RBA * New York * Syracuse * November 01, 2021 * NYSY 11. 01. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): October 25 to Novenber 01, 2021 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortland compiled: November 01 AT 6:30 p.m. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #776: Monday November 01 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of October 25, 2021 Highlights: -----------
PACIFIC LOON (Extralimital) CATTLE EGRET CACKLING GOOSE KING EIDER (Extralimital) EURASIAN WIGEON SURF SCOTER BLACK SCOTER OSPREY STILT SANDPIPER WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE PARASITIC JAEGER POMERINE JAEGER (Extralimital) LONG-EARED OWL SHORT-EARED OWL VESPER SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 10/25: 3 STILT SANDPIPERS and a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER were seen from Armitage Road. 10/28: A LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was seen from Armitage Road. 10/29: A CATTLE EGRET was seen from Rt. 90 south of Rt. 31. 10/31: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen in Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 5 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen at the Visitor’s Center. Onondaga County ------------ 10/25: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen in the Big Fields Area east of 60 Road in the 3 Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 10/27: 2 SURF SCOTERS were seen near the south end of Onondaga Lake in Syracuse. A VESPER SPARROW was seen in the Marshy Spits area of Onondaga Lake 10/28: A LONG-EARED OWL was seen in the Big Fields area of 3 Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 10/29: A late OSPREY was seen ner the Honeywell Center on the west side of Onondaga Lake. Oswego County ------------ An influx of rare seabirds thanks to a recent storm drove the following birds to Derby Hill. RAZORBILL, BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE and PARASITIC JAEGER. The birds were seen from 10/30 to 11/1. 10/28: A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet on Lake Ontario. 10/31: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at Derby Hill on Lake Ontario. 11/1: A late VESPER SPARROW was seen on Bishop Road north of Pulaski. Oneida County ------------ 10/27: 16 BLACK SCOTERS were seen on the Hinckley Reservoir near the dam. Extralimital ------------ 10/30: At Sodus Bay (Wayne County) a PACIFIC LOON and up to 5 KING EIDERS were seen in flight. Also seen here were a RAZORBILL and a BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE. 10/31: At Sodus Bay at POMERINE JAEGER was spotted. ---end report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville, NY 13027 -- 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/ --
