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* New York * Syracuse * November 29, 2021 * NYSY 11. 29. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): November 22 to Novenber 29, 2021 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: November 29 AT 4:30 p.m. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org | | | | | | | | | | | (no title) Visit the post for more. | | | #780: Monday November 29 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of November 22, 2021 Highlights: ----------- RED-THROATED LOON RAZORBILL CATTLE EGRET GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE CACKLING GOOSE GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE BLACK SCOTER ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK BLACK VULTURE SANDHILL CRANE PURPLE SANDPIPER ICELAND GULL GLAUCOUS GULL BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL LITTLE GULL PARASITIC JAEGER SNOWY OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE EASTERN PHOEBE AMERICAN REDSTART FOX SPARROW PINE SISKIN RED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 1123: A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen in Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 11/24: A CATTLE EGRET was seen in flight on Co. Rt. 90 north of Rt. 20. 11/26: A SNOWY OWL was seen on the Wildlife Drive. Cayuga County ------------ 11/24: A SNOWY OWL was seen at Fair Have State Park. A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen at the Sterling Nature Center. Onondaga County ------------ 11/23: 3 BLACK VULTURES were found at Jamesville Beach Park. 11/25: A BLACK SCOTER was seen on Onondaga Lake from the Marshy Spits area on the west shore. 5 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Highland Forest State Park. 11/28: 90 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Dewitt Marsh. Oswego County ------------ 11/22: At Derby Hill the following species were seen. PARASITIC JAEGER, RAZORBILL, BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE, LITTLE GULL, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and a very late AMERICAN REDSTART. 11/23: A BLACK SCOTER and a LAPLAND LONGSPUR were found at Derby Hill. An ICELAND GULL was seen at Lock 2 in Fulton. 11/24: A GLAUCOUS GULL was found at Sandy Pond Outlet on Lake Ontario. 11/25: 4 CACKLING GEESE and 4 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were seen at Lake Neatahwanta in Fulton. 11/26: 3 PURPLE SANDPIPERS, 6 BLACK LEGGED KITTYWAKES and 4 LITTLE GULLS were seen at Derby Hill. A lingering FOX SPARROW was st a residence in Hastings on Baum Road. 11/27: A PARASITIC JAEGER and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were seen at Derby Hill. 1/28: A SNOWY OWL was seen at Breitbeck Park in Oswego. Madison County ------------ 11/25: A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at the Madison County Landfill south of Canastota. 11/26: An ICELAND GULL was seen at the Madison County Landfill. 11/28: An EASTERN PHOEBE continues to hold on on Borden Road in Earlville. Oneida County ------------ 11/25: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was found at Sylvan Beach on Oneida Lake. 11/28: A BLACK SCOTER was seen on Hinckley Reservoir. 11/29: 2 BLACK SCOTERS were seen on Oneida Lake from Lakeshore Drive. Herkimer County ------------ 11/24: A RED CROSSBILL was seen on Bear lake Trail east of McKeever. 11/27: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was see near Salisbury Corners. ---end report Region 5 Joseph Brin Baldwinsville, NY 13027 -- 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/ --
