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* New York * Syracuse * January 27, 2020 * NYSY 01. 27. 20 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): January 20 2020 to January 27, 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 27 AT 11:00 a.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #687 Monday January 27 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 20, 2020 Highlights: ----------- HARLEQUIN DUCK GLAUCOUS GULL ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL BLACK-HEADED GULL SNOWY OWL SHORT-EARED OWL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET COMMON GRACKLE RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD DICKCISSEL LAPLAND LONGSPUR SAVANNAH SPARROW FIELD SPARROW LARK SPARROW EASTERN TOWHEE Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 1/22: A SAVANNAH SPARROW was seen along East Road. Onondaga county ------------ CHIPPING SPARROWS were again found in Manlius and this week in Baldwinsville. 1/20: A BLACK-HEADED GULL ,initially found on 1/19, has been seen through the week in various locations on the Seneca river in Baldwinsville. It was last seen at about 1:00 p.m. on 1/24. Later that day at 4:00 a (the) bird was seen at Liverpool Marina on Onondaga Lake. There have been no recent sightings. The female DICKSISSEL found on 1/20 has continues through the week on Limeledge Road in Marcellus. Seen yesterday but no report yet today. A RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD was seen at a feeder in Elbridge. 1/21: An EASTERN TOWHEE was seen at a feeder on Windy Hill Road in Pompey Center. 1/23: A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen on Sheets Road south of Baldwinsville. A RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET was seen at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 1/24: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen on the ice on the Seneca River in Baldwinsville. 1/25: An ICELAND GULL was seen at the Inner Harbor in Syracuse. 1/26: A COMMON GRACKLE was seen on Peppermill Lane in North Syracuse. A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at the Liverpool Marina on Onondaga Lake. Oswego County ------------ The LARK SPARROW is present today on Hinman Road north of Pulaski. this is now day 21 for this bird. Awsome!!! 1/22: A FIELD SPARROW continues at a feeder in Constantia. An adult male HARLEQUIN DUCK is again being seen from Fort Ontario Park in Oswego and was still present yesterday. 1/23: BLACK SCOTER, SURF SCOTER, GREEN-WING TEAL and CACKLING GOOSE were all reported from Oswego Harbor. 1/24: A RED-THROATED LOON was seen from Fort Ontario Park in Oswego. A WOOD DUCK was seen on Lake Ontario in Port Ontario. It was relocated on 1/26. Cayuga County ---------------- 1/20: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was again seen on Pond Shore Drive in Fair Have State Park and has continued through 1/26. A CACKLING GOOSE was seen at West Barrier Bar Park in Fair Haven. 1/22: A SNOWY OWL was seen at West Barrier Bar Park in Fair haven. A CACKLING GOOSE, a GLAUCOUS GULL and a SURF SCOTER were all seen in Little Sodus Bay in Fair Haven. Oneida County ------------ 1/20: An EASTERN TOWHEE was seen on Cider Street in Oriskiney. Herkimer county ------------ 1/22: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen on West End Road in the Town of Fairfield. 1/25: A WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL was seen on Figert Road in the Town of Ohio. ---- 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/ --
