RBA
* New York * Syracuse * December 16, 2019 * NYSY 12. 16. 19 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): December 09 to December 16, 2019 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 16 AT 12:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #681 Monday December 16 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of December 09 Highlights: ----------- RED-THROATED LOON CACKLING GOOSE SANDHILL CRANE PEREGRINE FALCON MERLIN VIRGINIA RAIL BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE GLAUCOUS GULL ICELAND GULL NORTHERN SHRIKE MARSH WREN HERMIT THRUSH YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW CHIPPING SPARROW FIELD SPARROW COMMON GRACKLE RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD RUSTY BLACKBIRD COMMON REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 12/11: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Carncross Road 12/14: 40 SANDHILL CRANES were still around and seen from Rt. 89 near Pure Foods. 12/16: A late MARSH WREN was in Jackson Field near Montezuma Heritage Park. Cayuga County ------------ 12/15: A RED-THROATED LOON was seen from West Barrier Bar Park in Fair Haven. Onondaga County ------------ Late and possibly overwintering CHIPPING SPARROWS were again seen in Manlius and in Syracuse near Barry Park. 12/10: A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen on Dunham Road west of Baldwinsville. 12/12: 30 COMMON GRACKLES and 7 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS were found on Sunview Drive in Elbridge. 12/14: The highlights of the Syracuse CBC were a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER in Minoa, a HERMIT THRUSH in the LeMoyne College Woods , VIRGINIA RAIL in Clay Marsh, aPEREGRINE FALCON IN THE CITY, a GLAUCOUS GULL in the Inner Harbor and a WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW on the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. 12/15: A NORTHERN SHRIKE continues on Potter Road in Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. Oswego County ------------ 12/9: A COMMON REDPOLL and 4 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were found on Lakeshore Road in Granby south of Fulton. 12/15: A GLAUCOUS GULL, 5 RED-THROATED LOONS and a PEREGRINE FALCON were seen in the Oswego Harbor area. A MERLIN was found at Indian Point on the Oswego River north of Fulton. A BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE and a RED-NECKED GREBE were seen from the bluff at Derby Hill. Madison County ------------ 12/13: A CACKLING GOOSE was found on Woodman Pond north of Hamilton. Oneida County ------------ 12/16: 2 ICELAND GULLS were seen on Oneida Lake from North Main Street Extension west of South Bay -- 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/ --
