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* New York * Syracuse * October 10, 2022 * NYSY 10. 10. 22 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): October 03, 2022 to October 10, 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: October 10 AT 3:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org | | | | | | | | | | | (no title) Visit the post for more. | | | #811: Monday October 10, 2022 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of October 03, 2022 Highlights: ----------- BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON SURF SCOTER HUDSONIAN GODWIT WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE PARASITIC JAEGER COMMON TERN BLACK VULTURE ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER SWAINSON’S THRUSH NELSON’S SPARROW DICKCISSEL LAPLAND LONGSPUR Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 10/3: A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was seen at the Visitor’s Center and remained through 10/8. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen along the Wildlife Drive. 10/4: Up tp 4 HUDSONIAN GODWITS were seen at Knox-Marsellus Pool and were seen through 10/8. 10/8: A NELSON’S SPARROW and a DICKCISSEL were found in the Mucklands along Rt. 31 west of the Seneca river. 9 Shorebird species including a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER were seen at Knox/Marsellus Marsh. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen along the Wildlife Drive. Oswego County ------------ 10/7: 2 BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKES and 5 PARASITIC JAEGERS were seen from the bluff at Derby Hill on Lake Ontario. Also seen here were 20 SURF SCOTERS. 10/8: A PARASITIC JAEGER was seen at Oswego Harbor. 10/9: A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was seen at Selkirk Shores State Park on Lake Ontario. Onondaga County ------------ 10/4: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at the Honeywell Visitor’s Center on the west side of Onondaga Lake.A late HUMMINGBIRD was seen on Comstock Ave. in Syracuse. 10/5: 10 COMMONTERNS were seen at Oneida Shores County Park in Brewerton. 10/7: 2 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were seen near the Honeywell Center on Onondaga Lake. 10/8: A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was seen Lakeview Point on Onondaga Lake. Madison County ------------ 10/4: An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. Oneida County ------------ 10/6: A SWAINSON’S THRUSH was seen at the Verona Beach Woods at the east end of Oneida lake. 10/8: A BLACK VULTURE continues at an abandoned barn on Rt. 46 just south of Rome. 10/10: A SURF SCOTER was seen on Hinckley Reservoir. Herkimer County ------------ 10/9: A late HUMMINGBIRD was seen at a feeder in Eagle Bay. Extralimital ------------ 1010: A NELSON’S SPARROW was seen at the Seneca Meadows Preserve on Black Brook Road in Seneca County. ---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/ --
