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* New York * Syracuse * January 18, 2021 * NYSY 01. 18. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): January 11 to January 18, 2021 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: January 18 AT 4:30 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #735 Monday January 18, 2021 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 11, 2020 Highlights: ----------- CACKLING GOOSE GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE WOOD DUCK TURKEY VULTURE PEREGRINE FALCON NORTHERN GOSHAWK KILLDEER SANDHILL CRANE ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL GLAUCOUS GULL SNOWY OWL RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER NORTHERN SHRIKE HERMIT THRUSH GRAY CATBIRD WINTER WREN RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK COMMOM GRACKLE EVENING GROSBEAK PINE GROSBEAK WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW RED-CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 1/14: 12 SANDHILL CRANES were seen from Carncross Road. 1/15: A WINTER WREN was seen on the Esker Brook Trail 1/16: 2 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS were seen at Howland Island. Onondaga County ------------ The RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD on Doyle Road east of Baldwinsville continued up to yesterday. No word yet today. 1/13: A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW continues in the Marshy Spits area on Onondaga Lake south of the Honeywell Center. It was relocated on the 17th. also. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at the Inner Harbor south of Onondaga Lake. 1/14: 16 RED CROSSBILLS were seen on Shakham Road in the Morgan Hill state Forest. 1/15: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen at the Andrews Road feeder Canal in Dewitt. A female SURF SCOTER was seen at the Creek walk at the south end of Onondaga Lake. 1/16: 3 WOOD DUCKS were seen at the Inner Harbor. NORTHERN SHRIKES were seen at the Marshy spits of Onondaga Lake and on Van Buren Road in Baldwinsville. 1/17: A RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET was seen at the Marshy Spits on Onondaga Lake. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen at the north end of Skaneateles lake in Skaneateles. 9 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Shakham Road in the Morgan Hill State Forest. A second year GLOUCOUS GULL was seen in the Seneca River in Baldwinsville from Marble Island. An ICELAND GULL was seen on Vincent Corners Road north of Fabius. 1/18: A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen at the Orchard Vali Golf Course on Rt. 20 near LaFayette. A CACKLING GOOSE was seen at the north end of Skaneateles Lake from the Village Park. 26 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Shakham Road in the Morgan Hill State Forest. Oswego County ------------ 1/13: An EVENING GROSBEAK was seen on Stone Hill Road near Williamstown. 1/14: A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was photographed chasing a Mourning Dove on Hinman Road north of Pulaski. A HERMIT THRUSH was seen on East Seneca street in Oswego. A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen in Oswego harbor. 1/15: A ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK continues at a feeder on Clark Road in Oswego. 1/16: A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen on Hinman Road north of Oswego. 1/18: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at the Phoenix Dam and Lock. An ICELAND GULL was seen at Indian Point on the Oswego River north of Fulton. Madison County ------------ 1/14: 3 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Earlville Road in Poolville. 1/17: A PINE GROSBEAK was seen on Erieville Road south of Erieville. A NORTHERN SHRIKE and a SNOWY OWL were seen on Bellinger Road near the Fenner wind Farm south of Canastota. Oneida County ------------ 1/13: 2 KILLDEER were seen in a wet area on Clinton Street in Rome. 1/15: 2 TURKEY VULTURES were seen in Waterville. A GRAY CATBIRD was seen near the Sangertown Mall in Utica. Herkimer County ------------ PINE GROSBEAKS and EVENING GROSBEAKS continue regularly 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/ --
