* New York* Syracuse - November 28, 2016 * NYSY 11. 28.16 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):November 21, 2016 - November 28, 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 28 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 November 21, 2015. Highlights-------------- RED-THROATED LOON AMERICAN BITTERNCATTLE EGRETRED-NECKED GREBEAMERICAN WHITE PELICANTUNDRA SWANSNOW GOOSENORTHERN GOSHAWKSANDHILL CRANEDUNLINICELAND GULLLESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLNORTHERN SHRIKEMARSH WREN
Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)------------ Good numbers of waterfowl continue in the main pool along the Wildlife Trail. The CATTLE EGRETS continue at Goose Haven although the number is down to three and the birds are sometimes seen to the west of East Tyre Road with horses. 11/25: A late MARSH WREN and FIELD SPARROW WERE SEEN ON THE WILDLIFE TRAIL. 11/27: TUNDRA SWANS (no number given) were seen on the Wildlife Trail. The first big group (1450) of SNOW GEESE was seen in flight on the Wildlife Trail. A late AMERICAN BITTERN was seen on the Wildlife Trail. 63 SANDHILL CRANES were seen on Armitage Road. Cayuga County------------ 11/23: 2 RED-NECKED GREBES were seen at Fair Haven State Park. 11/25: 5 RED-THROATED LOONS were seen at Fair Haven State Park. 11/27: An ICELAND GULL and a DUNLIN were seen at Fair Have State Park. Onondaga county------------ 11/25: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Banner Road in Tully. 11/26: A RED-THROATED LOON was see from Restoration Way on the east shore of Onondaga Lake. Oswego County------------ 11/23: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Rt. 104 in the Town of Scriba. A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen at Sunset Bay Park on Lake Ontario, 11/24: A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen on Rainbow Shores Road. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at Selkirk Shores State Park. 11/27: An ICELAND GULL was seen aat Oswego Harbor. Madison County------------ 11/23: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen again on Ditchbank Road north of Chittenango. Herkimer County------------ 11/24: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Military Road north of Dolgeville. Jefferson County------------ 11/28: An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was seen at the Black River Bay Fishing Area off of Military Road in the Town of Hounsfield. --end report Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, NY 13027 U.S.A. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
