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* New York * Syracuse * October 17, 2022 * NYSY 10. 17. 22 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): October 10, 2022 to October 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: October 17 AT 11:00 a.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org | | | | | | | | | | | (no title) Visit the post for more. | | | #812: Monday October 17, 2022 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of October 10, 2022 Highlights: ----------- SANDHILL CRANE COMMON GALLINULE GREAT EGRET BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON EURASIAN WIGEON SURF SCOTER AMERICAN AVOCET HUDSONIAN GODWIT WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER LONG-EARED OWL LINCOLN’S SPARROW ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) HUDSONIAN GODWITS have continued through the week up to yesterday at the Visitor’s Center and at Knox-marsellus Marss. No report yet today. 10/10: An AMERICAN AVOCET was spotted along the Wildlife Drive. also seen there were an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER and a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER. 3 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Armitage Road. Oswego County ------------ A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was seen almost all week at Selkirk Shores State Park on Lake Ontario. 10/15: An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen at Sandy Pond State Park on Lake Ontario. 7 Shorebird species including WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and the afore mentioned HUDSONIAN GODWIT were seen at Selkitk Shores State Park. Onondaga county ------------ 8 WARBLER species were seen this week. Keep an eye (and an ear) out. They’ll be gone soon. 10/11: A female type SURF SCOTER was seen at the Visitor’s Center and boat Launch on the west side of Onondaga Lake. A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen on the West Shore Trail of Onondaga lake. 10/14: A LONG-EARED OWL was seen in the big fields area east of 60 Road at the 3 Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 10/15: A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen at 3 rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 10/16: 2 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen along the Onondaga Creek Creek Walk near the Destiny Shopping center in Syracuse. Madison County ------------ 10/14: 2 COMMON GALLINULES were seen at the Utica Marsh WMA. Herkimer County ------------- 1/12: A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen at a private residence in Salisbury north of Dolgeville. ---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/ --