* New York* Syracuse - February 15, 2016 * NYSY 02. 15. 16 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):February 08, 2015 - February 15, 2016to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortlandcompiled: February 08 AT 5:00 p.m. (EST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of February 08, 2015. Highlights-------------- BARROW’S GOLDENEYEICELAND GULLGLAUCOUS GULLLESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLSHORT-EARED OWLSNOWY OWLRED-HEADED WOODPECKERMERLINNORTHERN SHRIKEBOHEMIAN WAXWINGEASTERN TOWHEESAVANNAH SPARROW
Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)------------ 2/9: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and an ICELAND GULL were both seen in the Mucklands On Rt. 31 west of the Seneca River. 2/14: A SHORT-EARED OWL was found on the dyke on Carncross Road. A SAVANNAH SPARROW was seen and photographed on East Road. Onondaga County------------ 2/8: 3 ICELAND GULLS and 2 GLAUCOUS GULLS were seen on Onondaga Lake at Willow Bay County Park. 2/10: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at Willow Bay. 2 MERLINS were seen in Onondaga Park in Syracuse. 2/14: A male EASTERN TOWHEE was seen and photographed at a feeder in Marcellus. Oswego County------------ 2/9: A SNOWY OWL was seen on Manwaring Road off of Rt. 3 south of Selkirk State Park. 7 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were found on Kelly Drive in the Deer Creek Marsh WMA. A female BARROW’S GOLDENEYE was refound on Oneida Lake at Brewerton. 2/14: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continuse at the end of Nine Mile Point Road near Noyes Sanctuary. Oneida County------------ 2/13: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Jug Point Road weast of Verona Beach State Park. --end report Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, NY 13027 U.S.A. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
