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* New York * Syracuse * January 10, 2022 * NYSY 01. 10. 22 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): January 03, 2022 to January 10, 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: January 10 AT 2:30 p.m. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #786: Monday January 10, 2022 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 03, 2022 Highlights: ----------- CACKLING GOOSE GREEN-WINGED TEAL NORTHERN SHOVELER SNOWY OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE GOLDEN EAGLE PEREGRINE FALCON SANDHILL CRANE SLATY-BACKED GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL ICELAND GULL WINTER WREN YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER COMMON YELLOWTHROAT WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW FIELD SPARROW RUSTY BLACKBIRD COMMON REDPOLL PINE SISKIN RED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 1/4: A WINTER WREN was seen at East Road. 1/5: 1 SANDHILL CRANE was seen from East road. 1/8: 4 FIELD SPARROWS were seen at the Morgan Road Marsh. A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at the Audubon Center on Rt. 89. Onondaga County ------------ 1/3: An ICELAND GULL was seen at the Inner harbor near Destiny. 1/4: A NORTHERN SHOVELER was seen from Bartel Road at the west end of Oneida Lake. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen on Vincent Corners Road north of Fabius. It was seen again the next day. A SNOWY OWL was seen on Pardee Road in Cicero. 1/5: A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was seen at Lakeview Point on the west side of Onondaga lake. 1/8: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen hunting at a residence west of Baldwinsville. 1/9: An AMERICAN WIGEON was seen from Lakeview Point on Onondaga Lake. 1/10: An ICELAND GULL was seen at the Inner Harbor south of Destiny. Oswego County ------------ 1/5: An ICELAND GULL was see at Lock 2 on the Oswego River in Fulton. 1/6: A RED-THROATED LOON was seen on Lake Ontario from the Overlook at Derby Hill. 1/7: A COMMON REDPOLL was seen at a feeder in Minetto. 1/8: A RUSTY BLACKBIRD was seen on Sutton Road in Pennelville. 1/9: 4 PINE SISKINS were seen on Kibbe Lake Road northof Oneida Lake. 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS were seen at Brietbeck Park in Oswego. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Thompson Road south of Oswego. Madison County ------------ 1/4: A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. A PEREGRINE FALCON was see at the Madison County Landfill south of Canastota. It was seen again on the 8th. A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen on Rt. 46 about one mile north of Rt. 20. 1/5: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen at the south end of Cazenovia Lake. 1/8: An apparent overwintering COMMON YELLOWTHROAT was seen near Woodman Pond north of Hamilton. An ICELAND was seen at the Madison County Landfill.A SNOWY OWL was seen at Chapman Park west of Lakeport. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen ner the Fenner Wind Farm south of Canastota. Oneida County ------------ 1/5: A GREEN-WINGED TEAL was seen at Sylvan Beach on the west end of Oneida Lake. A (the) SLATY-BACKED GULL, possibly the same individual seen recently at the Madison County landfill, was seen at the southwest end of Oneida Lake at Chapman Point. 1/8: 2 RED CROSSBILLS were seen on North Lake Road north of Forestport. Herkimer County ------------ 1/5: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen from the McDonald’s Parking Lot in Little Falls. 1/9: 6 RED CROSSBILLS were seen near Windfall Pond north of Eagle Bay. ---end report Region 5 Joseph Brin Baldwinsville, NY 13027 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --