[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse area RBA

2021-01-25 Thread Joseph Brin 

RBA

 

*  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:

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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

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     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



   
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[cayugabirds-l] Rough-legged Hawk

2021-01-25 Thread Donna Lee Scott 
There’s a rainbow ring in clouds around the sun & I just got a couple good 
looks at my FOY ROUGH LEGGED HAWK at top of Lansing Station Rd by rt. 34B.
It flew south.

Good bird day at home down by lake, including male bluebird, carolina wren, 
female pileated woodpecker at suet & many of the usual feeder birds!

Donna Scott
Lansing
Sent from my iPhone

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[cayugabirds-l] Redpolls and red tailed hawks at Game Farm

2021-01-25 Thread Laura Stenzler 
We just counted 24 redtailed Hawks on the fences around the pheasant farm on 
Game Farm Road, and a flock of at least 100 redpolls in the field at the north 
end of Game Farm road. 

Laura

Laura Stenzler
l...@cornell.edu
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red-Tailed Hawk borealis vs abieticola subspecies Stevenson Road Game Farm Today

2021-01-25 Thread Matthew Young 
Nice, there's also been a nice abieticola Red-tail (they superficially
start to look a little like light morph Roughies IMO) around George Rd at
the location I first found the huge flock of Redpolls early last week.

Matt



On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 8:41 PM David Nicosia  wrote:

> All,
>
> I spent some time watching the numerous RED-TAILED HAWKs on Stevenson Road
> over the Game Farm. Two subspecies (I believe) were present (see photos in
> ebird report).
>
> 
> https://ebird.org/checklist/S79764223
>
> I noticed much darker markings on some RED-TAILED HAWKs which I believe
> are the abieticola subspecies or "northern" RED-TAILED HAWK. There were many
> with lighter markings which is the borealis subspecies that nests here and
> is our "eastern" RED-TAILED HAWK. This is kind of backwards since "boreal"
> usually means north!
>
> In any event, this is a neat place to study RED-TAILED HAWKS since there
> are so many here!  I have seen a few abieticola subspecies in Broome County
> but there seemed to be at least several here.
>
> There was also a large flock of EUROPEAN STARLINGs of which I found 4
> BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS. They are not rare but neat to see in winter.  I also
> enjoyed seeing the many TURKEY VULTURES, again not rare here, but quite
> rare in Broome County in winter. I didn't see any BLACK VULTURES which are
> being seen here regularly.
>
> I didn't go to the compost piles opting to stay on Stevenson road.
>
> Best,
> Dave Nicosia
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