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* New York * Syracuse * December 12, 2022 * NYSY 12.12. 22 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): December 05, 2022 to December 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: December 12 AT 3:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org | | | | Onondaga | | | #819: Monday December 12, 2022 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of December 05, 2022 Highlights: ----------- SANDHILL CRANE TUNDRA SWAN ROSS’S GOOSE CACKLING GOOSE GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE GREEN-WINGED TEAL AMERICAN WIGEON BLACK VULTURE RED-SHOULDERED HAWK ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL MERLIN FOX SPARROW EVENING GROSBEAK PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 12/11: 6 SANDHILL CRANES linger at the Visitor’s Center. Cayuga County ------------ 12/6: A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was seen on Irwin Road in the Town of Sterling. Oswego County ------------ 12/8: A FOX SPARROW was seen at Rice Creek field station south of Oswego. 84 TUNDRA SWANS were seen at 3 Mile bay on the north shore of Oneida lake. Onondaga County ------------ 12/7: A MERLIN was spotted at Oneida Shores Park in Brewerton. 12/9: An AMERICAN WIGEON and a GREEN-WINGED TEAL were still around at the Liverpool Marina on Onondaga Lake in Liverpool. 12/11: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at the Inner harbor at the south end of Onondaga Lake in Syracuse. A CACKLING GOOSE was seen on the Seneca River in Radisson. 12/12: 15 TUNDRA SWANS were seen at Oneida Shores park in Brewerton. Madison County ------------ 12/7: A ROSS’S GOOS first seen on the 5th. lingered through the 7th. 12/10: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, a CACKLING GOOSE and an ICELAND GULL were all seen from Lewis Point at the east end on Oneida Lake. 12/12: 48 EVENING GROSBEAKS linger at a feeder on Hawes Road on the Eaton Reservoir. Oneida County ------------ 12/7: 7 EVENING GROSBEAKS and 26 TUNDRA SWANS were seen from Lakeshore Road in North Bay on Oneida Lake. 12/8: An ICELAND GULL was seen from Sylvan Beach on Oneida lake. 12/9: A BLACK VULTURE was seen from Rt. 12 north of Waterville. A PINE SISKIN was seen at Coleman Mills in Rome. Herkimer County ------------ 12/8: 3 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/ --
