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*New York November 11, 2019 NYSY 11. 11. 19 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert 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: November 11 at 2:00 p.m. EST Compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of November 04, 2019 Highlights: -------------- RED-NECKED GREBE AMERICAN BITTERN TUNDRA SWAN CACKLING GOOSE GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE SURF SCOTER GOLDEN EAGLE OSPREY COMMON GALLINULE SANDHILL CRANE PARASITIC JAEGER LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL NORTHERN SHRIKE BLUE-HEADED VIREO CHIPPING SPARROW VESPER SPARROW LAPLAND LONGSPUR Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 11/4: A RED--SHOULDERED HAWK was seen on Towpath Road at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 11/5: An AMERICAN BITTERN was again seen on the Wildlife Drive 11/6: A COMMON GALLINULE was still being seen on the Wildlife Drive. A CHIPPING SPARROW was seen at East Road. 126 TUNDRA SWANS were seen in the flooded impoundments at Armitage Road. 11/10: 124 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 11/11: A late EASTERN MEADOWLARK was seen along the Wildlife Drive. Cayuga County ------------ A PARASITIC JAEGER was seen at West Barrier Bar Park in Fair Haven. Onondaga County ------------ 11/4: 4 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS were seen at 3 Rivers WMA north of Baldswinsville. 11/5: A late HERMIT THRUSH was seen on Jamesville Ave in Syracuse. 11/7: A late BLUE-HEADED VIREO was seen at 3 Rivers WMA. 11/8: A VESPER SPARROW was seen at a residence north of Liverpool. 11/9: A BLUE-HEADED VIREO was seen in the Raddison area in Baldwinsville. 11/10: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen near Rt.370 in Plainville. 11/11: A late CHIPPING SPARROW was seen on Comstock Road in Syracuse. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR and a PEREGRINE FALCON were seen on Hoag Road south of Baldwinsville. Oswego County ------------ 11/6: 2 GOLDEN EAGLES were seen in flight from a yard in Constantia. A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was seen in the area also. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen from the overlook at Derby Hill. A BLACK SCOTER and a SURF SCOTER were seen on Oneida Lake at Phillips Point. 11/9: 2 VESPER SPARROWS were seen near Hayes Road in West Monroe. 11/10: 3 VESPER SPARROWS were seen on Bishop Road north of Pulaski. A CACKLING GOOSE was seen on Lake Ontario at Selkirk Shores State Park. 11/11: 2 RED-NECKED GREBES were seen on Lake Ontario in Oswego near Fred Haynes Road. Madison County ------------ 11/8: A late OSPREY was seen near Woodman Pond north of Hamilton. 11/9: 3 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were seen on Woodman Pond. 11/11: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Eaton Brook Road east of Erieville. Oneida County ------------ 11/9: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen near Brown Tract Road near Forestport. 11/11: 2 SURF SCOTERS were seen on Oneida Lake at North Bay from Lakeshore Road. ----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/ --
