* New York* Syracuse - January 29, 2018 * NYSY 01.29.18 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):January 22, 2018 - January 29, 2018to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortlandcompiled: January 29 AT 2:00 p.m. (EST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 22, 2018. Highlights-------------- GREAT CORMORANT (Extralimital)GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSEBLACK SCOTERSURF SCOTERGOLDEN EAGLEICELAND GULLGLAUCOUS GULLLESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLSLATY-BACKED GULLSNOWY OWLSHORT-EARED OWLNORTHERN SHRIKEYELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERRED CROSSBILL
Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)---------------- 1/24: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen from East Road. 1/26: A SHORT-EARED OWL and a NORTHERN SHRIKE were seen at Carncross Road. 1/27: 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen at Carncross Road. 1/28: A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was seen at South Spring Pond. Onondaga County------------ 1/23: Numerous GLAUCOUS. ICELAND and LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were seen in the Seneca River at Mercer Park in Baldwinsville and have been seen throughout the week including today. 1/28: A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen at the Nine Mile Creek to Onondaga Lake. 2 SNOWY OWLS countinue to be spotted at the State Fair entrance area. Madison County------------ 1/26: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen from Eden Hollow Road south of Erieville. 1/28: A SNOWY OWL was seen again on Bellinger Road south of Canastota. Oneida County------------ 1/27: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Poppleton Road east of Oneida Lake. Oswego County------------ 1/23: A SURF SCOTER and a SNOWY OWL were seen at Oswego Harbor. The SLATY-BACKED GULL was refound at Indian Point north of Fulton. 1/25: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen in Minetto. A BLACK-SCOTER was found at Oswego Harbor. The SLATY-BACKED GULL was seen at Lock 6 in Oswego. 1/27: A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was spotted at Indian Point. Herkimer County------------ 1/28: A RED CROSSBILL was seen feeding on the Gray-Wilmurt Road south of Rt. 8. Extralimital------------ A GREAT CORMORANT continued at Sodus Bay in Sodus Point. The last sighting was on 1/28. ---end transcript ---Joseph BrinRegion 5 Baldwinsville, NY 13027 USA -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
