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*New York - Syracuse - December 17 2018 - NYSY 12.17.18 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert Dates: December 10 - December 17, 2018 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: December 17 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 10, 2018 Highlights: RED-THROATED LOON RED-NECKED GREBE AMERICAN WIGEON BLACK SCOTER SURF SCOTER PEREGRINE FALCON ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK NORTHERN HARRIER GOLDEN EAGLE ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL EASTERN PHOEBE NORTHERN SHRIKE RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET COMMON YELLOWTHROAT CHIPPING SPARROW EASTERN TOWHEE BALTIMORE ORIOLE WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW CHIPPING SPARROW SAVANNAH SPARROW EVENING GROSBEAK COMMON REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 12/16: A dark ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and a NORTHERN HARRIER were seen from East Road. Onondaga county ------------ 12/10: 2 BLACK SCOTERS were seen from the end of the Onondaga Creek Creekwalk in Syracuse. An EASTERN TOWHEE continues at a feeder south of Manlius. An EVENING GROSBEAK was seen from the West Shore Trail on Onondaga Lake. 12/11: A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen along the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. It has been seen through the 15th. A CHIPPING SPARROW was seen at a feeder on Comstock in Syracuse. It also has been seen through the 15th. 12/14: 8 EVENING GROSBEAKS were found on Shakham Road near the Cortland County line. 12/15: Higthlights of the Syracuse Christmas Bird Count were WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, SAVANNAH SPARROW, EASTERN PHOEBE, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, AMERICAN WIGEON and PEREGRINE FALCON. 12/16: A NORTHERN SHRIKE continues on the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. Oswego County ------------ 12/10: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and an ICELAND GULL were seen is Oswego Harbor. 12/13: A SURF SCOTER was seen in Oswego Harbor. 12/16: A SURF SCOTER and a RED-THROATED LOON WERE seen in Oswego County. A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen on Parsons Road near Hannibal. A RED-THROATED LOON was seen in Oswego Harbor. A COMMON REDPOLL was seen near battle Island Golf Course. Madison County ------------ 12/10: EVENING GROSBEAKS and a male BALTIMORE continue to come to feeders on Carpenter road near Sheds. 12/13: An EASTERN PHOEBE was seen on Ditchbank Road north of Chittenango. 3 ICELAND GULLS and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were seen at the Madison County Landfill south of Canastota. Herkimer county ------------ 12/11: EVENING GROSBEAKS continue at a feeder north of Dolgeville.A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen near Barto Hill in Fairfield --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/ --
