RBA

 

*  New York

*  Syracuse

* December 19, 2022

* NYSY 12.19. 22

 

Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert

Dates(s): December 12, 2022 to December 19, 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: December 19  AT 3:00 p.m. (EDT)

compiler: Joseph Brin

Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org


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#820: Monday December 19, 2022 

 

Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of 

December 12, 2022

 

Highlights:

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RED-THROATED LOON

SANDHILL CRANE

RUDDY DUCK

GREEN-WINGED TEAL

BLACK VULTURE

ICELAND GULL

LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL

PEREGRINE FALCON

SHORT-EARED OWL

EASTERN PHOEBE

GRAY CATBIRD

RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET

WINTER WREN

BOHEMIAN WAXWING

HERMIT THRUSH

EASTERN TOWHEE

WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW

CHIPPING SPARROW

COMMON REDPOLL

EVENING GROSBEAK



















Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)

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     12/13: A late CHIPPING SPARROW was seen on East Road. A SHORT-EARED OWL 
was seen from Carncross Road.

     12/14: 41 SANDHILL CRANES were seen from East Road.

     12/17: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at Carncross Road.

     12/18: 3 SANDHILL CRANES were seen Armitage Road.

     12/19: 2 HERMIT THRUSHES were seen on Howland Island. An EASTERN TOWHEE 
was seen on McDonald Road just east of the complex.







Oswego County

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     12/14: 1 EVENING GROSBEAK was seen at Rice Creek Field Station south of 
Oswego.

     12/18: A RUDDY DUCK and a RED-THROATED LOON were spotted at Oswego Harbor. 
An ICELAND GULL was at the Rt. 6 wetland north of Rt. 3. A WINTER WREN was 
spotted at the Rice Creek Field Station.







Onondaga county

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     12/13: A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen on Hoag Road south of Baldwinsville.

     12/17: 79 species of birds were recorded at the annual Syracuse Christmas 
Count. Highlights were RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, GRAY CATBIRD HERMIT THRUSH and 
BLACK VULTURE which was winner of best bird of the count. It was the first time 
a Black Vulture was ever recorded on this count.

     12/19: A late CHIPPING SPARROW was at a feeder in Manlius.







Madison County

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     12/13: A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen on ditchbank Road north of 
Canastota.

     12/14: An EASTERN PHOEBE was seen in Earlville. An ICELAND GULL was seen 
from Lewis Point at the east end of Oneida Lake. 10 EVENING GROSBEAKS and a 
COMMON REDPOLL were seen at a feeder on Carpenter Road east of Sheds.







Oneida County

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     12/16: 16 species of waterfowl including BLACK SCOTER and GREEN-WINGED 
TEAL were seen at South Bay at the east end of Oneida Lake. Also seen there 
were a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and an ICELAND GULL.







Herkimer County

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     12/13: 12 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Spencer Road east of Dolgeville.

     12/16: 5 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen in Old forge.

     12/18: 8 EVENING GROSBEAKS and 8 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen in salisbury 
north of Dolgeville.

     




              




                    

 ---end report




Region 5







Joseph Brin

Baldwinsville, NY

13027




  


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