* New York* Syracuse - January 02 2017 * NYSY 01. 02.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):December 26, 2016 - January 02 2017to 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: January 02 AT 5 p.m. (EST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of December 26, 2016. Highlights-------------- TRUMPETER SWANCANVASBACKHARLEQUIN DUCKLESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLGLAUCOUS GULLICELAND GULLBLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKESNOWY OWLPEREGRINE FALCONNORTHERN SHRIKEGRAY CATBIRDFIELD SPARROWEVENING GROSBEAK
Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)------------ 1/1: 3 TRUMPETER SWANS were seen in the fields on ArmitageRoad. 1/2: 1,000 TUNDRA SWANS were seen on the Wildlife Drive. Onondaga County------------ 12/31: A CANVASBACK was seen with a large group of REDHEADS from the east shore trail on Onondaga Lake. Oswego County------------ 12/27: A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen on Dunlap Road in the Town of Richland. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at the lock in Phoenix. 12/31: A HARLEQUIN DUCK was seen from Mexico Point State Park on Lake Ontario. It was relocated of 1/1 but not reported since. A SNOWY OWL was seen on the break walls in Oswego Harbor. 1/1: A BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE was found near the mouth of the Oswego River in Oswego. It was relocated again today. 1/2: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, a GLAUCOUS GULL and an ICELAND GULL were seen at the lock in Phoenix. A SNOWY OWL was seen on the break walls in Oswego Harbor. A GRAY CATBIRD was seen at Noyes Sanctuary. 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS were again seen in the Oswego Harbor area. Madison County------------ 12/29: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Chaphe Road east of Erieville. 12/30: An EVENING GROSBEAK was seen at a feeder on Jones Road near Stoney Pond State Forest. Oneida county------------- 12/31: An EVENING GROSBEAK was seen on Germany Road in Verona. 1/1: An EVENING GROSBEAK was seen in Waterville. A FIELD SPARROW was seen on Wood Creek Road east of Sylvan Beach. -end report -- 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/ --
