RBA
* New York * Syracuse * December 02, 2019 * NYSY 12. 02. 19 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): November 25 to December 02, 2010 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortland compiled: December 02 AT 12:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #679 Monday December 02 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of November 25 Highlights: ----------- RED-THROATED LOON BLACK SCOTER CACKLING GOOSE ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK COMMON GALLINULE SANDHILL CRANE ICELAND GULL GLAUCOUS GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL NORTHERN SHRIKE RED-HEADED WOODPECKER WHITE-EYED VIREO YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 11/26: 5 SANDHILL CRANEs were seen from Carncross Road. 11/27: A rare for our area WHITE- EYED VIREO was seen on Armitage Road at the Clyde River. 11/30: 41 SANDHILL CRANES were counted at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. Onondaga County ------------ 11/27: A late FOX SPARROW was see on the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. 11/29: 3 BLACK SCOTERS and 29 RED-THROATED LOONS were seen on Onondaga Lake from the West Shore Trail. 11/30; 14 RED-THROATED LOONS were still on Onondaga Lake at the West Shore Trail. Oswego County ------------ 11/25: 30 SANDHILL CRANES were seen in flight at Selkirk Shores State Park on Lake Ontario. 3 CACKLING GEESE and an ICELAND GULL were seen at Oswego Harbor. 11/28: 2 BLACK SCOTERS and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were seen at Oswego Harbor. 11/30: A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at the Sandy Pond outlet to Lake Ontario. A RED-THROATED LOON was captured away from water north of Oneida Lake and successfully released back into water at Brewerton. Madison County ------------ 11/30: A late COMMON GALLINULE was seen on Willey Road in Earlville. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was found at the Madison County Landfill south of Canastota. A late WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen along Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. Oneida County ------------ 11/25: A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was seen at the Spring Farm Nature Sanctuary south of Clinton. 11/26: An adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at Verona Beach State Park on the east end of Oneida Lake. It was seen again of the 30th. Herkimer County ------------- 11/26: A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen at the Industrial Park area of Little Falls. -- end report Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- 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/ --
