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* New York * Syracuse * February 08, 2021 * NYSY 02. 08. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): February 01 to February 08, 2021 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 08 AT 3:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #738 Monday February 08, 2021 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of February 01, 2020 Highlights: ----------- AMERICAN WIGEON CANVASBACK PEREGRINE FALCON FERRUGINOUS HAWK (Extralimital) ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK RED-SHOULDERED HAWK ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL SNOWY OWL SHORT-EARED OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE WINTER WREN RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET HERMIT THRUSH GRAY CATBIRD LAPLAND LONGSPUR BALTIMORE ORIOLE WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW SAVANNAH SPARROW COMMON GRACKLE EVENING GROSBEAK HOARY REDPOLL RED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 2/1: 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen from Carncross Road. 2/6: A SAVANNAH SPARROW and a LAPLAND LONGSPUR were found on East Road. A RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET was seen from Armitage Road. Cayuga County -------------- 2/7: A WINTER WREN was found on Jensvold Road in Sterling. Onondaga County ------------ An adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL is still being seen daily either at Mercer Park or Marble Street Island in Baldwinsville. 2/4: A RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET was found at Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse. 8 RED CROSSBILLS and an EVENING GROSBEAK were seen on Shakham Road in the Morgan Hill State Forest. A HOARY REDPOLL continues with Common Redpolls in the Marshy Spits area south of the Honeywell Center on Onondaga Lake. A BALTIMORE ORIOLE was seen on Nottingham Road in Syracuse. 2/5: An AMERICAN WIGEON was seen near the Marshy Spits area of Onondaga Lake. 5 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS were seen on Dunham Road west of Baldwinsville. A COMMON GRACKLE continues on Sunview Drive in Elbridge. 3 GADWALL and 3 CANVASBACKS were seen near the Marshy Spits area of Onondaga Lake. An ICELAND GULL was seen in the Inner Harbor south of Onondaga Lake in Syracuse. 2/7: A HOARY REDPOLL was seen on Harrington Road in Syracuse. 2 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS continue on East Sorrell Hill Road south of Baldwinsville. 2 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS were seen hunting at a feeder on East Mud Lake Road near Beaver Lake Nature Center west of Baldwinsville. A HERMIT THRUSH was seen on Towne Isle Road in Manlius. 2/8: 26 RED CROSSBILLS were seen on Shakham Road in the Morgan Hill State Forest. 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen on Daboll Road in Memphis. Oswego County ------------ 2/1: A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen on Bishop Road near Richland. 2/2: 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at a feeder in Hastings. 2/4: A LAPLAND LONGSPUR and a PEREGRINE FALCON were seen at Oswego Harbor. 2/5: A HOARY REDPOLL was seen near hastings. Madison County ------------ 2/3: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen on Indian Lookout Road north of Cazenovia. 2/6: A SNOWY OWL was again seen on Bellinger Road near the Fenner wind Farm. 2/7: A SNOWY OWL was again seen near the Fenner wind farm, this time from West Mile Strip Road.A COMMON GRACKLE was seen on Baily Street in Chittenango. 2/8: A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen on Williams Road in Morrisville. Oneida County ------------ 2/5: A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen on Harris Road near Poland. Herkimer County ------------ 2/2: 18 EVENING GROSBEAKS and a GRAY CATBIRD were seen in Salisbury Corners. 2/4: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen near the McDonald’s Restaurant in Little Falls. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen in Salisbury Corners. 2/5: 17 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on the Military Road north of Dolgeville. Extralimital ------------ The FERRUGINOUS HAWK in Orange County south of Goshen was again seen yesterday. The location was the Black Dirt area south of Lower Road. ----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/ --
