* New York* Syracuse
- November 21, 2016
* NYSY 11. 21.16 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):November 14, 2016
- November 21, 2016to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate
NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands
Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson,
Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortlandcompiled: November 21 AT 4 p.m.
(EST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of November 14,
2015.
Highlights--
RED-THROATED LOON CATTLE EGRETBLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONTRUMPETER SWANCACKLING
GOOSEGREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSEEURASIAN WIGEONPEREGRINE FALCONNORTHERN
GOSHAWKSANDHILL CRANELITTLE GULLICELAND GULLLESSER BLACK-BACKED
GULLBLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKENORTHERN SHRIKEMARSH WRENRUBY-CROWNED KINGLETEVENING
GROSBEAK
Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex
(MWC)
11/16: CATTLE EGRETS were again seen at Goose Haven. They were reported
through 11/19. A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at the Visitor’s Center. 11/18:
Shorebirds are not gone yet (although after today they probably are.) A
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS were still being found
along the Wildlife Trail and in Benning Marsh. The Greater was seen through the
19th. and the White-Rumped and Lesser were seen through the 20th. 10 TRUMPETER
SWANS were seen at the Audubon Center. An EURASIAN WIGEON was again spotted in
the Main Pool. 11/19: 55 SANDHILL CRANES were seen from East Road. A late
MARSH WREN was seen along the Wildlife Drive. 11/20: A CACKLING GOOSE was
spotted along the Wildlife Drive.
Onondaga County
11/14: A late RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET was seen on Jamesville Ave. in
Syracuse. 11/15: 12 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE found at Beaverr Lake last
week continued through 11/18. No reports since. A GREATER YELLOWLEGS was seen
at Otisco Lake Park. 11/16: A single EVENING GROSBEAK was seen at Beaver
Lake Nature Center. 11/17: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at the Inner Harbor
near Destiny Shopping Mall in Syracuse. 11/19: A late RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET
was seen along the West Shore hiking trail on Onondaga Lake.
Oswego County
11/17: An ICELAND GULL was seen at Oswego Harbor. 11/18: A
RED-THROATED LOON was seen at Selkirk Shores on Lake Ontario. 11/20: A
LITTLE GULL, a BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were all
seen on favorable winds at Derby Hill.
Madison County-
11/15: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen on Woodman Pond north of Hamilton.
11/19: A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen on Irish Hill Road south of Cazenovia. A
NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Holmes Road south of Cazenovia. 11/20: 2
SANDHILL CRANES were seen on Gee Road north of Chittenango.
Oneida County
11/14: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen along Rt. 365 west oh Hollend Patent.
Herkimer County-
11/17: 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS were at a feeder north of Dolgeville.
--end report
Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, NY 13027 U.S.A.
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