RBA
* New York
* S1yracuse
* December 5, 2022
* NYSY 12.05. 22
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s): November 28, 2022 to December 05, 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: December 05 AT 2:00 p.m. (EDT)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
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#818: Monday December 05, 2022
Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of
November 28, 2022
Highlights:
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RED-THROATED LOON
SANDHILL CRANE
ROSS’S GOOSEA ROSS’S
CACKLING GOOSE
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
PURPLE SANDPIPER
KILLDEER
BLACK VULTURE
GOLDEN EAGLE
BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE
ICELAND GULL
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
NORTHERN SHRIKE
LINCOLN’S SPARROW
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW
FOX SPARROW
EVENING GROSBEAK
PINE SISKIN
RED CROSSBILL
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
12/4: A late KILLDEER was seen at the Visitor’s Center. 4 SANDHILL CRANES
were seen from Armitage Road.
Cayuga county
11/29: A PURPLE SANDPIPER was seen at the cause way at Fair Haven state
Park.
12/2: A RED-THROATED LOON was seen on Lake Ontario from Fair haven State
Park.
Oswego County
12/1: A BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE and a SURF SCOTER were seen from the bluff
at Derby Hill over Lake Ontario.
12/2: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen in Willianstown.
12/4: 2 BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKES, 2 SURF SCOTERS, a LESSER BLACK-BACKED
GULL and a RED-THROATED LOON were all spotted from the bluff at Derby Hill.
Onondaga County
11/28: 5 BLACK VULTURES were spotted in spruce trees on McClennen Drive in
Fayetteville and one or more were present up to 12/2.
12/2: A very late LINCOLN’S SPARROW and a late WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW were
seen at the Honeywell Center on the west shore of Onondaga lake. A FOX SPARROW
was seen at a feeder on Lawrence Road west of Marcellus.
12/4: 19 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at the corner of Shakham Road and
Herlihy Road in the Morgan Hill State Forest. 6 EVENING GROSBEAKS were at a
feeder on Watervale Road in Manlius.
12/5 A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was spotted at Oneida Shores park in
Brewerton.
Madison County
12/29: 1 EVENING GROSBEAK was at a feeder on Hawes Road on Tuscarora
lake. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at the Madison County Landfill south
of Canastota.
12/2: 7 EVENING GROSBEAKS were aat a feeder on Carpenter Road east of
Sheds. 2GOLDEN EAGLES were seen soaring over the Madison County Landfill.
another was see nearby from Tuttle Road. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was at
the south end of Cazenovia Lake.An ICELAND GULL was seen from Lewis Point at
the east end of Oneida Lake.
12/3: 24 EVENING GROSBEAKS were at the Hawes Road feeder on Tuscarora
Lake.
12/5: A ROSS’S GOOSE was found at Woodman Pond north of Hamilton.
Oneida County
11/30: 4 BLACK VULTURES were seen at an abandoned barn on Rt. 46 south of
Rome where they have been seen in the past months.
Herkimer County
11/27: A PINE SISKIN was seen at a feeder in dolgeville.
11/28: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Moore Road west of Dolgeville.
1/1: 2 BLACK VULTURES were seen in Little Falls.
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Region 5
Joseph Brin
Baldwinsville, NY
13027
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