RBA
* New York * Syracuse * November 23, 2020 * NYSY 11. 23. 20 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): November 16 to Novenber 23, 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: Novenber 23 AT 4:30 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #727 Monday November 23, 2020 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of November 16, 2020 Highlights: ----------- RED-THROATED LOON GREAT EGRET PINK FOOTED GOOSE CACKLING GOOSE BLACK SCOTER SURF SCOTER BLACK VULTURE ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK RED-SHOULDERED HAWK PURPLE SANDPIPER WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER DUNLIN SANDHILL CRANE FRANKLIN’S GULL GLAUCOUS GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL SNOWY OWL SHORT-EARED OWL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER NORTHERN SHRIKE LAPLAND LONGSPUR EVENING GROSBEAK COMMOM REDPOLL HOARY REDPOLL WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL RED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 11/20: 2 late DUNLIN were at the Wildlife Drive. 60 SANDHILL CRANES were seen from VanDyne Spoor Road. 11/21: 10 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were seen at the Audubon Center north of Savannah. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen in the mucklands on Rt.31 west of the Seneca River. 11/22: 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 6 DUNLIN and 15 SANDHILL CRANES were all found at the visitor’s Center. 4 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen from Carncross Road. Cayuga County ------------ 11/17: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen on Humphrey Road in Cato. 11/21: A SNOWY OWL and a PURPLE SANDPIPER were found at Fair Haven State Park. Onondaga County ------------ Up to 125 RED CROSSBILLS were seen during the week at the Corner of Shakham Road and Morgan Hill Road in the Morgan Hill State Forest near the Cortland County Line. On 11/22 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were found also. 11/17: The PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was again seen at Old Fly Marsh south of Pompey. It was relocated again on the20th. and the 21st. but not since. Oddly enough a PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was seen on the 21st. in Malone in Franklin County but it is doubtful this bird could have gotten from here to there in 4 hours. 2 BLACK SCOTERS were seen from the West shore Trail of Onondaga Lake and have been seen throughout the week. 11/16: A CACKLING GOOSE was with the Canadas in the Old Fly Marsh where the Pink-footedGoose was seen. 11/18: 5 PINE GROSBEAKS were at a feeder on River Road east of Baldwinsville. 11/19: A juvenile RED-HEADED WOODPECKER is coming to a feeder on Sunview Drive in Elbridge. 11/20: A GREAT EGRET was seen at the Marshy Spits area on Onondaga Lake which is on the west side south of the Honeywell Center. 11/21: A BLACK VULTURE was seen near Jamesville-Dewitt High School in Dewitt. A HOARY REDPOLL was seen on the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. 11/22: A ROSS’S GOOSE was seen on Tracy Lake near Tully. A PINE GROSBEAK was seen at the corner of Shakham Road and Morgan Hill Road in the Morgan Hill State forest. Oswego County --------------- 11/16: A RED-THROATED LOON and a BLACK SCOTER were seen from the bluff at Derby Hill. 11/17: EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen near Minetto and Willianstown. 11/19: 4 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were seen near a residence in Minetto. A late GREATER YELLOWLEGS was seen at Port Ontario on the Salmon River. a late FOX SPARROW was at a feeder in Hastings. 11/20: A GLAUCOUS GULL and 53 COMMON REDPOLLS were seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet on Lake Ontario. 11/21: A SURF SCOTER was seen from Derby Hill. 2 SNOWY OWLS were seen on the break walls in Oswego Harbor. 11/22: 2 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were seen at a residence in Constantia. A SNOWY OWL was seen at Sandy Pond state Park on Lake Ontario. 3 RED-THROATED LOONS were seen in Oswego Harbor. Madison County ------------ 11/17: A FRABKLIN’S GULL was seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. A FOX SPARROW was seen in Chittenango. 11/20: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen on Burleson Road near Oneida. Another was seen at the same location on the 21st. 12 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at a feeder on Carpenter Road near Sheds. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen on Ditchbank Road. 11/21: A SURF SCOTER was seen at the South end of Cazenovia Lake. 11/22: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen on Ditchbank Road. RED CROSSBILLS were seen at the south end of Cazenovia lake. 30 COMMON REDPOLLS were seen at the Sky High Sod Farm on Lakeport Road north of Chittenango. Oneida County ------------ 11/18: A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen on Jug Point Road east of Verona Beach. 11/19: A NORTHERN SHRIKE and nearly 100 COMMON REDPOLLS were seen on Judd Road in Oriskany. 11/21: A BLACK SCOTER was seen at Verona Beach State Park on Oneida Lake. A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was seen on Perimeter Road in Rome. Herkimer County ------------ EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen throughout the week at Feeders in Salisbury Corners and on Military Road north of Dolgeville. 11/18: A late FOX SPARROW was at a feeder on The Military Road north of Dolgeville. ----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/ --
