* New York* Syracuse - January 01, 2018 * NYSY 01.01.18 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):December 25, 2017 - January 01, 2018to 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 01 AT 7:00 p.m. (EST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of December 25, 2017. Highlights-------------- TRUMPETER SWANPURPLE SANDPIPERICELAND GULLSNOWY OWLSHORT-EARED OWLSAW-WHET OWLINDIGO BUNTINGLAPLAND LONGSPURPINE SISKIN
Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)---------------- 12/30 : 19 TRUMPETER SWANS were seen on Armitage Road. Onondaga county------------ 12/26: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen on Pompey-Watervale Road north of Rt. 20. 12/30: A juvenile INDIGO BUNTING was seen and well photographed at a feeder on Westmoreland Ave. in Syracuse. 12/31: an ICELAND GULL was seen near the red Mill Inn on the Seneca river in Baldwinsville. A SNOWY OWL was seen in the State Fair area in Syracuse. 1/1: A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen on Waters Road west of New Woodstock. Oswego county------------ 12/25: 13 PINE SISKINS were seen at a private residence in Hastings. 12/28: A PURPLE SANDPIPER was seen and well photographed at Oswego Harbor. Madison County------------ 12/29: LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen on Shephards Road and Thurber Road. 24 PINE SISKINS were seen on Lyon road south of Cazenovia. 1/1: A SNOWY OWL was seen on Peterboro Road. 4 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen on Ditchbank Road. 3 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen on Harwood Island Road. Oneida county------------ 12/26: A SAW-WHET OWL was seen on Brown Tract Road near Remsen. Herkimer county------------ 12/30: A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen on Bush Road south of Mindenville. ---end transcript ---Joseph BrinRegion 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/ --