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* New York * Syracuse * February 10, 2020 * NYSY 02. 10. 20 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): February 03 2020 to February 10, 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: February 10 AT 11:00 a.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #689 Monday February 10 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of February 03, 2020 Highlights: ----------- TUNDRA SWAN TRUMPETER SWAN CACKLING GOOSE WOOD DUCK HARLEQUIN DUCK BARROW’S GOLDENEYE RUDDY DUCK BLACK SCOTER GLAUCOUS GULL ICELAND GULL SNOWY OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE RED-HEADED WOODPECKER RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD COMMON GRACKLE DICKCISSEL FIELD SPARROW CHIPPING SPARROW WHITE CROWNED SPARROW LARK SPARROW PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 2/4: 9 TRUMPETER and 4 TUNDRA SWANS were seen from VanDyne Spoor road. Onondaga County ------------ Two CHIPPING SPARROWS are still coming to a feeder in Manlius and appear to be overwintering. 2/3: The female DICKCISSEL was again seen at Century Stables on Limeledge Road in Marcellus. 2/5: 2 COMMON GRACKLES were seen at a feeder in Baldwinsville. An AMERICAN WIGEON was seen from the West Shore Trail on Onondaga Lake. 2/6: A RUDDY DUCK was seen in the inner Harbor of Onondaga Creek near Destiny Shopping Mall. 2/7: A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen on Pompeu Center Road south of Rt. 20. A SNOWY OWL was seen at Hancock Airport. A CHIPPING SPARROW was seen on Comstock Street in Syracuse. 2/8: A RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD was seen on Sunview Drive in Elbridge. 2/9: An adult male BARROW’S GOLDENEYE was found on the Oswego River in Phoenix. Because the county line divides the river the bird can be counted in Onondaga and Oswego Counties as it moves. No report yet today. Oswego County ------------ The LARK SPARROW coming to a feeder on Hinman Road north of Pulaski was present today making it the 35th. day it has been seen. 2/5: A TUNDRA SWAN was found on Guile Road in Fulton. 2/9: The afore mentioned BARROW’S GOLDENEYE was seen by many on the Oswego River in Phoenix. At Oswego Harbor an ICELAND GULL, a BLACK SCOTER and the male HARLEQUIN DUCK are still being seen. 3CACKLING GEESE were seen from the Rt.57 pulloff near Owens Road north of Phoenix. A FIELD sparrow continues at a feeder in Constantia. 2/10: A WOOD DUCK was again found at Indian Point on the Oswego River north of Fulton. Cayuga County ------------ 2/4: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS, an adult and a juvenile, were seen at Fair Haven State Park. 2/9: TRUMPETER, TUNDRA and MUTE SWANS were seen at Fair Haven. Madison County ------------ 2/4: A GLAUCOUS GULL and 3 ICELAND GULLS were seen at the Madison County Landfill south of Canastota. 2/8: A NORTHERN SHRIKE continues on Eden Hollow Road east of Erieville. Oneida county ------------ 2/5: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen from Rt. 31 west of Turning Stone Casino. Herkimer County ------------ 2/3: 2 PINE SISKINS were seen north of Lake Rondaxe near Old Forge. ---- End Report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville NY Region 5 -- 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/ --
