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*New York November 04, 2019 NYSY 11. 04. 19 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert To report by email: brinjoseph AT yahoo DOT com Reporting upstate counties: Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Oneida, Herkimer, Cayuga, Montezuma Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex Compiled: November 04 at 10:00 a.m. EST Compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of October 28, 2019 Highlights: -------------- RED-THROATED LOON RED-NECKED GREBE AMERICAN BITTERN BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON TRUMPETER SWAN TUNDRA SWAN BRANT CACKLING GOOSE GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE EURASIAN WIGEON SURF SCOTER SANDHILL CRANE COMMON GALLINULE SANDHILL CRANE PARASITIC JAEGER LITTLE GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER NORTHERN SHRIKE TREE SWALLOW COMMON YELLOWTHROAT VESPER SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 10/30: Last report of the GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE at the Visitor’s Center. 89 PIED-BILLED GREBES were counted at one time from VanDyne Spoor Road. 10/31: An AMERICAN BITTERN was again seen at Benning Marsh. It was seen again of 10/2. 11/1: A lingering LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was found at Carncross Road 11/3: A COMMON GALLINULE and a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER were seen along the Wildlife Drive.An AMERICAN BITTERN, a SORA and 5 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen at the Sandhill Crane Unit. An EURASIAN WIGEON and 3 DUNLIN were seen along the Wildlife Drive. A CACKLING GOOSE was at the Visitor’s Center. 43 SANDHILL CRANES were seen from East Road. 34 TRUMPETER SWANS and 125 TUNDRA SWANS were seen at the flooded fields on Armitage Road. Lesser quantities of both species were also seen at Carncross Road. Cayuga County ------------ 11/3: A RED-THROATED LOON was seen at Fair Haven State Park Onondaga county ------------ 11/2: A late VESPER SPARROW was seen on Schlicht Road in Fabius. A late COMMON YELLOWTHROAT was seen along the Creek Walk on Onondaga Creek in Syracuse. A late TREE SWALLOW was seen on the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. Oswego County ------------ 10/28: 3 late CHIPPING SPARROWS were at a feeder on Baum Road in Hastings. 11/1: 8 PARASITIC JAEGERS and a LITTLE GULL were seen at the overlook at Derby Hill. Also seen were 16 species of Waterfowl, a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, a SANDERLING, 1,200 DUNLIN and a RED-NECKED GREBE. 11/2: A late VESPER SPARROW was at a residence on Hinman Road north of Pulaski. 7 SURF SCOTERS were seen at Muskrat Bay on Oneida Lake. 11/3: 13 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and 10 BLACK SCOTERS were seen at Derby Hill. Also seen were a RED-THROATED LOON and 65 BRANT. Madison County ------------ 10/29: 2 CACKLING GEESE were seen at Woodman Pond north of hamilton. Oneida County ------------- 10/28: A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen at Verona Beach State Park on Oneida Lake. 10/30: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen at Verona Beach State Park. 10/30: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen in flight near the intersection of Brimfield Street and Rt. 12 south of Utica. Herkimer County ------------- 10/29: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen hunting at a feeding station on Military Road north of Dolgeville. ----End Transcript ---- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, NY, 13027, USA -- 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/ --
