RBA
* New York * Syracuse * January 11, 2021 * NYSY 01. 11. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): January 04 to January 11, 2021 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 11 AT 3:30 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #734 Monday January 11, 2021 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 04, 2020 Highlights: ----------- RED-THROATED LOON WHITE-WINGED SCOTER TURKEY VULTURE PEREGRINE FALCON ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK SANDHILL CRANE ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL SNOWY OWL SHORT-EARED OWL RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD NORTHERN SHRIKE MARSH WREN HERMIT THRUSH GRAY CATBIRD RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET COMMON YELLOWTHROAT COMMOM GRACKLE EVENING GROSBEAK SAVANNAH SPARROW WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW COMMOM REDPOLL HOARY REDPOLL RED-CROSSBILL WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 1/4: 13 SANDHILL CRANES and a MARSH WREN were seen at the Guy Baldassarre Marsh. 1/8: A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen from East Road. 1/10: A SHORT-EARED OWL was again seen from Carncross Road. Cayuga County ---------------- 1/8: A RED-THROATED LOON was seen on Lake Ontario from West Barrier Bar Park in Fair Haven. Onondaga County ------------ The female RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD initially spotted in late fall at feeders on Doyle Road east of Baldwinsville is still being seen daily. 1/6: 3 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were seen at the southwest end of Onondaga Lake in an area called the Marshy Spits. YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS were seen west of Baldwinsville and in Radisson. A COMMON GRACKLE continues on Sunview Drive in Elbridge. 1/7: A HERMIT THRUSH wa seen in Barry Park in Syracuse. 10 RED CROSSBILLS continue on Shakham Road in the Morgan Hill State Forest. A COMMON YELLOWTHROAT was seen at the Honeywell Center on Onondaga Lake. 1/8: A HERMIT THRUSH was seen at Beaver Lake Nature Center west of Baldwinsville. 1/9: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was see at the Marshy Spits area of Onondaga Lake. 1/10: A RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET was seen on the Onondaga Lake Creekwalk north of Hiawatha Boulevard in Syracuse. An ICELAND GULL was seen at Mercer Park in Baldwinsville and on Vincent Corners Road south of Rt. 80 east of Fabius. A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW continues near the Marshy Spits on Onondaga Lake. A WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL was heard at Shakham Road in the Morgan Hill State Forest. 1/11: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen on Vincent Corners Road east of Fabius.10 RED CROSSBILLS were seen on Shakham Road. 42 COMMON REDPOLLS were seen on Hoag Road south of Baldwinsville. Oswego County ------------ 1/4: An ICELAND GULL was seen at Lock 6 in Oswego. A SNOWY OWL was seen at Fort Ontario in Oswego. 1/5: A SAVANNAH SPARROW was seen on BishopRoad west of Richland. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen from Brietbeck Park in Oswego. 1/6: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Smith Road north of Mexico. 1/7: EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Stone Hill Road south of Williamstown. 1/9: A RED-THROATED LOON was see from Brietbeck Park in Oswego. 1/10: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen from Brietbeck Park in Oswego. 23 COMMON REDPOLLS were seen near Lake Neathwanta in Fulton. 1/11: A HOARY REDPOLL was seen at the intersection of Atkinson and Salisbury Roads north of Mexico. 18 COMMON REDPOLLS were seen at Port Ontario. An ICELAND GULL was seen from Brietbeck Park in Oswego. Madison County ------------ 1/5: EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at a feeder on Carpenter Road near Sheds and were present through the 10th. 1/6: A TURKEY VULTURE was seen in Hamilton. 1/7: A SNOWY OWL continues at the Fenner Wind Farm. It has been reported that some people may be harassing the Owls by trying to get too close for photos. Please use discretion when viewing and photographing the birds. The American Birding Association has a Code of Ethics for birders and photographers which can easily be found online. 1/9: A HOARY REDPOLL was seen with a group of Common Redpolls at the Carpenter Road feeders near Sheds. Oneida County ------------ 1/6: A TURKEY VULTURE and a GRAY CATBIRD were found near Hamilton. 1/10: A HOARY REDPOLL was found north of Holland Patent. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen near West Leyden. 20 COMMON REDPOLLS were seen in Blossvale.A GLAUCOUS GULL was see at Sylvan Beach on Oneida Lake. Herkimer county ------------- EVENING GROSBEAKS continue almost daily at a feeder in Salisbury Corneers. 1/10: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen near the feeders in Salisbury Corners. 8 COMMON REDPOLLS were seen at Westgate Drive north of Frankfort. ----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/ --
