RBA
* New York * Syracuse * January 13, 2020 * NYSY 01. 13. 20 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): January 06 2020 to January 13, 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 13 AT 11:00 a.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #685 Monday January 13 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 6, 2020 Highlights: ----------- RED-NECKED GREBE PEREGRINE FALCON TURKEY VULTURE GLAUCOUS GULL ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL SNOWY OWL SHORT-EARED OWL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER NORTHERN SHRIKE FISH CROW LARK SPARROW FIELD SPARROW RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET COMMON GRACKLE Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 1/8: A SNOWY OWL was seen in the Mucklands along Rt. 31 west of the Hamlet of Montezuma. 1/10: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen in the Mucklands. 1/12: An ICELAND GULL and a PEREGRINE FALCON were seen in the Mucklands. Cayuga county ------------ 1/8: A SNOWY OWL was found at West Barrier Bar Park in Fair Haven. 1/10: A SNOWY OWL was again seen at West Barrier Bar Park. An ICELAND GULL was seen on Little Sodus Bay in Fair Haven. 1/11: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen near the cabins at Fair Haven State Park. Onondaga County ------------ 1/7: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 1/9: A FISH CROW, a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, a GLAUCOUS GULL and an ICELAND GULL were all found at the Inner Harbor near Destiny Shopping Center in Suracuse. 1/10: A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen onOnondaga Lake from the West Shore Trail. 1/11: An ICELAND GULL and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were seen at the Inner Harbor in Syracuse. A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen in Baldwinsville. 1/12: 2 COMMON GRACKLES continue at a feeder on Sunview Drive in Elbridge. A SNOWY OWL was seen at Hancock Airport. Oswego County ------------ A LARK SPARROW initially at a feeder found on 1/7 on Hinmanville Road north of Pulaski has been seen daily through the week. It has been sighted again today 1/13. 1/6: A SNOWY OWL was seen at Breitbeck Park in Oswego. 1/8: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at Derby Hill on Lake Ontario. A FIELD SPARROW was seen at a feeder is Constantia. 1/9: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Noyes Sanctuary on Lake Ontario, Town of Scriba. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Hinman Road north of Pulaski. 1/10: A PEREGRINE FALCON, an ICELAND GULL and a GLAUCOUS GULL were all seen from Breitbeck Park in Oswego. Madison County ------------ 1/7: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was again present on Eden Hollow Road east of Erieville. 1/10: A RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET was seen at the Lions Botanical Garden in Chittenango. 1/11: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL along with an ICELAND and a GLAUCOUS GULL were all seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. 1/12: A TURKEY VULTURE was seen in flight over Clockville south of Canastota. An ICELAND GULL was again present on Ditchbank Road. ---- 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/ --
