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* New York * Syracuse * March 13, 2023 * NYSY 03.13.23 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): March 06, 2022 to March 13, 2023 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: March 13 AT 4:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org | | | | Onondaga | | | #832: Monday March 13, 2023 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of March 06, 2022 Highlights ------------ CACKLING GOOSE PINK-FOOTED GOOSE EURASIAN WIGEON SANDHILL CRANE GOLDEN EAGLE BLACK VULTURE LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL ICELAND GULL GLAUCOUS GULL SHORT-EARED OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE MARSH WREN EVENING GROSBEAK PINE GROSBEAK LAPLAND LONGSPUR EASTERN PHOEBE TREE SWALLOW EASTERN MEADOWLARK PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma and Montezuma Wetlands Complex ---------- 3/6: An early MARSH WREN was seen on VanDyne Spoor Road. 3/10: A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen near the intersection of Rt. 89 and Rt. 31 in Montezuma. 311: An early TREE SWALLOW was seen from East Road. An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen for the third day at the Morgan Road Marshes.A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen from Carncross Road. A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen at VanDyne Spoor Road. 3/12: 4 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at the Visitors Center. Cayuga County ------------ 3/9: A rare PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was seen from Maiden Lane just north of Port Byron. 3/10: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen on Nauvoo Road in Port byron. Oswego County ------------ EVENIN GROSBEAKS continue to be seen regularly in Redfield and West Amboy. 3/6: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen on Lake Neawahnta in Fulton. 3/12: 3 SANDHILL CRANES were seen from Co. Rt. 54 north of Phoenix. GOLDEN EAGLES were seen from Hinman Road north of Pulaski and at Derby Hill.An early EASTERN MEADOWLARK was seen at Derby Hill. An ICELAND GULL was seen on Lake Neawahnta. Onondaga County ------------ 3/7: an ICELAND GULL was seen on Onondaga Lake at the Liverpool Marina in Liverpool. 3/10: An early EASTERN PHOEBE was heard near a residence on East Dead Creek Road west of Baldwinsville. Today one was spotted on a fence in the back yard of the same residence. Madison County ------------ 3/8: 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on EdenHollow Road east of Erieville. Another was seen at the same location of the 11th. 3/11: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and a GLAUCOUS GULL were seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. 3/12: An ICELAND GULL was seen on Ditchbank Road Oneida County ------------ 3/7: 4 BLACK VULTURES were seen from Siefert Road west of Rome. A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen from Rt. 20 west of Sangerfield. 3/9: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen on Jug Point Road east of Verona Beach State Park. 3/11: A SHORT-EARED OWL was again seen on Jug Point Road. Herkimer County ------------ 3/8: A BLACK VULTURE was seen from Rt. 167 just east of Little Falls. 3/9 4 BLACK VULTURES were seen from the McDonald’s parking lot in Little Falls. 4 were seen at the same location on the 12th. 3/11: 17 EVENING GROSBEAKS and 12 PINE GROSBEAKS were seen near a residence in Salisbury north of Little Falls. 3/12: 9 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen near the same residence in Salisbury. ---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/ --
