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* New York * Syracuse * March 01, 2021 * NYSY 03. 01. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): February 22 to March 01, 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: March 01 AT 1:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #741 Monday March 01, 2021 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of February 22, 2021 Highlights: ----------- SNOW GOOSE WOOD DUCK NORTHERN SHOVELER KING EIDER SURF SCOTER TURKEY VULTURE BLACK SCOTER ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL SHORT-EARED OWL SAW-WHET OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET HERMIT THRUSH YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER LAPLAND LONGSPUR BOHEMIAN WAXWING EVENING GROSBEAK PINE GROSBEAK HOARY REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 2/24: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen on the Esker Brook Trail. 2/15: A SHORT-EARED OWL and a LAPLAND LONGSPUR. were seen in the Mucklands on Rt.31 just west of the Seneca River. Cayuga County ------------ 2/28: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and an ICELAND GULL were seen at Fair Haven State Park. Onondaga County ------------ COMMON REDPOLLS and PINE SISKINS are still being seen at many feeders. 2/23: A RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET was seen at the Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 2/24: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen on Monroe Road in Camillus. 2/26: A HERMIT THRUSH was seen on Buckley Road in Liverpool. 2/27: An ICELAND GULL was seen along the Creek Walk near Destiny in Syracuse. 3/1: A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER continues at Radisson River Park (private) on River Road north of Rt. 31 in Baldwinsville. Oswego County ------------ 2/26: BLACK SCOTERS, SURF SCOTERS, an ICELAND GULL and a NORTHERN SHOVELER were all seen in Oswego Harbor. Most were seen through yesterday. A WOOD DUCK was seen at Indian Point on the Oswego River north of Fulton. 2/28: A WOOD DUCK was seen at Point Ontario on Lake Ontario. Madison County ------------ 2/23: SNOW GEESE were heard in flight in Hamilton. 2/25: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen again on Eaton Brook Road near Erieville. Oneida County ------------ 2/27: A HOARY REDPOLL was seen near Forestport. Herkimer County ------------ 2/22: 5 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were at a residence in Salisbury Corners. 2/23: A HOARY REDPOLL was at a feeding station in Dolgeville. It was present again on the 27th. 2/24: An EVENING GROSBEAK and 5 PINE GROSBEAKS were at a residence in Salisbury Corners. 2/26: A SAW-WHET OWL was seen at a residence on the Military Road north of Dolgeville. 2/28: A NORTHERN SHRIKE were seen near a residence in Salisbury Corners. ----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/ --
