RBA
* New York * Syracuse * January 31, 2022 * NYSY 01. 31. 22 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): January 24, 2022 to January 31, 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 31 AT 3:30 p.m. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #789: Monday January 31, 2022 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 31, 2022 Highlights: ----------- GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE NORTHERN GOSHAWK PEREGRINE FALCON SNOWY OWL LONG-EARED OWL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL ICELAND GULL GRAY CATBIRD HERMIT THRUSH YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER EASTERN TOWHEE WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW LAPLAND LONGSPUR RED CROSSBILL WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 1/26: A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen from Rt. 89 on the west side of the complex. Cayuga County ------------ 1/28: A GRAY CATBIRD was seen at the Sterling Nature Center. 1/29: A HERMIT THRUSH was seen at the sterling Nature Center. Onondaga County ------------ 1/25: A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen in a manure spread with Snow Buntings and Horned Larks on Rickard Road east of Skaneateles. 1/27: An EASTERN TOWHEE continues on Reeves Road at the south end of Cross Lake. A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at the Honeywell Center on the west side of Onondaga Lake. 1/28: A LONG-EARED OWL was found on the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. 1/29: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and an ICELAND GULL were seen at the Inner Harbor at the south end of Onondaga Lake in Syracuse. 1/30: An EASTERN TOWHEE was seen at a feeder on Velasco Road in Syracuse. A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was seen on the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. A SNOWY OWL was seen at Hancock Airport. Oswego County ------------ 1/28: A HERMIT THRUSH was seen at Rice Creek Field Station south of Oswego. 1/29: An ICELAND GULL was seen at one of the Fulton Locks on the Oswego River. 1/30: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at Brietbeck Park in Oswego. 1/31: A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen at a private residenceon Hinman Road north of Pulaski. Madison County ------------- 1/30: 2 ICELAND GULLS were seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. Oneida County ------------- 1/24: A SNOWY OWL was seen on Perimeter Road in Rome. Herkimer County ------------ 1/28: A PINE SISKIN was seen at a feeder in Dolgeville. Both RED and WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were seen gritting at Atwell on North Creek Road north of Forestport. Both species were found again on 1/29 and 1/30. ---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/ --
