* New York* Syracuse - February 20 2017 * NYSY 02.20.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):February 13, 2017 - February 20 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 20 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 February 13, 2017. Highlights-------------- SURF SCOTERTUNDRA SWANSOSPREYMERLINGYRFALCON (Extralimital)LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLGLAUCOUS GULLICELAND GULLTHAYER’S GULLBLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKENORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLGREAT GRAY OWL (Extralimital)NORTHERN SHRIKEFOX SPARROW
Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)------------ 2/19: 30 TUNDRA SWANS were seen from the Visitor’s Center. Onondaga County------------ 2/17: An overwintering FOX SPARROW was again seen in the Valley Drive area in Elbridge. 2/18: A SAW-WHET OWL was again seen on the bog Trail at Beaver Lake Nature Center west of Baldwinsville.1 ICELAND GULL and 2 GLAUCOUS GULLS were seen at the south end of Onondaga Lake from the Creek Walk along Onondaga Creek. 2/19: A very early OSPREY was reported from Rt. 481 in the Town of Clay near Maple Drive. Oswego County------------ 2/14: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was again seen at the Lock on the Oswego River in Phoenix. A BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE is continuing to be seen with the gulls at Oswego Harbor. Also seen that day was a SURF SCOTER. 2/15: A juvenile THAYER’S GULL continues at the lock in Phoenix. 2/18: 2 THAYER’S GULLS were seen at the lock in Phoenix. A SURF SCOTER was again seen at Oswego Harbor. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at the east end of Rt. 104A near Rt. 104. 2/19: A GLAUCOUS GULL was reported at Oswego Harbor. 2 ICELAND GULLS were seen at the lock in Phoenix. 2/20: A GLAUCOUS GULL and 62 TUNDRA SWANS were seen on Oneida Lake at Brewerton. Madison County------------ 2/15: A MERLIN was seen at Sullivan Town Park. Herkimer county------------ 2/17: A MERLIN was seen in Salisbury Center. Extralimital------------ After a weeks absence the GYRFALCON seen in Seneca County south of Seneca Falls was reported twice this week, on 2/13 and 2/20. Both times it was near or at the Stone Quarry at the corner of North Hoster and Canoga Roads. One and sometimes two GREAT GRAY OWLS continue to be seen daily at Robert Moses State Park near Massena in St. Lawrence county. Today’s sighting was on Hawkins Point Road. Migrants this week. An OSPREY seen this week in Onondaga County is most likely a migrant. Increasing numbers of RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS and TURKEY VULTURES, birds usually seen here in small numbers in winter, seem to indicate these are also probably migrants, -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/ --
