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* New York * Syracuse * October 03, 2022 * NYSY 10. 03. 22 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): September 26, 2022 to October 03, 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 03 AT 2:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org | | | | | | | | | | | (no title) Visit the post for more. | | | #810: Monday October 03, 2022 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of September 26, 2022 Highlights: ----------- SURF SCOTER CACKLING GOOSE GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE HUDSONIAN GODWIT WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER RED-HEADED WOODPECKER GOLDEN EAGLE BLACK VULTURE RED-HEADED WOODPECKER PHILADELPHIA VIREO ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH SWAINSON’S THRUSH LAPLAND LONGSPUR Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 9/26: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen at South Spring Pond. 9/27: 2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS were seen at Knox Marsellus Pool and lingered through 10/2. 9/29: An AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER was seen on the Wildlife Drive. A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen at Martens Tract. 10/1: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was found on VanDyne Spoor Road. 10/2: 5 Warbler species including PARULA were seen at East Road. Also seen was a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. Cayuga County ------------ 10/1: 3 SWAINSON’S THRUSHES were heard at Fair Haven State Park. Warblers seen at West Barrier Bar Park included BAY BREASTED, BLACKBURNIAN, BLACKPOLL and ORANGE-CROWNED. Also found was a very cooperative LAPLAND LONGSPUR. Oswego County ------------ 9/26: A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was found at the Sandy Pond Outlet on Lake Ontario. 9/28: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen at the Oswego County Airfield. A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen on Paddy Lake Road east of Oswego. An AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER was seen at the Rt. 6 Sod Farm north of Phoenix. 9/29: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Mexico Point State Park. 9/30: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen in Constantia. 10/1: 6 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES were heard from night calls in Oswego. 10/2: 2 SANDHILL CRANES and a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER were seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet. Onondaga County ------------ 9/26: An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen in Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse, 9/27: 2 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES were found at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 9/29: A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen at Jamesville reservoir. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen in Manlius. 9/30: An AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, a LINCOLN’S SPARROW and a PHILADELPHIA VIREO were all seen at the Gerber Top Soil Farm. 10/01: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen in Manlius and at the Onondaga Lake Park. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen at Three Rivers WMA. A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen on the West Shore Train of Onondaga Lake. 10/02: GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES were seen at Oneida Shores Park in Brewerton and the Onondaga Lake West Shore Trail. A SURF SCOTER was seen at the Onondaga Lake Visitor’s Center in Liverpool. Madison County ------------ 10/01: A WILSON’S WARBLER was seen at Woodman Pond north of Hamilton. Oneida County ------------ 9/27: A WILSON’S WARBLER was seen on Lakeshore Drive north of Verona beach. 9/29: 2 BLACK VULTURES continue at an abandoned barn on Rt. 46 Just south of Rome. Herkimer County ------------ 9/26: A LINCOLN’S SPARROW and a SWAINSON’S THRUSH were seen near Salisbury Center. 9/30: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen from Rt. 29 near Fairfield. ---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/ --
