RBA
* New York * Syracuse * December 23, 2019 * NYSY 12. 23. 19 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): December16 to December 23, 2019 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: December 23 AT 12:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #682 Monday December 23 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of December 16 Highlights: ----------- COMMON LOON TRUMPETER SWAN CACKLING GOOSE WOOD DUCK PEREGRINE FALCON ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK NORTHERN HARRIER LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL GLAUCOUS GULL ICELAND GULL SNOWY OWL YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER RED-HEADED WOODPECKER NORTHERN SHRIKE CHIPPING SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 12/22: 3 WOOD DUCKS were seen at the Mays Point Dam. A COMMON RAVEN was seen at the Mucklands along Rt. 31. 7 TRUMPETER SWANS and a NORTHERN HARRIER were seen on Armitage Road. Cayuga County -------------- 12/20: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen at Fair Haven State Park. Another or possible the same one was seen farther south on Little Sodus Bay in Fair Haven. Onondaga County ------------ 12/19: A CHIPPING SPARROW continues at a feeder in Manlius. 12/20: A YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was seen at a feeder in Manlius. 12/22: A SNOWY OWL was at Hancock Airport. 2 FISH CROWS and a SNOW GOOSE were seen in Baldwinsville near the Seneca river. A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen in one of the State fair parking lots. A COMMON LOON was seen on Skaneateles lake near Spafford. A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen from Rt. 31 near Cicero Center road. 12/23: 2 SNOWY OWLS were reported at Hancock Airport. Oswego county ------------ 12/18: 2 ICELAND GULLS, 2 COMMON LOONS and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were all spotted from the bluff at Derby Hill. 12/21: A SNOWY OWL was seen at Oswego Harbor. 12/22: A WOOD DUCK was seen at Port Ontario on Lake Ontario. Madison County ------------ 12/17: A NORTHERN SHRIKE wass at the intersection of Eden Hollow and Eaton brook Roads east of Erieville. 12/21: An ICELAND GULL, an adult GLAUCOUS GULL and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were all seen at the Madison county Landfill south of Canastota. 12/22: 2 ICELAND GULLS and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were again seen at the Madison county Landfill. Oneida County ------------ 12/16: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was again seen at Verona Beach State Park. -- end report Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- 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/ --
