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* New York * Syracuse * January 17, 2022 * NYSY 01. 17. 22 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): January 10, 2022 to January 17, 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: January 17 AT 3:30 p.m. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org | | | | | | | | | | | (no title) Visit the post for more. | | | #787: Monday January 17, 2022 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 10, 2022 Highlights: ----------- GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE WOOD DUCK AMERICAN WIGEON NORTHERN PINTAIL SNOWY OWL BLACK VULTURE GOLDEN EAGLE SLATY-BACKED GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL ICELAND GULL NORTHERN SHRIKE FISH CROW MARSH WREN SNOW BUNTING EASTERN TOWHEE WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 1/16: A MARSH WREN was seen at Carncross Road. Cayuga County ------------ 1/16: A SNOWY OWL was seen at West Barrier Bar in Fairhaven. Onondaga County ------------ 1/10: A SNOWY OWL was seen from Rt. 11 just north of Rt. 31 in Cicero. 1/11: A WOOD DUCK was seen at the Inner Harbor off of Kirkpatrick Street in Syracuse. 1/13: An EASTERN TOWHEE was heard on Reeves Road at the south end on Cross Lake.A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at the Minoa Quarry on North Manlius Road in Minoa. 1/14: 2 BLACK VULTURES were seen at the OCCRA site in Jamesville. 3 were seen on the 15th. and the 16th. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at the Inner Harbor. 1/16: An AMERICAN WIGEON was seen at Mercer Park on the Seneca River in Baldwinsville. A FISH CROW was heard near the State Fair Grounds. An ICELAND GULL was seen at the Inner Harbor. 1 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW continues in the Marshy Spits area south of the Honeywell Center on the west side of Onondaga lake. Oswego County ------------ 1/12: A NORTHERN PINTAIL was seen in the Oswego River in Phoenix. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Thompson Road south of Oswego. Madison County ------------ 1/12: A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. A SLATY-BACKED GULL continues at the Madison County Landfill south of Canastota.A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen on Harwood Island Road in Canastota. 1/15: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen from Indian Lookout Road north of Cazenovia. 50 SNOW BUNTINGS and an ICELAND GULL were seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. 1/16: 5 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were seen at Ditchbank Road. 1/17: 1 ICELAND GULL and 25 SNOW BUNTINGS were seen at Ditchbank Road. Oneida County ------------ 1/15: 3 BLACK VULTURES were seen at the Kirkland Town Park. 1/15: A SNOWY OWL was seen on Perimeter Road at the old Air Base in Rome. Herkimer County ------------ 1/15: A SNOW BUNTING was seen at a feeding site in Salisbury Corners. ---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/ --
