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*New York - Syracuse - February 04, 2019 - NYSY 02. 04.19 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert Dates: January 28 - February 04, 2019 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: February 04 AT 1:00 p.m. EDT compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondgaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week on January 28, 2019 Highlights: KING EIDER SURF SCOTER BLACK SCOTER PEREGRINE FALCON TURKEY VULTURE NORTHERN GOSHAWK MERLIN GLAUCOUS GULL LITTLE GULL BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE ICELAND GULL SNOWY OWL SAW-WHET OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE RED-HEADED WOODPECKER HERMIT THRUSH RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD EASTERN TOWHEE VESPER SPARROW SAVANNAH SPARROW HARRIS’S SPARROW EVENING GROSBEAK COMMON REDPOLL PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 2/2: A SNOWY OWL and a MERLIN were seen along the mucklands on Rt.31 west of the Seneca River. 2/3: The SNOWY OWL was seen again in the mucklands. A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen on Rt. 89 north of Mays Point Road. Onondaga County ------------ 1/28: 68 SNOW BUNTINGS were seen on the West Shore Trail on Onondaga Lake. 1/29: An EASTERN TOWHEE continues at a feeder south of Manlius. A RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD was seen on the West Shore Trail on Onondaga Lake. 1/30: A SNOWY OWL was seen near Caughdenoy Road in Clay. 2/1: A VESPER SPARROW continues on Banner Road in Tully. A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at the Inner Harbor in Syracuse. 2/2: A HERMIT THRUSH was seen at Beaver Lake Nature Center. 2/3: A SAVANNAH SPARROW was seen on East Sorrell Hill Road in Baldwinsville. 45 COMMON REDPOLLS were seen on Dunham Road west of Baldwinsville. A MERLIN and a NORTHERN SHRIKE were seen on the West Shore Trail on Onondaga Lake. An ICELAND GULL and a PEREGRINE FALCON were seen at the Inner Harbor in Syracuse. A SAW-WHET OWL was seen again at Beaver Lake Nature Center. 2/4: A PINE SISKIN continues at a feeder in Manlius. Oswego County ------------ 1/31: A BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE and a LITTLE GULL were seen at Oswego Harbor but have not been relocated 2/2: This was a stellar day for waterfowl in Oswego Harbor. Highlights were an adult male KING EIDER, at least 3 SURF SCOTERS and a female BLACK SCOTER. LONG-TAILED DUCKS numbered close to 500. Also present were both SCAUP, REDHEAD, BUFFLEHEAD, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, CANVASBACK, COMMON MERGANSER, RED-BREASTED MERGANSER and HOODED MERGANSER. Other highlights were ICELAND GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, PEREGRINE FALCON and RED-NECKED GREBE. 2/3: Most of the Waterfowl were still present at Oswego and are stiil present today. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at the north end of Nine Mile Point Road near Noyes Sanctuary on Lake Ontario. Madison County ------------ The HARRIS’S SPARROW was still present on Borden Road in Earlville and was seen as recently as 2/3. 2/2: A COMMON REDPOLL was seen on Bonney Hill Road near Hamilton. 2/4: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Eaton Brook Road in Erieville. Oneida County ------------ 1/321: An EVENING GROSBEAK was seen in Waterville. Herkimer county ------------ EVENING GROSBEAKS continue daily at a feeder north of Dolgeville. 1/31: 3 COMMON REDPOLLS were seen at a feeder in Cedarville. ---- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
