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* New York * Syracuse * December 21, 2020 * NYSY 12. 21. 20 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): December 14 to December 21, 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 21 AT 4:30 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #731 Monday December 21, 2020 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of December 14, 2020 Highlights: ----------- RED-THROATED LOON WOOD DUCK PINK-FOOTED GOOSE GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE CACKLING GOOSE KING EIDER BLACK SCOTER SURF SCOTER ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK SANDHILL CRANE ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL SNOWY OWL RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD NORTHERN SHRIKE RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET GRAY CATBIRD EASTERN TOWHEE HERMIT THRUSH FIELD SPARROW WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW EVENING GROSBEAK COMMOM REDPOLL HOARY REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 12/14: A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen in the Muckland along Rt. 31 west of the Seneca River. 21/21: 7 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at the Visitor’s Center. Onondaga County ------------ The RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD reported from Doyle Road east of Baldwinsville is still coming to feeders put out by various homeowners. 12/17: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen in flight from Comstock Road in Syracuse. A COMMON GRACKLE was seen on Young Road in Syracuse. 12/18: A SURF SCOTER was seen at the marshy spits area on the south end on Onondaga Lake. 12/19: Highlights from the annual Syracuse CBC were: GRAY KINGBIRD, COMMON GRACKLE, HERMIT THRUSH, HOARY REDPOLL, FIELD SPARROW, EVENING GROSBEAK and COMMON REDPOLL. 12/20: An ICELAND GULL was seen on Vincent Corners Road east of Fabius. 12/21: 50 COMMON REDPOLLS were seen on Watervale Road south of Manlius. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at the Liverpool Marina on Onondaga Lake. Oswego County ------------ 12/15: A KING EIDER was seen in Oswego Harbor. 12/16: A BLACK SCOTER and a SNOWY OWL were seen at Oswego Harbor. A HERMIT THRUSH was found at a residence in Hastings. 12/17: A RED-THROATED LOON was found in Oswego Harbor. 12/18: A HOARY REDPOLL was seen at Port Ontario on Lake Ontario.6 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Johnson Road in Williamstown. 12/19: 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Stone Hill Road west of Williamstown. 12/20: Highlights on the Oswego CBC were: WOOD DUCK north of Fulton, HERMIT THRUSH in two places in Oswego, 8 COMMON REDPOLLS at Lock 2 in Fulton and an EASTERN TOWEE (rare in winter) on Co. Rt. 85 north of Fulton. 12/21: An ICELAND GULL was seen at Lock 2 in Fulton. Madison County ------------ 1215: A PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, possibly the same bird seen in Tully in Onondaga County over a month ago, was found and photographed on Woodman Pond north of Hamilton. It was seen again the next day but has not been reported since. A CACKLING GOOSE was seen at the same location on both days also. A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. 12/17: 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Borden Road in Erieville. 12/19: 16 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Middleport Road south of Hamilton. Oneida County ------------ 12/15: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Co. Rt. 86 in Durhamville. 12/19: A RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET was seen in Procter Park in Utica. A GRAY CATBIRD was seen on the Hamilton College Campus in Clinton. Herkimer County ------------ 12/16: 3 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at a feeder on the Military road north of Dolgeville. 12/19: 5 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at a feeder in Salisbury Corners. ----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/ --
