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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: ----------- RED-THROATED LOON ROSS’S GOOSE CACKLING GOOSE KILLDEER BLACK VULTURE GOLDEN EAGLE BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL PARASITIC JAEGER SAW-WHET OWL MARSH WREN HERMIT THRUSH BOHEMIAN WAXWING EVENING GROSBEAK RED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 11/21: A ROSS’S GOOSE was seen from the Wildlife Drive. 11/25: A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen at the corner of Rts. 31 and 89 with Canadas. 11/26: A late MARSH WREN was seen along the Wildlife Drive. Oswego County ------------ 11/24: 9 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen in Willianstown. 11/25: A PARASITIC JAEGER, 2 BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKES and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were all seen from the bluff at Derby Hill. 11/27: A RED-THROATED LOON was seen from Brietbeck Park in Oswego Harbor. Onondaga County ------------ 11/23: 5 BLACK VULTURES were seen in conifers on McClennan Drive in Fayetteville. 10 RED CROSSBILLS were seen on Shakham Road in the Morgan Hill State Forest. 11/24: A late TENNESSEE WARBLER was seen on the West Shore Trail on Onondaga Lake. also seen was a RED-NECKED GREBE. 11/26: A RED-THROATED LOON was seen on Onondaga Lake near the ampitheater. A SAW-WHET OWL was heard on Oran-Delphi Road south of Manlius. Madison County ------------ 11/22: 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and an ICELAND GULL were seen at the Madison County Landfill south of Canastota. 11/24: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen on Lewis Point Road at the east end of Oneida lake. 11/25: An EVENING GROSBEAK was seen again near Eaton Reservoir. 11/26: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and a KILLDEER were seen at the Madison County Landfill.An EVENING GROSBEAK was seen on Bonney Hill Road. 11/27: 11 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at a feeder on Carpenter Road in Sheds. Oneida County ------------ 11/21: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen on Valley View Road in Utica. 11/22: A late KILLDEER was seen at Sylvan Beach. 11/23: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at sylvan Beach. A late HERMIT THRUSH was seen on the Kirkland trail south of clinton. 11/24: 3 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at the Spring Farm Animal Sanctuary south of Clinton. Also found there was a SAW-WHET OWL. Herkimer County ------------ 11/23: 5 BLACK VULTURES were seen in Litttle Falls.A BOHEMIAN WAXWING was seen near Salisbury north of Dolgeville. 11/26L A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen in flight near Old Forge. Also heard there was a RED CROSSBILL. ---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/ --
