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* New York * Syracuse * February 15, 2021 * NYSY 02. 15. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): February 08 to February 15, 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: February 15 AT 6:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #739 Monday February 15, 2021 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of February 08, 2021 Highlights: ----------- WOOD DUCK BLUE-WINGED TEAL SURF SCOTER TURKEY VULTURE MERLIN RED-SHOULDERED HAWK GLAUCOUS GULL ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL SNOWY OWL SHORT-EARED OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET SAVANNAH SPARROW EASTERN TOWHEE RUSTY BLACKBIRD EVENING GROSBEAK HOARY REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 2/9: 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS and a SAVANNAH SPARROW were observed from West loop Road north of Rt. 31 just east of the Seneca River. Cayuga County ------------ 2/14: A GLAUCOUS GULL was see at West Barrier Bar County Park in Fair Haven. A MERLIN was seen at the Sterling Nature Center. Onondaga County ------------ WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS are now being seen in various locations. Look for them with American Tree Sparrows and White-Throated Sparrows in bushy areas and along roadsides. An adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL continues daily at Mercer Park in Baldwinsville. 2/9: A HOARY REDPOLL was again seen at the Marshy Spits area of the west side of Onondaga Lake. This area is south of the Honeywell Center. The bird was seen again today. A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was again seen near Barry Park in Syracuse. 2/10: A SURF SCOTER was seen from the Marshy Spits area of Onondaga Lake. 2/12: 2 WOOD DUCKS were seen at the Inner Harbor north of Kirkpatrick Street in Syracuse. They were observed again today. 2/14: 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL were seen from the Marshy Spits area. An ICELAND GULL was seen at the Inner Harbor. 2/15: A RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET was seen on Potter Road in the Three rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. Oswego County ------------ 2/11: A HOARY REDPOLL was seen at a private residence in Constantia. A SNOWY OWL was see at Port Ontario on Lake Ontario 2/13: A EASTERN TOWHEE was seen on County Route 85 west of Battle Island Golf course. A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen near Lock 2 in fulton. 2/14: 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Bergdorf Road in Parish. Madison County ------------- 2/9: A RUSTY BLACKBIRD was siin in Chittenango. 2/12: 11 EVENING GROSBEAKS continue at a feeding station on Carpenter Road near Sheds. 2/13: 3 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen from Indian Lookout Road north of Cazenovia. 2/14: 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Musicians Road in Earlville. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen of Eden Hollow Road. A SNOWY OWL was again seen on Mile Strip Road near the Fenner Wind Farm. Oneida County ------------ 2/13: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen near Griffiss Business and Tech Park near Rome. 2/14: A TURKEY VULTURE was again seen in Clinton. Herkimer County ------------ 2/9: 2 BLACK VULTURES were seen on the Benton Hall Academy in Little Falls. 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on the Military Road north of Dolgeville. 2/11: 6 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on the Newport-Gray Road. 2/12: 6 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Kohler Road in the Town of Ohio. A HOARY REDPOLL was seen near Salisbury Corners. 2/14: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Rt. 170A north of 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/ --
