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* New York * Syracuse * May 1, 2023 * NYSY 05. 01 .23 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):April 24, 2022 to May 01, 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: May 01 AT 1:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org | | | | Onondaga | | | #838: Monday May 01, 2023 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 01, 2022 Highlights ------------ RED-NECKED GREBE ANHINGA LEAST BITTERN GLOSSY IBIS SANDHILL CRANE BRANT PIPING PLOVER BLACK TERN RED-HEADED WOODPECKER EVENING GROSBEAK LAPLAND LONGSPUR LINCOLN’S SPARROW PINE SISKIN RED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma and Montezuma Wetlands Complex ---------- 4/25: A GLOSSY IBIS was spotted in the Main Pool and remained to 4/30. 4/29: 7 SANDHILL CRANES were seen on Lay Road on the west side of Rt. 89 which borders the complex. 4/30: A BLACK TERN has returned to the Wildlife Drive. Cayuga County ------------ 4/30: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at the Sterling Nature Center. Oswego County ------------ 4/25: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen on Depot Road in West Monroe. 4/26: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Derby Hill Hawk Site in Lake Ontario. 3 were seen on 4/28. PIPING PLOVERS have returned to Sandy Island State Park on Lake Ontario. 4 were seen on this date and 6 were seen on 4/28. 4/28: An early LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen on the SUNY Oswego Campus. Onondaga County ------------ 4/24: A GLOSSY IBIS was seen on Cicero Center Road north of Rt. 31. 4/28: A BRANT was seen on Onondaga Lake from the Liverpool Marina. 4/29: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen on Lamson Road west of Rt. 48 north of Baldwinsville, an area previously referred to as the Pony Farm. No more Ponies but a good area for Shorebirds and Waterfowl in early spring. The Crane was seen again on the 30th and today. A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen from Onondaga Lake Park in Liverpool. Madison County ------------ A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen at the Sky High Sod Farm north of Chittenango on Lakeport Road. Oneida County ------------ 4/26: 6 ANHINGAS were last seen on Muck Road in Rome. This was the last positive sighting of these rare for NY birds at this location. 4:30 A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, first seen on the 26th. was seen at the north end of Verona Beach State Park. 2LEAST BITTERNS were seen in the Utica Marsh WMA. Herkimer County ------------ 4/27: A PINE SISKIN was seen at a feeder in Dolgeville. 4/28: 2 RED CROSSBILLS were found in the McKeever area east of Rt. 28 south of Old Forge. ---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/ --
