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* New York * Syracuse * January 25, 2021 * NYSY 01. 25. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): January 18 to January 25, 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 25 AT 4:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #736 Monday January 25, 2021 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 18, 2020 Highlights: ----------- GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE TURKEY VULTURE FERRUGINOUS HAWK (Extralimital) NORTHERN GOSHAWK ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL GLAUCOUS GULL SNOWY OWL SHORT-EARED OWL RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD NORTHERN SHRIKE HERMIT THRUSH GRAY CATBIRD HERMIT THRUSH LAPLAND LONGSPUR COMMOM GRACKLE EVENING GROSBEAK PINE GROSBEAK WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW RED-CROSSBILL HOARY REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 1/22: 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen from VanDyne Spoor Road. 1/25: A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen on East Road. Cayuga County ------------ 1/19: A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at the south end of Little Sodus Bay in Fair Haven. Onondaga County ------------ The RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD coming to feeders on Doyle Road east of Baldwinsville since late fall was last seen on 1/23: 1/19: A GRAY CATBIRD was seen at Jamesville Beach Park. 1/10: 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and an ICELAND GULL were seen between Mercer Park and Marble Island in Baldwinsville on the Seneca River. The Lesser Black-backed Gulls were seen through the 24th. 1/21: A HOARY REDPOLL was seen on the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake near the State Fair Grounds . It was seen through the 25th. 1/22: A COMMON GRACKLE was seen at the Andrews Road Feeder Canal in Dewitt. 1/23: A HERMIT THRUSH was seen at Green Lakes State Park. A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen on Vann Road west of Baldwinsville. 1/24: 4 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, all juveniles, were seen on East Sorrell Hill road south of Baldwinsville. 1/25: 4 RED CROSSBILLS were seen on Shakham Road in the Morgan Hill State Forest. Oswego County ------------ 1/19: A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was again seen near a feeder on Hinman Road north of Pulaski. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was found at the Phoenix Dam and Locks and was present through the 24th. 12 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen near Stone Hill Road west of Williamstown. 1/10: A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen on Tubbs Road east of Mexico. A HOARY REDPOLL was seen on Stone Hill Road west of Willianstown. 1/21: An ICELAND and a PEREGRINE FALCON were seen at the Phoenix Dam and Lock area. 1/23: A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen in Oswego Harbor. 1/24: 3 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen in Minetto. Madison County ------------ 1/21: 12 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at a feeder on Carpenter Road near Sheds. 1/23: A SNOWY OWL was again seen near the Fenner Wind Farm on Peterboro Road. It was again seen on the 25th. Oneida County ------------ 1/18: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Poppleton Road east of Verona beach. 1/21: A TURKEY VULTURE was seen in flight in clinton. Herkimer county ------------- 1/19: EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on the Military Road north of Dolgeville and at Salisbury Corners through the 23rd. 1/21: 1 PINE GROSBEAK was seen at Salisbury Corners. Extralimital ------------ A state first FERRUGINOUS HAWK was located on 1/16 and has been seen daily (except for the 24th.) in what is known as the “Black Dirt Region” south of Goshen. Celery Ave, Onion Ave and Cedar Swamp Road were places where the bird has been sighted. A positive sighting today was from Celery Ave. ----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/ --
