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* New York * Syracuse * October 27, 2020 * NYSY 10. 27. 20 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): October 19, 2020 to October 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: October 27 AT 2:30 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #726 Monday October 27, 2020 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of October 19, 2020 Highlights: ----------- RED-THROATED LOON GREAT EGRET CACKLING GOOSE BLACK SCOTER GOLDEN EAGLE ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK OSPREY SANDHILL CRANE BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER DUNLIN SANDERLING LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE SABINE’S GULL LITTLE GULL FORSTER’S TERN PARASITIC JAEGER SHORT-EARED OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE GRAY CATBIRD EASTERN PHOEBE BLUE-HEADED VIREO TENNESSEE WARBLER NORTHERN PARULA ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK EVENING GROSBEAK LINCOLN’S SPARROW SAVANNAH SPARROW VESPER SPARROW LAPLAND LONGSPUR WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL RED CROSSBILL Compilers note: This seems to be an irruption year for PINE SISKINS, EVENING GROSBEAKS and recently COMMON REDPOLLS. RED CROSSBILLS are also present but seem to be limited almost exclusively to Morgan Hill State Forest near Shakham Road south of Truxton. I will not be listing individual sightings since they are now so numerous. Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 10/28: 24 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at VanDyne spoor Road. 10/31: 7 CACKLING GEESE were seen from East road. 3 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were still at the Visitor’s Center. An AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, 4 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen on Armitage Road. 11/1: 38 SANDHILL CRANES were seen from East Road. Cayuga County ------------ 10/27: I mentioned the MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD last week since it was so rare but also seen that day at Fair Haven were 2 FORSTER’S TERNS and 2 early ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS. 10/29: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen at Fair Haven State Park. A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was seen at West Barrier Bar Park in Fair Haven. Onondaga County ------------ 10/27: 5 DUNLIN were seen at the Liverpool Marina on Onondaga Lake in Liverpool.A late NORTHERN PARULA was seen on the West Shore Trail on Onondaga Lake. 10/28: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen at Beaver Lake Nature Center west of Baldwinsville.A late LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen at Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse. A late GREAT EGRET was seen in Tully.A late EASTERN PHOEBE was seen in Marcellus. 10/30: A late OSPREY, a late BLUE-HEADED VIREO and a WHITE-WINGED OSPREY were all seen at Oneida Shores County Park on Oneida Lake. A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen in flight near Syracuse University. 10/31: An extremely rare for our area SABINE’S GULL was found on the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake near the Ampitheater. Fortunately it has been seen close up on the lake and on the parking lot feeding. It is still being seen today. Also seen on the West Shore Trail was a VESPER SPARROW, RED-THROATED LOON and a COMMON GALLINULE. A late ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was seen in Marcellus. Oswego County ------------ 10/27: 2 CACKLING GEESE were seen on Lake Neatahwanta in Fulton. A RED-THROATED LOON was seen at Three Mile Bay on Oneida Lake. 10/29: A LITTLE GULL and an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER were seen at the outlet of Sandy Pond on Lake Ontario. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on South Daysville Road near Richland. 11/2: A BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE and 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS were seen from the bluff at Derby Hill. Madison County ------------ 10/27: A late CATBIRD was seen near Woodman Pond north of Hamilton. 10/30: A NORTHERN SHRIKE and a COMMON REDPOLL were seen on Carpenter Road near Sheds. Oneida County ------------ 10/27: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen in Waterville and stayed till the 30th. A late EASTERN PHOEBE was seen on the Rayhill Memorial Trail west of Utica. 10/28: A late OSPREY was seen in Rome. 10/30: A BLACK and a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER were seen on Hinkley reservoir. Herkimer County ------------ 10/27: A late SAVANAH SPARROW was seen at Salisbury Corners north of Dolgeville. 10/30: A LAPLAND LONGSPUR and 54 BLACK SCOTERS were seen at the McKoons wetland north of Richfield Springs. On the 31st. 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen there. ----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/ --
