RBA

 

*  New York

*  Syracuse

* November 30, 2020

*  NYSY  11. 30. 20

 

Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert

Dates(s):




November 23 to Novenber 30, 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: Novenber 30 AT 6:30 p.m. (EDT)

compiler: Joseph Brin

Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org

 

 

#728 

Monday November 30, 2020

 

Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of 

November 23, 2020

 

Highlights:

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RED-THROATED LOON

GREAT EGRET

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE

CACKLING GOOSE

BLACK SCOTER

SURF SCOTER

BLACK VULTURE

PURPLE SANDPIPER

WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER

SANDHILL CRANE

ICELAND GULL

LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL

SHORT-EARED OWL

LONG-EARED OWL

RED-HEADED WOODPECKER

NORTHERN SHRIKE

MARSH WREN

ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER

EVENING GROSBEAK

COMMOM REDPOLL

HOARY REDPOLL

WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL

RED CROSSBILL










Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)

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     11/24: 4 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen at Carncross Road.

     11/25: A late WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was at the Visitor’s Center and 
remained to the 29th.

     11:27 1 SHORT-EARED OWL was seen at Carncross Road.

     11/28: A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was at the Visitor’s

Center and was seen the next day also. 7 DUNLIN were also at the Visitor’s 
Center. A late MARSH WREN was heard along the Wildlife Drive. 80 SANDHILL 
CRANES and 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen at Carncross Road.







Cayuga County

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     11/23: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at West Barrier Bar in Fair Haven.

     11/27: 2 PURPLE SANDPIPERS, 2 RED-THROATED LOONS, 1 EVENING GROSBEAK and 
14 COMMON REDPOLLS were seen at Fair Haven State Park.







Onondag County

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     Large numbers of RED CROSSBILLS and smaller nimbers of WHITE-WINGED 
CROSSBILLS continue throughout the week at Shakham Road in the Morgan Hill 
State forest. 

     11/24: A SANDHILL CRANE and a CACKLING GOOSE were seen near the Adath 
Yeshuren Cemetery in Syracuse. A ROSS’S GOOSE was found on Tracey Lake near 
Tully. 3 BLACK SCOTERS and a GREAT EGRET were seen from the West Shore Trail on 
Onondaga Lake. A PINE GROSBEAK was seen at the Morgan Hill State forest. 

     11/25: 4 RED-THROATED LOONS were seen from the West Shore Trail of 
Onondaga Lake.

     11/26: A late ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen near the dock on the West 
Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake and was seen through the 29th. 

     11/27: A PINE GROSBEAK was seen at the Hill ‘n Dale Golf Course near the 
Morgan Hill State Forest. A HOARY REDPOLL, 3 BLACK SCOTERS, an ICELAND GULL,8 
RED-THROATED LOONS and a RED-NECKED GREBE were all seen from the West Shore 
Trail of Onondaga Lake.

     11/28: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen at the Morgan Hill State Forest. A NORTHERN 
SHRIKE was seen near the duck Blind at Three Rivers WMA north of 
Baldwinsville.A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Melo Circle in Clay.

     11/29: A LONG-EARED OWL was seen at Morgan Hill State Forest.







Oswego County

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     EVENING GROSBEAKS were reported in numerous places. Keep your feeders full 
and keep an eye out.

     11/24: 2 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen with Ceders on Nine Mile Point Road 
on Lake Ontario. 3 PURPLE SANDPIPERS were seen at Sunset Bay Town Park at the 
Boat Launch.

     11/25: 26 RED CROSSBILLS were seen on the Richland-Selkirk east trail near 
Selkirk Shores State Park.

     11/27: 13 BLACK SCOTERS were seen from the bluffs at Derby Hill. 2 
SURF-SCOTERS were seen on Lake Ontario from the end of Rainbow Shores Road.







Madison County

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     Like Oswego County EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen in many wild areas and 
feeders.

     11/25: 5 PINE GROSBEAKS were on Damon Road near New Woodstock.

     11/27: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at Nelson Swamp south of Cazenovia.

     11/28: HOARY REDPOLLS were noted at Ditchbank Road north of Canastota and 
the Fenner Wind Farm.

     11/29: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen from Ditchbank Road. A 
SHORT-EARED OWL was seen on Burleson Road south of Canestota.







Herkimer County

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         2 different feeding stations on the Military Road north of Dolgeville 
played host this week to PINE GROSBEAKS, EVENING GROSBEAKS and BOHEMIAN 
WAXWINGS. 

     11/28: 2 BLACK VULTURES were seen at the intersection of Rts. 5 and 169 in 
Little Falls.

  




----End Report







Joseph Brin

Baldwinsville NY

Region 5



   
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