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* New York * Syracuse * March 20, 2023 * NYSY 03.20.23 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): March 13, 2022 to March 20, 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: March 20 AT 2:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #833: Monday March 20, 2023 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of March 13, 2022 Highlights ------------ RED-THROATED LOON CACKLING GOOSE ROSS’S GOOSE EURASIAN WIGEON SANDHILL CRANE BLACK VULTURE LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL ICELAND GULL SHORT-EARED OWL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD CHIPPING SPARROW EVENING GROSBEAK LAPLAND LONGSPUR RED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma and Montezuma Wetlands Complex ---------- 3/17: A ROSS’S GOOSE was seen at the Wilgoose field on Rt. 89. 3/18: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Howland Island. CACKLING GEESE were seen at the Visitor’s Center and at the Morgan Road Marsh. 3/19: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen at the Malone Marsh. Cayuga County ------------ 3/16: A RED-THROATED LOON was seen from Fair Haven State Park. 3/17: A blue phase ROSS’S GOOSE was seen from Rt. 31 west of Port Byron. Oswego County ------------- EVENING GROSBEAKS continue to be seen in the northern part of the county in West Amboy and Redfield. 3/16: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen on Lake Neawahnta in Fulton. 2 CACKLING GEESE were seen from derby Hill on Lake Ontario. 3/18: an adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at a feeder on Ouderkirk Road west of Pulaski. 3 SANDHILL CRANES were seen from Derby Hill. Onondaga County ------------ 3/16: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen near the Marshy Spits on the west side of Onondaga Lake. 3/17: A female YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was at a feeder at a residence on Sunview Drive in Elbridge. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen on No. 4 Road in Fabius. A BLACK VULTURE was seen near Jamesville. 3/18: 3 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Shakham Road in the Morgan Hill State Forest. 3/19: A CHIPPING SPARROW was seen on Comstock Road in Syracuse. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen on Pompey Center Road south of Jamesville. A BLACK VULTURE was seen from Rt. 81 near Jamesville. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at the Inner Harbor near Destiny. Madison County ------------ 3/18: 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and an ICELAND GULL wereseen at Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. Oneida County ------------ 3/18: 3 BLACK VULTURES were see from Rt. 46 south of Rome. Herkimer County ------------ 3/15: 18 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen near Mechanic Street in Herkimer. 3/16: 15 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen in Old Forge. 3/18: A BLACK VULTURE was seen from Aurther street in Little Falls. A FOX SPARROW was seen in Mohawk. 3/19: 49 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen in Salisbury north of Dolgeville. ---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/ --
