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* New York * Syracuse * February 01, 2021 * NYSY 02. 01. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): January 25 to February 01, 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: February 01 AT 4:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #737 Monday February 01, 2021 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 25, 2020 Highlights: ----------- CACKLING GOOSE BLACK VULTURE FERRUGINOUS HAWK (Extralimital) ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK RED-SHOULDERED HAWK SORA ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL SNOWY OWL SHORT-EARED OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE HERMIT THRUSH YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW FIELD SPARROW COMMON GRACKLE EVENING GROSBEAK PINE GROSBEAK HOARY REDPOLL PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 1/25: A FIELD SPARROW and a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK were seen from VanDyne Spoor road. 1/30: 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen from Carncross Road. 1/31: A HERMIT THRUSH was seen on VanDyne Spoor road. Onondaga County ------------ A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL has been see through the week in Baldwinsville from Mercer Park to Marble Island. Up to 5 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS have been seen along East Sorrell Hill Road south of Conners Road in Baldwinsville. 1/27: A COMMON GRACKLE was seen on the Erie Canal Feeder in Manlius. 1/28: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen near the Marshy Spits in the South-west end of Onondaga Lake. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen in the Inner harbor near Destiny in Syracuse. 1/29: A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was seen in Radisson. A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was seen on Westmoreland Ave. in Syracuse . Another has been reported in the Collington Point area east of Baldwinsville. Both birds were well photographed. A COMMON GRACKLE was seen on River Road east of Baldwinsville. 1/30: A SORA was seen eating seed under a feeder on Fischer Road in Manlius. Oswego County ------------ 1/25: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen near the Phoenix Dam and Lock on the Oswego River. 1/26: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen from fort Ontario in Oswego. An ICELAND GULL was seen at the Phoenix Dam and Lock. 2/1: A HOARY REDPOLL was seen along with 11 Common Redpolls at a feeder in Hastings. Madison County ------------- 1/31: A SNOWY OWL continues on Mile Strip Road near the Fenner Wind Farm. 2/1: A NORTHERN SHRIKE continues at the corner of Eden Hollow and Eaton Brook Roads east of Erieville. Oneida County ------------ 1/31: 6 PINE SISKINS were seen on Westmoreland Ave. in Whitesboro. Herkimer County ------------ EVENING GROSBEAKS continues throughout the week at a feeding area in Salisbury Corners north of Dolgeville. 1/25: A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen on Peckville Road west of Dolgeville. 1/26: 10 PINE GROSBEAKS were seen at a feeding area in Salisbury Corners. 3 BLACK VULTURES were seen on the old High School in Little Falls. Extralimital ------------ The FERRUGINOUS HAWK found a number of weeks ago in Orange County in the Black Dirt area in the Town of New Hampton was relocated yesterday on Celery Ave. No positive reports yet today. ----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/ --
