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* New York * Syracuse * January 20, 2020 * NYSY 01. 20. 20 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): January 13 2020 to January 20, 2020 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: January 20 AT 7:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #686 Monday January 20 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 13, 2020 Highlights: ----------- RED-NECKED GREBE TRUMPETER SWAN SNOW GOOSE HARLEQUIN DUCK GOLDEN EAGLE PEREGRINE FALCON ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK GLAUCOUS GULL ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL BLACK-HEADED GULL SNOWY OWL SHORT-EARED OWL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER NORTHERN SHRIKE DICKCISSEL LARK SPARROW FIELD SPARROW PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 1/13: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen in the marsh from Morgan Road. 1/15: 2 TRUMPETER SWANS were seen on the Loop Road Unit north of Rt. 31. An estimated 2,500 SNOW GEESE were seen in the Morgan road Marsh. 1/17: 6 species of waterfowl including 40 CANVASBACKS were seen at the Visitors Center Cayuga County ------------ 1/14: A SNOWY OWL was seen at West barrier Bar Park in Fair Haven. Onondaga County ------------ CHIPPING SPARROWS were seen in three locations and seem to be overwintering. 1/13: 11 species of waterfowl and a RED-NECKED GREBE were seen from the West Shore trail of Onondaga Lake. 1/15: 3 PINE SISKINS were seen in Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse. 1/18: An ICELAND GULL was seen at the Inner Harbor near Van Renselear Street in Syracuse. A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen on Gully Road near Skaneateles. 1/19: A rare for the area BLACK-HEADED GULL was found on the Seneca River in Baldwinsville. It was relocated again today (1/20) and seems to be moving around with the other gulls. Also seen was a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. A SNOWY OWL was seen at Hancock Airport. 1/20: A rare for the area DICKCISSEL was found at feeders on Limeledge Road at Century Stables. A SNOWY OWL was again seen at Hancock Airport. Oswego County ------------ The LARK SPARROW found last week on Hinman Road north of Pulaski continues to Come to feeders and is seen daily. 1/14: A male HARLEQUIN DUCK was found in Oswego Harbor at Fort Ontario Park. An ICELAND GULL was seen from Breitbeck Park in Oswego Harbor. 1/16: A FIELD SPARROW continues at a feeder in Constantia. 1/18: The HARLEQUIN DUCK was again seen from Fort Ontario Park. 1/19: A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen in the Oswego River in Phoenix. 1/20: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Nine Mile Point Road on Lake Ontario. Madison County ------------ 1/16: A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen on Eden Hollow Road. Oneida County ------------ 1/13: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen on the Adirondack Bank Building in Utica. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Drive 34 south of Rt. 49 on Oneida Lake in North Bay. Herkimer county ------------ 1/17: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at a private residence hunting birds on Military Road north of Dolgeville. 1/18: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen near Moss Island in Little Falls. ---- End Report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville NY Region 5 -- 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/ --
