* New York* Syracuse - January 16 2017 * NYSY 01. 16.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):January 09, 2017 - January 16 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 16 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 January 09, 2017. Highlights-------------- CACKLING GOOSEGOLDEN EAGLELESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLGLAUCOUS GULLICELAND GULLTHAYER’S GULLBLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKESHORT-EARED OWLSNOWY OWLNORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLGYRFALCON - ExtralimitalNORTHERN SHRIKEGRAY CATBIRDHERMIT THRUSHEASTERN TOWHEELAPLAND LONGSPUR
Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)------------ 1/14: A SNOWY OWL was seen in the mucklands on Rt.31 west of the Seneca River. A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen from Carncross Road. 1/15: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen at the Visitor’s Center. 2 SHORT-EARED were heard at Carncross road. Onondaga County------------ 1/9: A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at the Inner Harbor on Kirkpatrick Street in Syracuse, 1/10: A THAYER’S GULL and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were seen from the Onondaga County side on the Oswego River in Phoenix. 1/13: A SNOWY OWL was seen at Hancock Airport. A NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL was seen on the Bog Trail at Beaver Lake Nature Center. Missen on Saturday it was found again yesterday and today. 1/14: A female ESTERN TOWHEE was seen on the Erie Canal Trail in Fayetteville. 1/16: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen at Green Lakes State Park. An ICELAND GULL was seen at the end of the Creek Walk at the south end of Onondaga Lake. Oswego County------------ 1/10: A BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE was again found at the mouth of the Oswego River. It was reported again on the 11th. but not since. A THAYER’S GULL was again seen at Phoenix dam and lock on the Oswego River. 1/11: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and a SNOWY OWL were seen in the Oswego Harbor area. 1/12: A SNOWY OWL was again seen at Oswego Harbor. A GRAY CATBIRD and a HERMIT THRUSH are still being seen at the Rice Creek Biological Field Station in Oswego. 1/13: A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen onBell Road in the Town of Pennelville. A SNOWY OWL was seen on Co. Rt. 33 south of Rt. 49 in Caughdeney. A LESSER BLACK-BLACKED GUKK was again found at Phoenix dam and lock. 1/14: A SNOWY OWL was seen on Bell Road in Pennelville. 1/16: The HERMIT THRUSH and GRAY CATBIRD continue at Rice Creek Field Station in Oswego. Madison County------------ 1/13: A SNOWY OWL was seen near Fisher Bay north of Bridgeport. Oneida County------------ 1/14: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen at Oneida Creek near Verona Beach State park. Herkimer County------------ 1/11: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen at a private residence north of Dolgeville. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen on Murphy road in the Town of Manheim. 1/15: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen from Military Road north of Dolgeville. Extralimital------------ A gray GYRFALCON, seen recently, was refound on 1/13 on Hoster Road in Canoga south of Seneca Falls in Seneca County. It was seen by many observers on 1/14 also. Missed yesterday it reappeared today on Kings Corners Road south of Hoster Road and then later on the ice at Cayuga Lake State Park only to fly west out of site later in the afternoon. -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/ --
