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* New York * Syracuse * January 23, 2023 * NYSY 01. 23 .23 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): January 16, 2022 to January 23, 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 23 AT 11:00 a.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #825: Monday January 23, 2023 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 16, 2022 Highlights: ----------- RED-THROATED LOON CACKLING GOOSE RUDDY DUCK ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK BLACK VULTURE LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL ICELAND GULL SHORT-EARED OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE EASTERN MEADOWLARK EVENING GROSBEAK PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 1/18: A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen at the Visitor’s Center. 1/20: An EASTERN MEADOWLARK was seen on East Road near the air field. 1/21: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen at the Audubon Center on Rt. 89. Cayuga County ------------ 1/22: An ICELAND GULL and 3 RED-THROATED LOONS were seen on Lake Ontario from Fair Haven State Park. Oswego County ------------ 1/16: An AMERICAN WIGEON was seen from Brietbeck Park in Oswego. !/18: 2 RUDDY DUCKS continue at Lake Neahtawanta in Fulton. 1/21: 4 RUDDY DUCKS were seen on the Oswego River from the pull off south of Oswego. An ICELAND GULL was seen near Lock 6 on the Oswego River south of Oswego. 1/22: 3 RUDDY DUCKS were seen from Brietbeck Park in Oswego. An EVENING GROSBEAK was seen at a feeder near Rt. 104 south of Oswego. 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS were heard at the corner of North Church and Bargey Roads in the Winona State Forest. Onondaga County ------------ 116: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen on Van Road west of Baldwinsville. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen south of the Liverpool marina. 1/17: 8 RUDDY DUCKS were seen at the outlet of Nine Mile creek on the west side of Onondaga lake. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen on the ice in the Seneca River below the dam in Baldwinsville. 3 BLACK VULTURES were seen from the Fiddlers Green in Jamesville. 1/19: An EVENING GROSBEAK was seen at the Liverpool Marina on Onondaga Lake. An ICELAND GULL was seen at the Inner Harbor south of Destiny Shopping Mall. A PINE SISKIN was seen in Manlius. 1/21: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at the Liverpool Marina on Onondaga Lake. 1/22: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen at the Outlet of Nine Mile Creek on the west shore of Onondaga Lake. 10 WOOD DUCKS are overwintering at the Rand Tract in the south end of Syracuse. 3 SURF SCOTERS and 2 AMERICAN WIGEON were seen from the west shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. 6 BLACK VULTURES were seesnat the OCRA site on Rt. 91 south of Jamesville. A NORTHERN SHRIKE continues near the duck blind east of Smokey Hollow Road in the Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. Madison County ---------- 1/18: An ICELAND GULL was found at Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. 1/20: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen from Burleson Road south of Oneida, 1/21: A VESPER SPARROW was seen from Ditchbank Road. 1/22: 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were seen on Hardwood Island Road north of Canastota. Oneida County ------------ 1/22: A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen on Jugpoint Road east of Verona Beach State Park. ---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/ --
