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* New York * S1yracuse * December 5, 2022 * NYSY 12.05. 22 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): November 28, 2022 to December 05, 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 05 AT 2:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org | | | | Onondagaaudubon.org | | | #818: Monday December 05, 2022 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of November 28, 2022 Highlights: ----------- RED-THROATED LOON SANDHILL CRANE ROSS’S GOOSEA ROSS’S CACKLING GOOSE GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE PURPLE SANDPIPER KILLDEER BLACK VULTURE GOLDEN EAGLE BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL NORTHERN SHRIKE LINCOLN’S SPARROW WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW FOX SPARROW EVENING GROSBEAK PINE SISKIN RED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 12/4: A late KILLDEER was seen at the Visitor’s Center. 4 SANDHILL CRANES were seen from Armitage Road. Cayuga county ------------ 11/29: A PURPLE SANDPIPER was seen at the cause way at Fair Haven state Park. 12/2: A RED-THROATED LOON was seen on Lake Ontario from Fair haven State Park. Oswego County ------------ 12/1: A BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE and a SURF SCOTER were seen from the bluff at Derby Hill over Lake Ontario. 12/2: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen in Willianstown. 12/4: 2 BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKES, 2 SURF SCOTERS, a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and a RED-THROATED LOON were all spotted from the bluff at Derby Hill. Onondaga County ------------ 11/28: 5 BLACK VULTURES were spotted in spruce trees on McClennen Drive in Fayetteville and one or more were present up to 12/2. 12/2: A very late LINCOLN’S SPARROW and a late WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW were seen at the Honeywell Center on the west shore of Onondaga lake. A FOX SPARROW was seen at a feeder on Lawrence Road west of Marcellus. 12/4: 19 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at the corner of Shakham Road and Herlihy Road in the Morgan Hill State Forest. 6 EVENING GROSBEAKS were at a feeder on Watervale Road in Manlius. 12/5 A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was spotted at Oneida Shores park in Brewerton. Madison County ------------ 12/29: 1 EVENING GROSBEAK was at a feeder on Hawes Road on Tuscarora lake. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at the Madison County Landfill south of Canastota. 12/2: 7 EVENING GROSBEAKS were aat a feeder on Carpenter Road east of Sheds. 2GOLDEN EAGLES were seen soaring over the Madison County Landfill. another was see nearby from Tuttle Road. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was at the south end of Cazenovia Lake.An ICELAND GULL was seen from Lewis Point at the east end of Oneida Lake. 12/3: 24 EVENING GROSBEAKS were at the Hawes Road feeder on Tuscarora Lake. 12/5: A ROSS’S GOOSE was found at Woodman Pond north of Hamilton. Oneida County ------------ 11/30: 4 BLACK VULTURES were seen at an abandoned barn on Rt. 46 south of Rome where they have been seen in the past months. Herkimer County ------------ 11/27: A PINE SISKIN was seen at a feeder in dolgeville. 11/28: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Moore Road west of Dolgeville. 1/1: 2 BLACK VULTURES were seen in 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/ --
