RBA
* New York * Syracuse * January 24, 2022 * NYSY 01. 24. 22 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): January 17, 2022 to January 24, 2022 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: January 24 AT 2:30 p.m. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #788: Monday January 24, 2022 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 17, 2022 Highlights: ----------- GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE WOOD DUCK AMERICAN WIGEON PEREGRINE FALCON SNOWY OWL SHORT-EARED OWL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL ICELAND GULL GLAUCOUS GULL NORTHERN SHRIKE FISH CROW YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER EASTERN TOWHEE WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW COMMON GRACKLE COMMON REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ No reports this week. Cayuga County ------------ 1/20: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at Sterling Nature Center. Onondaga County ------------ 1/18: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was spotted in the Inner Harbor south of Onondaga Lake off of Kirkpatrick Street. 1/20: An EASTERN continues at a feeder on Reeves Road south of Cross Lake. A YELLOW-TUMPED WARBLER was seen on the Erie Canal Train east of Jordan. 1/21: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen on Hoag Road south of Baldwinsville. A FISH CROW was heard at the Inner Harbor in Syracuse. 1/22: A WOOD DUCK was seen in Webster Pond south of Seneca Turnpike is Syracuse. An AMERICAN WIGEON was seen from Mercer Park in Baldwinsville. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and an ICELAND GULL were seen at the Inner Harbor in Syracuse. 1/23: A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen at on Pratts Falls Road south of Manlius. 1/24: 2 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS and a PEREGRINE FALCON were seen on East Sorrell Hill Road south of Baldwinsville. Oswego County ------------ 1/19: A GREEN-WINGED TEAL was seen on the Oswego River at Indian Point north of Fulton. 1/22: 5 COMMON REDPOLLS were see at a residence in Minetto north of Fulton. Madison County ------------ 1/22: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. 1/23: A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen on Harwood Island Road north of Canastota. Oneida County ------------ 1/18: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen on Snowden Hill Road south of New Hartford. 1/22: A SNOWY OWL was seen on Perimeter Road in Rome. Herkimer County ------------ 1/19: 2 WOOD DUCKS were seen on the Mohawk River from Dyke Road east of Utica. A COMMON GRACKEL was seen on Westgate drive east of Utoca. ---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/ --
