiled: November 21 AT 4 p.m. (EST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of November 14, 2015. Highlights-------------- RED-THROATED LOON CATTLE EGRETBLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONTRUMPETER SWANCACKLING GOOSEGREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSEEURASIAN WIGEONPEREGRINE FALCONNORTHERN GOSHAWKSANDHILL CRANELITTLE GULLICELAND GULLLESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLBLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKENORTHERN SHRIKEMARSH WRENRUBY-CROWNED KINGLETEVENING GROSBEAK
Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)------------ 11/16: CATTLE EGRETS were again seen at Goose Haven. They were reported through 11/19. A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at the Visitor’s Center. 11/18: Shorebirds are not gone yet (although after today they probably are.) A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS were still being found along the Wildlife Trail and in Benning Marsh. The Greater was seen through the 19th. and the White-Rumped and Lesser were seen through the 20th. 10 TRUMPETER SWANS were seen at the Audubon Center. An EURASIAN WIGEON was again spotted in the Main Pool. 11/19: 55 SANDHILL CRANES were seen from East Road. A late MARSH WREN was seen along the Wildlife Drive. 11/20: A CACKLING GOOSE was spotted along the Wildlife Drive. Onondaga County------------ 11/14: A late RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET was seen on Jamesville Ave. in Syracuse. 11/15: 12 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE found at Beaverr Lake last week continued through 11/18. No reports since. A GREATER YELLOWLEGS was seen at Otisco Lake Park. 11/16: A single EVENING GROSBEAK was seen at Beaver Lake Nature Center. 11/17: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at the Inner Harbor near Destiny Shopping Mall in Syracuse. 11/19: A late RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET was seen along the West Shore hiking trail on Onondaga Lake. Oswego County------------ 11/17: An ICELAND GULL was seen at Oswego Harbor. 11/18: A RED-THROATED LOON was seen at Selkirk Shores on Lake Ontario. 11/20: A LITTLE GULL, a BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were all seen on favorable winds at Derby Hill. Madison County------------- 11/15: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen on Woodman Pond north of Hamilton. 11/19: A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen on Irish Hill Road south of Cazenovia. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Holmes Road south of Cazenovia. 11/20: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen on Gee Road north of Chittenango. Oneida County------------ 11/14: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen along Rt. 365 west oh Hollend Patent. Herkimer County------------- 11/17: 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS were at a feeder north of Dolgeville. --end report Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, NY 13027 U.S.A. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
