RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* November 01, 2021
* NYSY 11. 01. 21
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s): October 25 to Novenber 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: November 01 AT 6:30 p.m. (DST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#776: Monday November 01
Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of
October 25, 2021
Highlights:
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PACIFIC LOON (Extralimital)
CATTLE EGRET
CACKLING GOOSE
KING EIDER (Extralimital)
EURASIAN WIGEON
SURF SCOTER
BLACK SCOTER
OSPREY
STILT SANDPIPER
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE
PARASITIC JAEGER
POMERINE JAEGER (Extralimital)
LONG-EARED OWL
SHORT-EARED OWL
VESPER SPARROW
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
10/25: 3 STILT SANDPIPERS and a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER were seen from
Armitage Road.
10/28: A LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was seen from Armitage Road.
10/29: A CATTLE EGRET was seen from Rt. 90 south of Rt. 31.
10/31: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen in Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 5 LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHERS were seen at the Visitor’s Center.
Onondaga County
10/25: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen in the Big Fields Area east of 60 Road
in the 3 Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville.
10/27: 2 SURF SCOTERS were seen near the south end of Onondaga Lake in
Syracuse. A VESPER SPARROW was seen in the Marshy Spits area of Onondaga Lake
10/28: A LONG-EARED OWL was seen in the Big Fields area of 3 Rivers WMA
north of Baldwinsville.
10/29: A late OSPREY was seen ner the Honeywell Center on the west side of
Onondaga Lake.
Oswego County
An influx of rare seabirds thanks to a recent storm drove the following
birds to Derby Hill. RAZORBILL, BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE and PARASITIC JAEGER.
The birds were seen from 10/30 to 11/1.
10/28: A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet on Lake
Ontario.
10/31: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at Derby Hill on Lake Ontario.
11/1: A late VESPER SPARROW was seen on Bishop Road north of Pulaski.
Oneida County
10/27: 16 BLACK SCOTERS were seen on the Hinckley Reservoir near the dam.
Extralimital
10/30: At Sodus Bay (Wayne County) a PACIFIC LOON and up to 5 KING EIDERS
were seen in flight. Also seen here were a RAZORBILL and a BLACK-LEGGED
KITTYWAKE.
10/31: At Sodus Bay at POMERINE JAEGER was spotted.
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Joseph Brin
Baldwinsville, NY
13027
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