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*New York - Syracuse - January 28, 2019 - NYSY 01.28.19 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert Dates: January 21 - January 28, 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 28 AT 5:00 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 January 21, 2019 Highlights: BLACK SCOTER PEREGRINE FALCON TURKEY VULTURE NORTHERN GOSHAWK MERLIN ICELAND GULL SNOWY OWL SAW-WHET OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE EASTERN TOWHEE VESPER SPARROW HARRIS’S SPARROW EVENING GROSBEAK COMMON REDPOLL PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ No reports this week. Onondaga County ------------ 1/21: An ICELAND GULL and a PEREGRINE FALCON were seen at the Inner Harbor on Van Renselear Street in Syracuse. 1/23: An EASTERN TOWHEE continues at a feeder south of Manlius. A SNOWY OWL was seen at Great Northern Mall. 1/25: A VESPER SPARROW continues at Banner Road in Tully. A large group of COMMON REDPOLLS were seen on Dunham Road west of Baldwinsville. 1/27: An EVENING GROSBEAK was seen at Radisson River Park north of Baldwinsville. 8 PINE SISKINS were at a feeder on Harrington Road in Syracuse. 1/28: 4 PINE SISKINS were at a feeder in Manlius. A SAW-WHET OWL was seen at Beaver Lake Nature Center west of Baldwinsville. Oswego County ------------ 1/22: 17 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on North Church Road in Lacona. 1/23: 5 COMMON REDPOLLS were seen on Ferguson Beach Road north of Oswego. 1/26: A female BLACK SCOTER was found at Oswego Harbor. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Clark Road east of Port Ontario. 1’27: An ICELAND GULL was seen from Derby Hill Madison County ------------ The HARRIS’S SPARROW discovered last week on Borden Road in Earleville has been seen through 1/27. EVENING GROSBEAKS, PINE SISKINS and 2 NORTHERN GOSHAWKS continue at a feeding station on Carpenter Road in Sheds. 1/22: 3 EVENING GROSBEAKS were at a feeder in Hamilton. 1/26: A MERLIN was seen on Gee Road north of Canastota. Oneida County ------------ 1/22: 3 TURKEY VULTURES and a PEREGRINE FALCON were seen at Spring Farms Nature Sanctuary south of Clinton. 1/27: 2 COMMON REDPOLLS were seen at a feeder south of Alder Creek. Herkimer County ------------ EVENING GROSBEAKS continue at a feeder on Military Road north of Dolgeville. ---- 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/ --
