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*New York - Syracuse - December 31 2018 - NYSY 12.31.18 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert Dates: December 24 - December 31, 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 31 AT 3:00 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 24, 2018 Highlights: PEREGRINE FALCON ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK NORTHERN HARRIER BALD EAGLE SANDHILL CRANE KILLDEER GLAUCOUS GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL SNOWY OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE EASTERN TOWHEE WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW FIELD SPARROW EVENING GROSBEAK COMMON REDPOLL PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 12/25: A first year NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on VanDyne Spoor Road. 12/30: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen in Mays Pool. Onondaga County ------------ 12/25: An EASTERN TOWHEE continues at a feeder south of Manlius. 12/30: 14 COMMON REDPOLLS were seen on the west shore trail of Onondaga Lake. A PINE SISKIN was seen on Harrington Road in Syracuse. A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen from Bennett Corners Road east of Elbridge. A SNOWY OWL was seen at Hancock Airport. A FIELD SPARROW was seen on the west shore trail of Onondaga Lake. A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen at a feeder in Elbridge. A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW and an EASTERN TOWHEEE were seen on New Seneca Turnpike west of Marcellus. 12/31: 2 PINE SISKINS were seen at a feeder in Manlius. 8 BALD EAGLES were seen near Murphy’s Island near Destiny in Syracuse. Oswego County ------------ 12/21: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was found at Lake Neatahwanta in Fulton. 12/27: A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, not as plentiful as in past years, was seen on Morey Road east of Hastings. Madison County ------------ 12/27: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Eden Hollow Road. 12/28: The New Woodstock CBC found EVENING GROSBEAKS in the following locations. Mutton Hill Road, Eaton Reservoir, Jones Road and Ecden Hollow Road. A KILLDEER was heard onSouth Hill Road in DeRuyter. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was again seen on Eden Hollow Road. 23 COMMON REDPOLLS were seen on Hatch Lake Road. 12/31: 10 EVENING GROSBEAKS continue at a feeder on Eden Hollow Road. A NORTHERN HARRIER was seen on Ditchbank Road north of Chittenango. Oneida County ------------ 12/30: 16 BALD EAGLES, 7 adults and 9 immatures, were seen on the east end of Oneida Lake from Verona Beach State Park to Sylvan Beach. Herkimer County ------------ EVENING GROSBEAKS continue to be seen almost daily at a feeder north of Dolgeville. 12/26: 2 PINE SISKINS were seen at a feeder in Dolgeville. 12/30: A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen on Snell’s Bush Road south of Dolgeville. Cayuga County ------------ 12/24: A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at West Barrier Beach in Fair Haven. --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/ --
