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* New York * Syracuse * September 12, 2022 * NYSY 09. 12. 22 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): September 05, 2022 to September 12, 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: September 12 AT 4:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #808: Monday September 12, 2022 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of September 05, 2022 Highlights: ----------- CACKLING GOOSE RUDDY TURNSTONE BAIRD’S SANDPIPER STILT SANDPIPER AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER LAUGHING GULL FORSTER’S TERN RED-HEADED WOODPECKER PHILADELPHIA VIREO YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH SWAINSON’S THRUSH CONNECTICUT WARBLER YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER LINCOLN’S SPARROW CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 9/17: A CONNECTICUT WARBLER and a PHILADELPHIA VIREO were seen at Howland Island. A CONNECTICUT WARBLER and 4 PHILADELPHIA VIREOS were seen on the West Shore Trail near VanDyne Spoor Road. 9/18: A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was seen again and a SWAINSON’S THRUSH were seen on Howland Island. A LAUGHING GULL was found at the Visitor’s Center. A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen on the West Shore Trail. Cayuga County ------------ 9/13: A RUDDY TURNSTONE was seen at Fair Haven State Park. Onondaga County ------------ 9/13: A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was seen at Oneida Shores Park. A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen at Arrowhead Lodge near Oneida Shores. 9/17: 2 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES were seen at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 9/18: An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, a LINCOLN’S SPARROW and 2 PHILADELPHIA VIREOS were seen under the power lines west of 60 Road north of Baldwinsville. 2 LINCOLN SPARROWS were seen at the old Van Buren transportation area west of Baldwinsville Oswego County ------------ 3/15: 3 SANDHILL CRANES were found at Biddlecum Road north of Phoenix. 12 shorebird species including STILT SANDPIPER and BAIRS’S SANDPIPER were seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet on Lake Ontario. 3/16: 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS joined the group of Shorebirds at the Sandy Pond Outlet. 3/17: A FORSTER’S TERN was seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet. A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was spotted at a residence on Baum Road north of Central Square. 3/18: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen on Hinman Road north of Pulaski. Madison County --------------- 9/12: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Devaul Road in Kirkville. 9/18: An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was heard at Peterson Hollow Road near Erieville. Oneida County ------------ 9/14: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was found at Spring Farms Nature Sanctuary south of clinton. 9/15: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen at Spring Farms Nature Sanctuary. 9/16: 2 CACKLING GEESE were seen in flight in Waterville. 9/17: 1 BLACK VULTURE was again seen on Rt. 46 just south of the intersection of Rt. 69 i Rome. A SWAINSON’S THRUSH was seen at Lock 21 on the Barge Canal. Herkimer County ------------ 9/17: A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen at a private residence in Salisbury. ---end report Region 5 Joseph Brin Baldwinsville, NY 13027 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
