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*New York - Syracuse - January 07 2019 - NYSY 01.07.19 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert Dates: December 31 - January 07, 2019 To report by email: brinjoseph AT yahoo DOT com Reporting upstate counties: Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Oneida, Herkimer, Cayuga, Montezuma Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands complex compiled: January 07 AT 2:00 p.m. EDT compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondgaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week on December 31, 2019 Highlights: BLACK-CROWNED HIGHT-HERON CACKLING GOOSE WHITE-WINGED SCOTER SURF SCOTER MERLIN PEREGRINE FALCON ICELAND GULL GLAUCOUS GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL SNOWY OWL SHORT-EARED OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE EASTERN PHOEBE COMMON YELLOWTHROAT EASTERN TOWHEE WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW (Extralimital) BOREAL CHICKADEE (Extralimital) EVENING GROSBEAK COMMON REDPOLL PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 1/5: An EASTERN PHOEBE was seen at the Visitor’s Center. A COMMON YELLOWTHROAT was found at Tschache Pool. 1/6: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen at Kipp Island off of State Route 90. Cayuga County ------------ 1/4: 1 SURF and 4 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were seen at West Barrier Beach in Fair Haven. Onondaga County ------------ 12/31: PINE SISKINS continue at a feeder in Manlius almost daily. 1/1: An EASTERN TOWHEE was again seen at a feeder south of Manlius. A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW continues at a feeder in Elbridge and was seen through yesterday. 1/2: An EASTERN PHOEBE was seen at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 1/3: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen on the Onondaga Creek Creek Walk north of Hiawatha Blvd. in Syracuse. A RUDDY DUCK was seen on the Onondaga Lake West Shore Trail. A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen from Park Street in Syracuse. 1/4: EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Shakham Road in the Morgan Hill State Forest. 1/5: At least 25 COMMON REDPOLLS were again seen on Penoyer Road in Fabius. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at the Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 1/6: A SNOWY OWL was seen at Hancock Airport in Syracuse. Oswego County ------------ 1/2: An ICELAND GULL was see on Oneida Lake in Brewerton. 5 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on North Church Road in Boylston. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at Johnson Road Marsh in Hastings. 1/4: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at Oswego Harbor. 1/5: 2 COMMON REDPOLLS were seen at Derby Hill. Madison County ------------ EVENING GROSBEAKS continue to come to feeders daily at Carpenter Road in Sheds and Eden Hollow Road south of Erieville. 1/1: 3 ICELAND, 1 GLAUCOUS and I LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were seen at Ditchbank Road north of Chittenango. 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen on Burleson Road south of Oneida. They were reported through the 4th. 1/2: An ICELAND GULL was seen at the Madison County Landfill south of Canastota. 1/5: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. Oneida County ------------ 1/1: A MERLIN was seen in Sherrill. Herkimer County ------------ EVENING GROSBEAKS continue at a feeder north of Dolgeville. Extralimital ------------ 12/31: A mega rare GOLDEN CROWNED SPARROW discovered in Downsville, Delaware County continues as of 1/6: Please check ebird for directions and protocols for viewing this bird. 1/5: A BOREAL CHICKADEE, rarely seen out of the Adirondacks, was found on State Park Road in Point Peninsula, Jefferson County. There have been no further sightings. --end transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, NY 13027 USA -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
