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* New York * Syracuse * December 13, 2021 * NYSY 12. 13. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): December 06 to December 13, 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: December 13 AT 4:30 p.m. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org | | | | | | | | | | | (no title) Visit the post for more. | | | #782: Monday December 13 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of December 06, 2021 Highlights: ----------- RED-NECKED GREBE TUNDRA SWAN CACKLING GOOSE AMERICAN WIGEON RUDDY DUCK ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK MERLIN DUNLIN GREATER YELLOWLEGS ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL SNOWY OWL SHORT-EARED OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE MARSH WREN YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER EASTERN TOWHEE PINE SISKIN EVENING GROSBEAK Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 12/6: A late MARSH WREN was seen at the Morgan Road Marshes in the northern complex. 12/10: A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was spotted at the Visitor’s Center. 12/12: 160 SANDHILL CRANES and a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK were seen from VanSyne Spoor Road. 12/13: A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was seen at the Mays Point Dam. 140 SANDHILL CRANES were seen in Knox-Marsellus Road. Onondaga County ------------ 12/7: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen if a group of Canadas on the Oswego river from Fadison River Park (Private) norht of Rt. 31. 2 late AMERICAN WIGEONS were seen at Beaver lake west of Baldwinsville. 12/11: An EASTERN TOWHEE, possible overwintering, was seen at Beaver Lake Nature Center. A SNOWY OWL was seen in the NY State Fair Parking Lot. 12/13: A MERLIN was seen at Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse. Oswego County ------------ 12/7: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen with Canadas from Baum Road in Hastings. A late DUNLIN and GREATER YELLOWLEGS were seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet on Lake Ontario. A RUDDY DUCK was seen on Lake Neatahwanta in Fulton. 12/10: A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was seen at the Rice Creek Field Station in Oswego. 12/11: A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen from the Mexico Bay Boat Launch area on Lake Ontario. Madison County ------------ 12/10: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at the Madison County Landfill south of Canastota. 12/11: An ICELAND GULL was seen at the Madison County Landfill. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Ditchbank Road north of Chittenango. 12/12: A MERLIN was seen at the Oneida Community Golf Club.. 24 AMERICAN WIGEON and 11 RUDDY DUCKS were seen at Woodman Pond north of Hamilton. Oneida County ------------ 12/10: 2 PINE SISKINS were seen in Waterville. An ICELAND GULL was seen at Sylvan Beach on Oneida Lake. 12/13: 12 TUNDRA SWANS were seen from North Bay on Oneida Lake. Herkimer County ------------ 12/12: EVENING GROSBEAKS were heard from a parking area of Rt. 28 north of McKeever. ---end report Region 5 Joseph Brin Baldwinsville, NY 13027 -- 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/ --
