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* New York * Syracuse * February 17, 2020 * NYSY 02. 17. 20 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): February 10 2020 to February 17, 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: February 17 AT 11:00 a.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #690 Monday February 17 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of February 10, 2020 Highlights: ----------- RED-THROATED LOON HARLEQUIN DUCK BARROW’S GOLDENEYE RUDDY DUCK BLACK SCOTER RED-SHOULDERED HAWK AMERICAN WOODCOCK LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL GLAUCOUS GULL ICELAND GULL SNOWY OWL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET EASTERN TOWHEE FIELD SPARROW CHIPPING SPARROW LARK SPARROW YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD PINE SISKIN COMMON REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 2/20: 2 YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS were found on Armitage Road near the north end of East Road. One appeared to be a juvenile/female type, the other an adult male. They were in the company of other icterids and favored a feeder on Armitage although they were also seen on Olmstead Road to the west. One or both were seen again of the 22nd. and the 23rd. 2/23: A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was seen on Olmstead Road. A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen and nicely photographed on a power pole on Rt. 31 in the mucklands west of the Seneca River. Cayuga county ------------ The adult male TUFTED DUCK found last week in Little Sodus Bay in Fair Haven has continued to be seen throughout the week. It is mostly seen from the east side of the bay but some have spotted it from the west side from Hadcock Drive. It was reported through yesterday. 2.23: An AMERICAN WOODCOCK was reportedly heard from Hadcock Road in Fair Haven. Onondaga County ------------ 2/17: A PINE SISKIN was seen on Jerome Road near Fabius. 2/18: 2 ICELAND and 1 GLAUCOUS GULL were seen at the Liverpool Marina on Onondaga Lake. 2/21: A SNOWY OWL was seen at Hancock Airport in Syracuse. An ICELAND GULL and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were found in the Inner Harbor south of Onondaga Lake in Syracuse. 2/22: A RUDDY DUCK continues in the Inner Harbor. 2/23: 2 CHIPPING SPARROWS continue at a feeder in Manlius. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on the Erie Canal trail in Kirkville. An ICELAND GULL was spotted from the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. Oswego county ------------ The LARK SPARROW was seen on the 23rd. making it 48 days at the location on Hinman Road north of Pulaski. The adult male HARLEQUIN DUCK was seen again in Oswego Harbor on the 17th. and the 22nd. 3 female BLACK SCOTERS were seen in Oswego Harbor on the 19th. A female BARROW’S GOLDENEYE was present again this week at Oswego Harbor and was reported on the 17th. the 21st. and the 22nd. 2/17: A RED HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Noyes Sanctuary on Lake Ontario in the Town of Scriba. 2/18: A COMMON REDPOLL was seen at a feeder on Hinman Road north of Pulaski. 2/22: A RED-THROATED LOON was seen in Oswego Harbor. 2/23: A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was seen at Derby Hill. An ICELAND GULL was seen from East river Road in Brewerton. Madison County ------------ 2/21: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and a GLAUCOUS GULL were seen at the Madison County Landfill on Buyea Road south of Canastota. 2/23: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and an ICELAND GULL were seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. ---- 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/ --
