RBA
* New York * Syracuse * October 31, 2022 * NYSY 10.31. 22 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): October 24, 2022 to October 31, 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 31 AT 2:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org | | | | Onondagaaudubon.org | | | #814: Monday October 31, 2022 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of October 24, 2022 Highlights: ----------- RED-THROATED LOON CATTLE EGRET BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON SURF SCOTER BLACK SCOTER RED-SHOULDERED HAWK OSPREY HUDSONIAN GODWIT BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER STILT SANDPIPER DICKCISSEL PARULA WARBLER PINE SISKIN EVENING GROSBEAK RED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 10/27: Last day the HUDSONIAN GODWITS were seen at the Visitor’s Center and from East Road. 4 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen from East Road. 10/28: A CATTLE EGRET was seen on Armitage Road. A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON was seen from Knox-Marsellus Road. 10/29: 5 Shorebird species including STILT SANDPIPER were seen from Armitage Road. 10/31: A late lingering OSPREY was seen on Rt.89 near Mays Point Road. Cayuga County ------------ 1/28: A PINE SISKIN and a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK were found at Fair Haven State Park. Oswego County ------------ 10/24: A RED-THROATED LOON was seen at the Sandy Pond inlet on Lake Ontario. 10/26: A DISKCISSEL was heard and recorded in flight at Great Bear Recreational Area north of Phoenix. 10/27: All three SCOTER species were seen from the bluff at Derby Hill. 10/28: an EVENING GROSBEAK was found on Baum Road north of Central Square. 2 were seen here on the 31th. 10/30: An EVENING GROSBEAK was seen at a feeder in Constantia. Onondaga County ------------ 10/26: A late PARULA WARBLER was seen on the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. 10/30: 5 RED CROSSBILLS were found on Shakham Road in the Morgan Hill State Forest. Madison County ------------ 10/27: An EVENING GROSBEAK was seen at a feeder on Eden Hollow Road. Oneida County ------------ 10/26: An EVENING GROSBEAK was seen on Pennystreet Road in Rome. 10/28: Up to 20 EVENING GROSVEAKS were seen at a feeder on Turin Road near Potter Road in Rome. 10/29: 11 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen near Westernville north of Rome. Herkimer County ------------ 10/24: A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen in Salisbury north of Dolgeville. 10/28: 4 BLACK VULTURES were seen near the intersection of Rts. 5 and 167 east of Little Falls. ---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/ --
