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* New York * Syracuse * December 31, 2019 * NYSY 12. 31. 19 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): December 23 to December 31, 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 31 AT 10:00 a.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #683 Monday December 31 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of December 23 Highlights: ----------- RED-THROATED LOON WOOD DUCK CACKLING GOOSE NORTHERN GOSHAWK PEREGRINE FALCON GLAUCOUS GULL ICELAND GULL SNOWY OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER CHIPPING SPARROW FIELD SPARROW COMMON GRACKLE Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 12/23: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen from Carncross Road. 12/28: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen along the Wildlife Trail. Onondaga County ------------ 12/25: A FIELD SPARROW and a NORTHERN SHRIKE were seen at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 12/29: A SNOWY OWL was seen at Hancock Airport. CHIPPING SPARROWS seem to be overwintering in Manlius and near the University in Syracuse. A COMMON GRACKLE was seen on Sunview Drive in Elbridge. A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was found along the Erie Canal Trail in Kirkville. Oswego County ------------ 12/24: A RED-THROATED LOON was seen in Oswego Harbor. 12/25: A WOOD DUCK was seen in the Oswego River at Indian Point north of Fulton. Madison County ------------ 12/26: A GLAUCOUS GULL and an ICELAND GULL were found at the Madison County Landfill south of Canastota. 12/30: A juvelile NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen Corkinsville Road near New Woodstock. Another was seen close by at Morrow Mountain State Forest and may have been the same bird. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Eden Hollow Road east of Erieville. ---- End Report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville NY Region 5 -- 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/ --
