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* New York * Syracuse * December 20, 2021 * NYSY 12. 20. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): December 13 to December 20, 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 20 AT 4:30 p.m. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #783: Monday December 20 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of December 13, 2021 Highlights: ----------- RED-THROATED LOON GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE GREEN-WINGED TEAL AMERICAN WIGEON NORTHERN PINTAIL DUNLIN LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL SNOWY OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE PEREGRINE FALCON FISH CROW MARSH WREN HERMIT THRUSH YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER GRAY CATBIRD WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW CHIPPING SPARROW COMMON GRACKLE PINE SISKIN RED CROSSBILL PINE GROSBEAK Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 12/14: A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was seen on Mays Point Road. 12/17: 4 COMMON GRACKLES, a MARSH WREN and a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE were all found from East Road. A MARSH WREN was seen on Carncross Road. 12/20: A MARSH WREN was seen at Guy Baldassarre Marsh. 5 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS were seen at the Morgan Road Marshes. Onondaga County ------------ 12/15: 1 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen at the Marshy Spits on the west side of Onondaga Lake south of the Honeywell Center. 12/16: A CHIPPING SPARROW was seen on Jamesville Ave in Syracuse. 12/18: The Syracuse Christmas Count, held this day netted 84 species. The most unique bird found was a female PINE GROSBEAK at the Dicc Golf area of Green Lakes State Park in Fayetteville. It was relocated again today. Other interesting species found were HERMIT THRUSH, GRAY CATBIRD, PINE SISKIN, PINE SISKIN and NORTHERN SHRIKE, all of which were seen at Green lakes except the GRAY CATBIRD which was found nearby at the Erie Canal Trail at the east end of Rt. 290. 12/19: A SNOWY OWL was found in the Brown Lot of the New York State Fair grounds. Oswego County ------------ 12/14: A DUNLIN and a RED-THROATED LOON were seen at the Sandy Pond outlet on Lake Ontario. 12/15: A COMMON GRACKLE was seen on Hinman Road north of Pulaski. 12/19: on the Oswego Christmas Count 64 species were seen. Highlights were GRAY CATBIRD, NORTHERN PINTAIL, HERMIT THRUSH, SONG SPARROW and SWAMP SPARROW. Madison County ------------- 12/15: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. 12/16: 4 GREEN-WINGED TEAL were seen at Ditchbank Road. 12/18: 6 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS were seen at a private residence on Rt. 31 east of Rt. 13. Oneida County ------------ 12/17: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at Verona Beach State Park on Oneida lake. 12/18: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at Utica Marsh. A FISH CROW was heard on Belle Ave. in Utica. Herkimer County ------------ 12/14: 2 RED CROSSBILLS were found at the entrance to Third Lake trail on the south side of Fourth Lake. ---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/ --
