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* New York * Syracuse * November 21, 2022 * NYSY 11.21. 22 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): November 14, 2022 to November 21, 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: November 21 AT 2:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org | | | | Onondagaaudubon.org | | | #817: Monday November 21, 2022 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of November 14, 2022 Highlights: ----------- GREAT EGRET BLACK SCOTER CACKLING GOOSE BLACK VULTURE GOLDEN EAGLE ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER LITTLE GULL BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL NORTHERN SHRIKE WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW OREGON TYPE JUNCO PINE SISKIN EVENING GROSBEAK Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 11/14: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen at the Visitor’s Center. An AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER and a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER were seen on Armitage Road. Cayuga County ------------ 11/15: 7 EVENING GROSBEAKS were found at Fair Haven State Park. Oswego County ------------ 11/15: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was found at Lake Neahtawanta in Fulton. 11/17: At the overlook on Derby Hill 8 BLACK SCOTERS, a BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE and a LITTLE GULL were all spotted. 11/18: A PINE SISKIN was at a feeder in Williamstown. A COMMON REDPOLL was seen in Oswego. 11/20: An OREGON type DARK-EYED JUNCO was seen in Constantia. 11/21: An early ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen on Boshop Road east of Port Ontario. Onondaga County ------------ 11/15: A PINE SISKIN was at a feeder in Pompey. 11/16: An EVENING GROSBEAK was at a feeder in Baldwinsville. 11/17: 10 BLACK VULTURES were seen in flight from North Street just north of Rt. 173 in Jamesville. 2CACKLING GEESE were seen at Old Fly MarshNature Preserve south of Pompey. 11/19: A BLACK SCOTER was seen Oneida Shores County Park in Brewerton. Madison County ------------ 11/15: An ICELAND GULL was seen at the Madison County Landfill south of Canastota. 11/18: An EVENING GROSBEAK was at a feeder near Eaton Reservoir. 11/20: A PINE SISKIN was at a feeder on Eden Hollow Road. Oneida County ------------ 11/15: 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were found at Sylvan beach on Oneida Lake. 11/16: A BLACK SCOTER was seen from Kyser Beach Road on Oneida Lake. 11/19: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Loomis Road south of Sangerfield. 11/20: 5 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Brown Tract Road south of Forestport. Herkimer county ------------ 11/17: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen from Sokol Road north of Herkimer. 11/19: 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS were at a feeder in Salisbury. 11/20: A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was at a feeder in Salisbury. ---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/ --
