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*New York October 21, 2019 NYSY 10. 21. 19 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert To report by email: brinjoseph AT yahoo DOT com Reporting upstate counties: Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Oneida, Herkimer, Cayuga, Montezuma Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex Compiled: October 21 at 1:00 p.m. Compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of October 14, 2019 Highlights: -------------- RED-THROATED LOON RED-NECKED GREBE LEAST BITTERN BRANT GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE EURASIAN WIGEON LONG-TAILED DUCK SURF SCOTER WHITE-WINGED SCOTER GOLDEN EAGLE SANDHILL CRANE BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER PARASITIC JAEGER RED-HEADED WOODPECKER WHITE-EYED VIREO VESPER SPARROW ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 10/14: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen from Towpath Road. 10/16: A rare for Montezuma LONG-TAILED DUCK was spotted at the Visitor’s Center. 10/18: A LEAST BITTERN was seen from the Wildlife Drive. 10/19: A MARSH WREN was found on Towpath Road. 71 SANDHILL CRANES and an EURASIAN WIGEON were seen in Knox-Marcellus Marsh. 10/20: A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen at the Visitor’s Center. Cayuga County ------------ 10/15: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was found at Fair Haven State Park. It was found again on the 20th. Onondaga County ------------ 10/15: A rare WHITE-EYED VIROE was found on the West Shore Trail of Onondaga lake near the ampitheater. Unfortunately it has not been relocated. A VESPER SPARROW was also seen. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was found at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 10/18: 31 BRANT were seen on Onondaga Lake from the Honeywell Center. 10/19: 3 SURF SCOTERS and 4 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were seen on the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. Oswego County ------------ 10/17: A PARASITIC JAEGER was seen at Derby Hill. 10/18: 200+ WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and 11 SURF SCOTERS were seen at Oswego Harbor. 10/19: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen at Bishop Hill north of Pulaski. A RED-THROATED LOON was seen from Hinman Road north of Port Ontario. A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen at Selkirk Shores State Park on Lake Ontario. A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and a SANDERLING were seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet on Lake Ontario. Madison County ------------ 10/18: 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were seen on Woodman Pond North of Hamilton. Oneida County ------------ 10/19: An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and 4 VESPER SPARROWS were seen on Dunbarton Road in Durhamville. 10/20: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen at Verona Beach State Park. Herkimer County ------------ 10/18: A SOLITARY SANDPIPER and a LESSER YELLOWLEGS were seen on Saltsman Road south of Dolgeville. ----End Transcript ---- Joseph Brin Region 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/ --
