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* New York * Syracuse * December 06, 2021 * NYSY 12. 06. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): November 29 to December 06, 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: December 06 AT 1:30 p.m. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #781: Monday December 06 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of November 26, 2021 Highlights: ----------- RED-THROATED LOON BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON ROSS’S GOOSE GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE CACKLING GOOSE BLACK SCOTER SURF SCOTER PEREGRINE FALCON GOLDEN EAGLE DUNLIN ICELAND GULL BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL SNOWY OWL SHORT-EARED OWL ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK COMMON YELLOWTHROAT YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW PINE SISKIN RED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 11/30: A SNOWY OWL was seen on the Wildlife Drive. 12/1: A late COMMON YELLOWTHROAT was seen and photographed on VanDyne Spoor Road. 12/3: 2 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS were seen at the Visitor’s Center. A PEREGRINE FALCON was nicely photographed on East Road. A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen from Carncross Road. 12/4: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen on Armitage Road. Cayuga County ------------ 11/29: A SNOWY OWL was seen at Fair Haven State Park. 11/30: A SNOWY OWL was seen at West Barrier Bar Park in Fair Haven. 12/1: A RED-THROATED LOON was seen at West Barrier Bar Park. Onondaga County ------------ 11/30: 2 BLACK SCOTERS were seen on Onondaga Lake from the Marshy Spits south of the Honeywell Visitor’s Center. A SNOY OWL was seen at the Honeywell Center on Onondaga Lake. 6 PINE SISKINS were seen on Watervale Roadin Manlius. 12/1: A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen at the Marshy Spits on Onondaga Lake. 12/2: An immature BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at the Inner Harbor south of Onondaga Lake in Syracuse. 12/3: A SNOWY OWL was seen in the Orange parking lot of the State Fair. Oswego County ------------ 11/30: 2 BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKES were seen on Oneida lake from West Monroe and from Oneida Shores Park. 12/1: A SNOWY OWL was see from Fort Ontario in Oswego. 12/3: 7 BLACK SCOTERS were seen from the bluff at Derby Hill on Lake Ontario. 12/4: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen from the bluff at Derby Hill. 12/5: A ROSS’S GOOSE and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were seen at Lake Neatahwanta in Fulton. A SURF SCOTER and a DUNLIN were seen at the outlet of Sandy Pond on Lake Ontario. 5 RED-THROATED LOONS were seen in the harbor in Oswego. An ICELAND GULL was seen at Lock 2 on the Oswego River in Fulton. Madison County ------------ 12/4: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen on Woodman Pond north of Hamilton. 12/5: A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen on Rt. 31 east of South Bay. Oneida County ------------ 11/30: 2 CACKLING GEESE were seen on Valley View Pond in New Hartford. 2 BLACK SCOTERS were seen on Oneida Lake from North Bay. Herkimer County ------------ 12/1: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen from Rt. 5S in the Town of Danube south of Little Falls. 3 PINE SISKINS were seen in Thendera. 12/4: 10 RED CROSSBILLS were seen near Bear Lake east of McKeever. 12/5: A late ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was at a feeder in Salisbury Corners. ---end report Region 5 Joseph Brin Baldwinsville, NY 13027 -- 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/ --