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* New York * Syracuse * January 03, 2023 * NYSY 01. 03 .23 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): December 26, 2022 to January 03, 2023 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 03 AT 4:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #822: Tuesday January 03 2023 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of December 26, 2022 Highlights: ----------- RED-THROATED LOON RUDDY DUCK CACKLING GOOSE BLACK VULTURE KILLDEER GLAUCOUS GULL ICELAND GULL PEREGRINE FALCON MERLIN SAW-WHET OWL SHORT-EARED OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE WINTER WREN RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET HERMIT THRUSH BOHEMIAN WAXWING EVENING GROSBEAK PINE GROSBEAK Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 1/1: A RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET and a WINTER WREN were found at Mays Point. 1/2: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen from the Morgan Road Marshes. Cayuga County ------------ 12/27: A KILLDEER was seen at West Barrier Bar Park in Fair Haven. Oswego County ------------ 12/26: A RED-THROATED LOON was seen in Oswego Harbor. A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at Indian Point north of Fulton. 1/1: 3 RUDDY DUCKS , an ICELAND GULL and a CACKLING GOOSE were all seen on Neahtawanta Lake in Fulton. Onondaga County ------------ 12/27: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen on Burnet Road north of Rt. 31 in Clay. 1/2: 3 BLACK VULTURES were again seen on McClennan Drive in Fayetteville. An AMERICAN WIGEON was seen on North Seneca Turnpike west of Marcellus. A SAW-WHET OWL was found on Gully Road west of Marcellus. A MERLIN was seen on Willumae Drive in Syracuse. Madison County ------------ EVENING GROSBEAKS continue in numbers in many areas south of Cazenovia. 12/28: A HERMIT THRUSH was seen on Harsh Road east of Chittenango. 12/29: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was again seen on Eden Hollow road east of Erieville. 1/1: 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen on Burleson Road south of Oneida. 1/2: A GLAUCOUS GULL, aan ICELAND GULL and a MERLIN were all found on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. Oneida County ------------ 1/1: 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS were seen on the State Office Building in Utica. 4 BLACK VULTURES were seen near Rt. 365 in Rome. They were seen again on 1/2. Herkimer County ------------ EVENING GROSBEAKS continue almost daily at a feeding station is Salisbury north of Dolgeville. 12/30: EVENING GROSBEAKS and a PINE GROSBEAK were heard in the Black River Wild Forest near Forestport. 12/31: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen on Rt. 5-S east of Little Falls. ---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/ --