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* New York * Syracuse * December 07, 2020 * NYSY 12. 07. 20 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): November 30 to December 07, 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: December 07 AT 12:30 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #729 Monday December 07, 2020 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of November 30, 2020 Highlights: ----------- RED-THROATED LOON GREAT EGRET GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE ROSS’S GOOSE CACKLING GOOSE BLACK SCOTER WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER SANDHILL CRANE ICELAND GULL GLAUCOUS GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE SHORT-EARED OWL RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD NORTHERN SHRIKE COMMON YELLOWTHROAT BOHEMIAN WAXWING PINE GROSBEAK EVENING GROSBEAK COMMOM REDPOLL HOARY REDPOLL WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL RED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 11/30: The last day the WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was seen at the Visitor’s Center. 12/4: 2 CACKLING GEESE and a late COMMON YELLOWTHROAT were found along the Wildlife Drive. Over 250 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 12/5: 3 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen from Carncross Road, They were found again the next evening. Cayuga County ------------ 12/1: A RED-THROATED LOON was seen on Lake Ontario from West Barrier Bar Park in Fair Haven. 12/3: COMMON REDPOLLS and PINE SISKINS were seen at Fair Haven State park. Onondaga County ------------ RED CROSSBILLS and EVENING GROSBEAKS continue in good numbers at Shakham Road in the Morgan Hill State Forest near the Cortland County line. 12/1: A RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, present since October, was found by birders and ID’D by a bander. It is still being seen today.A BLACK SCOTER and a RED-NECKED GREBE were seen on Onondaga Lake from the West Shore Trail. 12/2: A HOARY REDPOLL was seen in with Common redpolls on the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. An ICELAND GULL was found in Mercer Park on the Seneca River in Baldwinsville.It was seen again on the 6th. 12/3: A WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL was heard in flight at Green Lakes State Park in Fayetteville. 12/4: A late GREAT EGRET was seen from the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. 12/5: Over 50 COMMON REDPOLLS were seen along the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. Oswego County ------------ EVENING GROSBEAKS have frequently been at feeders in Willianstown. 12/1: A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet on Lake Ontario. 12/2: A BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE was seen from the bluff at Derby Hill on Lake Ontario. 12/3: 10 BLACK SCOTERS was seen at the Sandy Pond outlet on Lake Ontario. 12/4: 25 COMMON REDPOLLS were seen on Harris Hill Road near Hannibal. 12/5: A late GREATER YELLOWLEGS was at Selkirk Shores State Park on Lake Ontario. A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen from the bluff at Derby Hill on Lake Ontario. Madison County ------------ 11/30: 3 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at Indian Lookout Road in Cazenovia. 12/1: A late RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET was seen on the Erie Canal Trail north of Chittenango. 12/4: A PINE GROSBEAK was found along Erieville Road near Nelson. 12/6: A ROSS’S GOOS was seen and photographed in flight near Indian Lookout Road in Cazenovia. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. 20 EVENING GROSBEAKS were found on Paridise Hill Road near Deruyter. A HOARY REDPOLL was found on Thompson Road south of Cazenovia. A RED CROSSBILL was seen on Muller Hill Road near Georgetown. Oneida County ------------ 12/6: 5 EVENING GROSBEAKS and 2 PINE GROSBEAKS were found in the Forestport area. A HOARY REDPOLL was seen on Canterbury Hill Road north of Rome. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Rt. 26 south of Rome. Herkimer county ------------ 12/1: EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Military Road north of Dolgeville and Cemetery Road south of Dolgeville. 12/5: 13 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen at a residence in Salisbury Corners north of Dolgeville. ----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/ --