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*New York - Syracuse - December 03, 2018 - NYSY 12.03.18 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert Dates: November 26 - December 03, 2018 To report by email: brinjoseph AT yahoo DOT com Reporting upstate counties: Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Oneida, Herkimer, Cayuga, Montezuma Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands complex compiled: December 03 AT 7;00 p.m. EDT compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondgaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week on November 26, 2018 Highlights: RED-THROATED LOON SANDHILL CRANE RUDDY DUCK SURF SCOTER BLACK SCOTER ICELAND GULL MERLIN RED-SHOULDERED HAWK NORTHERN SHRIKE FISH CROW EASTERN PHOEBE WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW CHIPPING SPARROW EASTERN TOWHEE GRAY CATBIRD BALTIMORE ORIOLE FOX SPARROW WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL EVENING GROSBEAK COMMON REDPOLL WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 12/1: A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen near Goose Haven. An EVENING GROSBEAK and a PINE SISKIN were seen at the Visitor’s Center. 12/2: 7 COMMON REDPOLLS were seen at the visitor’s Center. 17 SANDHILL CRANES were seen from East Road. Onondaga County ------------ 11/27: An EASTERN TOWHEE was seen at a feeder south of Manlius and was seen up to 11/30. 11/29: EVENING GROSBEAKS were reported at Radisson River Park on the Seneca River north of Baldwinsville.A FOX SPARROW was seen on Ritchlee Drive in Camillus. 11/30: A late EASTERN PHOEBE was seen on the Creek Walk north of Hiawathe Boulevard in Syracuse. A FISH CROW was seen and heard on Remington Ave. is Syracuse. 12/1: Anywhere from 15 to 25 EVENING GROSBEAKS were spotted on Shakham Road at the corner with Herlihy Road. A NORTHERN SHRIKE and a group of COMMON REDPOLLS were seen on the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake near the ampitheater. 12/2: A late GRAY CATBIRD was seen on Meadow Street in Baldwinsville. A MERLIN was seen on the Lemoyne College Campus in Syracuse. An ICELAND GULL was seen near the Honeywell visitor’s Center on Onondaga Lake. 12/3: A SAW-WHET OWL was seen on the West Shore Trail on Onondaga Lake. Oswego County ------------ 111/27: 4 BLACK SCOTERS and 2 SURF SCOTERS were seen on Lake Ontario from Rainbow Shores Road. An ICELAND GULL and a RED-THROATED LOON were seen from Derby Hill. 12/1: A SURF SCOTER was seen in Oswego Harbor. 40 COMMON REDPOLLS were seen from Co. Rt. 58 north of Colosse. Madison County ------------ 11/30: a male BALTIMORE ORIOLE and large numbers of EVENING GROSBEAKS continue at a feeder on Carpenter Road in Sheds. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on S Hill Road in DeRuyter. 12/1: 17 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Kinney Road in New Woodstock. A RED-WINGED CROSSBILL was heard in flight at Woodman Pond. 12/2: A RED SHOULDERED HAWK was seen on North Side Circle in Bouckville. 12/3: One EVENING GROSBEAK was seen on Alexis Road in Hamilton. Oneida County ------------ 11/27: 2 RUDDY DUCKS were seen on the Utica Reservoir. Cayuga County ------------ 11/30: A FOX SPARROW was reported from the Sterling Nature Center. Herkimer County ------------ 11/27: EVENING GROSBEAKS continue at a feeder north of Dolgeville. 11/28: A FOX SPARROW was at a feeder north of Dolgeville. A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was at a feeder in the village of Dolgeville. --end transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, NY 13027 USA -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
