RBA
* New York * Syracuse * January 06, 2020 * NYSY 01. 06. 20 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): December 30 2019 to January 06, 2020 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: January 06 AT 2:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #684 Monday December 31 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of December 30 Highlights: ----------- RED-THROATED LOON CACKLING GOOSE WOOD DUCK GREEN-WINGED TEAL CACKLING GOOSE PEREGRINE FALCON GLAUCOUS GULL ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL SNOWY OWL SHORT-EARED OWL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER NORTHERN SHRIKE FISH CROW WINTER WREN RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 1/1: 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen in the marsh between Morgan and Carncross Roads. One was seen the next day. 1/2: A male WOOD DUCK was seen from Armitage Road and has been present through today. Onondaga County ------------ 12/30: A WOOD DUCK was seen near Vincent Corners Road south of Fabius. 1/1: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen in the Inner Harbor in Syracuse. 1/2: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at the corner of East Sorrell Hill and Conners Roads south of Baldwinsville. 1/3: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen from Shepps Corner Road in Minoa. A WINTER WREN was seen at Beaver Lake nature Center west of Baldwinsville. 1/5: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. A SNOWY OWL was seen at Hancock Airport. 1/6: A FISH CROW was seen at the Western Lights Shopping Area in Syracuse. Oswego County ------------ 1/2: A RED-THROATED LOON and a PEREGRINE FALCON were seen in Oswego Harbor. Madison County ------------ 1/1: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen on Ditch Bank Road north of Canastota. 1/2: A GLAUCOUS and an ICELAND GULL were seen at Ditchbank Road. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was found at the corner Eaton Brook and Eden Hollow Roads. 1/3? An ICELAND GULL was seen at Ditchbank Road. 1/6: A GREEN-WINGED TEAL was seen near West Eaton. Oneida County ------------ 1/1: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen at Verona Beach State Park and were present through the 3rd. A RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET was seen at Lock 21 of the Erie Canal East of Verona Beach. A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at the State Office Building in Utica. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Germany Road north of Vernon. ---- End Report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville NY Region 5 -- 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/ --
