* New York* Syracuse - FEBRUARY 06 2017 * NYSY 02.06.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):January 30, 2017 - February 06 2017to 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: February 06 AT 5 p.m. (EST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 30, 2017. Highlights-------------- LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLGLAUCOUS GULLICELAND GULLTHAYER’S GULLROSS’S GULL - ExtralimitalSHORT-EARED OWLSNOWY OWLNORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLGYRFALCON - ExtralimitalNORTHERN SHRIKEHERMIT THRUSHLAPLAND LONGSPUR
Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)------------ 1/30: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen in the Morgan Road Marshes. It was seen on 1/31 and 2/1 also. 2/6: A HERMIT THRUSH was seen on VanDyne Spoor Road. Onondaga County------------ 2/2: 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen on West Sorrell Hill Road north of Connors Road in the Town of Van Buren. 2/5: 2 SAW-WHET OWLS were found on the Bog Trail at Beaver Lake Nature Center west of Baldwinsville. Oswego County------------ 2/1: A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen on Sherman Road near Mexico. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at Phoenix near the dam. 2/2: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen on Oneida Lake in Brewerton. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on inman Road north of Pulaski. 2/5: A LESSER BLACK BACKED GULL was seen at Phoenix and Brewerton. An ICELAND GULL and a GLAUCOUS GULL were both seen in Caudenoy at Co. Rt. 10. 2/6: 18 ICELAND GULLS, 2 GLAUCOUS GULLS and a THAYER’S GULL were all seen at Phoenix. 17 ICELAND GULLS, 3 GLAUCOUS GULLS and 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were all seen at Brewerton Madison County------------ 1/30: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen on Harp Road south of Canastota. A SNOWY OWL was seen on Bellinger Road in Fenner. 2/4: A SHORT-EARED OWL was again seen on Harp Road. SNOWY OWLS were seen on Peterboro Road and North Road at Fisher Bay. 2/6: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Eden Hollow Road in the Town of Nelson. Extralimital------------ The GYRFALCON found at the corner of North Hoster and Canoga Roads south of Seneca Falls (Seneca County) was seen as recently as yesterday. It seems to favor a quarry at that location. The ROSS’S GULL found at Tupper Lake in Franklin County was last seen on 2/2: That last location was at the Tupper Lake Boat launch on Rt. 30 south of the Village of Tupper Lake. -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/ --
