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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: ----------- CACKLING GOOSE TUFTED DUCK RUDDY DUCK NORTHERN HARRIER PEREGRINE FALCON LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL ICELAND GULL SNOWY OWL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER NORTHERN SHRIKE RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER DICKCISSEL EASTERN TOWHEE FIELD SPARROW CHIPPING SPARROW LARK SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ NORTHERN HARRIERS were seen at the Visitor’s center and along the Thruway pools on 2/25 and 2/28. Onondaga county ------------ CHIPPING SPARROWS were seen this week at locations near Syracuse University, Manlius and Elbridge. 2/24: Another sighting of the female DICKCISSEL at Century Stables on Limeledge Road in Marcellus. 2/25: A RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET was seen on the West Shore Trail on Onondaga Lake in Syracuse. 2/26: A SNOWY OWL was again seen at Hancock Airport in Syracuse. 2/28: 2 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS were seen at Oneida Shores Park in Brewerton. 2/29: 3 ICELAND GULLS and 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were seen in the Inner Harbor on Kirkpatrick Street in Syracuse. A CACKLING GOOSE was see on the Swan Pond in Manlius. It was seen again on 3/1. 3/1: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and a RUDDY DUCK were again seen at the Inner Harbor on Kirkpatrick Street in Syracuse. Oswego county ------------ The Hawk Watch at Derby Hill officially started on 3/1. There has not been any signs of migrating hawks yet. The LARK SPARROW found on Hinman Road north of Pulaski was seen yesterday making it 55 straight days. Yee-ha. A FIELD SPARROW continues at a feeder in Constantia. 2/24: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Cole Road south of Fulton. 3/1: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at the Marine Museum in Oswego. Cayuga County ------------ 2/25: This was the last positive report of the TUFTED DUCK on Little Sodus Bay in Fair Haven. Madison county ------------ 3/1: A NORTHERN SHRIKE continues at the intersection of Eden Hollow Road and Eaton Brook Road east of Erieville. Oneida County ------------ 2/29: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Verona Beach State Park. ---- 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/ --
