RBA

 

*  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:

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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)

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     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

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     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

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     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

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     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

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     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

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     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

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     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



   
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