* New York* Syracuse - January 09 2017 * NYSY 01. 09.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):January 02, 2017 - January 09 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: January 09 AT 3 p.m. (EST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 02, 2017. Highlights-------------- RED-NECKED GREBE RED-THROATED LOONCACKLING GOOSE RUDDY DUCKWOOD DUCKLESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLGLAUCOUS GULLICELAND GULLTHAYER’S GULLBLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKESNOWY OWLNORTHERN SHRIKEGRAY CATBIRDPINE SISKINEVENING GROSBEAK
Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)------------ 1/7: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on VanDyne Spoor Road, viewed distantly from Rt. 31 at the mucklands. Onondaga county------------ 1/3: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen at Green Lakes State Park.LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL and THAYER’S GULL were all seen from the Onondaga County side of the Oswego River at Phoenix. 1/4: A RUDDY DUCK was seen on Onondaga Lake from the Est Shore Trail. 1/7: An ICELAND GULL was seen from Marble Island in Baldwinsville. Oswego county------------ 1/3: A RED-THROATED LOON and a RED-NECKED GREBE were seen at Oswego Harbor. A BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE continued to be found from the Marine Museum on the Oswego River in Oswego. It was last reported on the 6th. LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, ICELAND GULLS, GLAUCOUS GULLS and THAYER’S GULL were still being found at the dam on the Oswego River in Phoenix. All except the Glaucous was seen today with a high count of 17 ICELAND GULLS. 1/9: A male and female WOOD DUCK were seen at Indian Point on the Oswego River north of Fulton. Madison County------------ 1/3: 6EVENING GROSBEAKS were again seen at a feeder on Jones Road in the Town of Nelson. 1/5: A SNOWY OWL was found on county Rt. 1 north of Bridgeport. 1/8: A GLAUCOUS GULL was again seen on Ditchbank road north of Chittenango. Herkimer County------------ 1/7: A PINE SISKIN was at a feeder in Dolgeville. -end report Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, NY 13027 U.S.A. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
