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*New York - Syracuse - January 14 2019 - NYSY 01.14.19 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert Dates: January 07 - January 14, 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 14 AT 11:00 a.m. EDT compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondgaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week on January 07, 2019 Highlights: RED-THROATED LOON BLACK SCOTER TURKEY VULTURE NORTHERN GOSHAWK MERLIN PEREGRINE FALCON LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL ICELAND GULL SNOWY OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE RED-HEADED WOODPECKER EASTERN PHOEBE GRAY CATBIRD HERMIT THRUSH WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW FIELD SPARROW VESPER SPARROW RUSTY BLACKBIRD EVENING GROSBEAK COMMON REDPOLL PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 1/12: A GRAY CATBIRD was seen on the South Spring Pond Trail. A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen also. Onondaga County ------------ 1/10: A VESPER SPARROW was seen on Banner road in Tully. It was seen again the next day. A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW continues on Sunview Drive in Elbridge. A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen on East Genesee Street in Syracuse. 1/11: 15 PINE SISKINS continue at a feeder in Manlius. 1/12: An EASTERN PHOEBE was seen at Onondaga Lake Park in Liverpool. 1/13: 1 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, a NORTHERN SHRIKE and a NORTHERN HARRIEW were seen on the West Shore Trail on Onondaga Lake. Up to 24 BALD EAGLES were seen at Murphy’s Island on Onondaga Lake. A HERMIT THRUSH was seen at the Poolsbrook area of the Erie Canal near Green Lakes.A SNOWY OWL was seen on Morgan Road in Clay. A TURKEY VULTURE was seen on Watervale Road south of Manlius. Up to 40 COMMON REDPOLLS continue on Penoyer Road east of Fabius. Oswego County ------------- 1/7: 12 COMMON REDPOLLS were seen at Carley Mills east of Hastings. 1/12: A BLACK SCOTER was seen in Oswego Harbor. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at a private residence in Hastings. A RED-THROATED LOON was seen from Sunset Bay Park on Lake Ontario. A PINE SISKIN was seen on Co. Rt. 5 in Port Ontario. 1/13: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Noyes Sanctuary on Lake Ontario. Madison County ------------ EVENING GROSBEAKS continue daily at a feeding station on Carpenter Road in Sheds. A NORTHERN GOSHAWK has been seen hunting at the feeders also. 1/9: A MERLIN was seen in West Eaton. 1/12: A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen at Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. 1/13: An EVENING GROSBEAK was seen on Corkinsville Road east of New Woodstock. 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were seen on Ditchbank Road. Oneida County ------------ 1/13: 3 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Brown Tract Road in Remsen. Herkimer County ------------ 1/9: EVENING GROSBEAKS continue at a feeder north of Dolgeville. 1/11: A COMMON REDPOLL was at the feeders with EVENING GROSBEAKS in Dolgeville. Cayuga County ------------ 1/11: An EASTERN PHOEBE was seen at Fair Haven State Park. 1/12: A RED HEADED WOODPECKER was found at Fair Haven State Park. 1/13: An ICELAND GULL was seen from West Barrier Beach Park 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/ --