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* New York * Syracuse * January 16, 2023 * NYSY 01. 16 .23 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): January 09, 2022 to January 16, 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: January 16 AT 11:00 a.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org | | | | Onondaga | | | #824: Monday January 16, 2023 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 09, 2022 Highlights: ----------- RUDDY DUCK BLACK VULTURE LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL GLAUCOUS ICELAND GULL PEREGRINE FALCON SHORT-EARED OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE LAPLAND LONGSPUR EVENING GROSBEAK PINE SISKIN COMMON REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 1/14: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen from VanDyne Spoor Road. 1/16: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen from Carncross Road. Oswego County ------------ RUDDY DUCKS continue at Oswego Harbor, the Oswego River in Fulton and Oneida Lake in Brewerton. 1/10: A PINE SISKIN was seen at a private residence in Minetto. 1/14: A GLAUCOUS GULL was seef from Lock 6 on the Oswego River south of Oswego. 1/15: EVENING GROSBEAKS continue at a feeder in Williamston. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at Biddlecum Road north of Phoenix. A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen near Oswego Harbor. An ICELAND GULL was seen at Lock 6 south of Oswego. Onondaga County ------------ 1/12: 5 BLACK VULTURES continue to roost near Hunt drive in Fayetteville. 1/13: An ICELAND GULL was seen from the West shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. 1/14: A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen at Venture Farms south of Rt. 80 east of Tully. 1/15: 4 BLACK VULTURES were seen at the quarry near Clark Reservation in Jamesville. A NORTHERN SHRIKE continues near the duck blind at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. A COMMON REDPOLL was seen on Ambergate Road in Syracuse. Madison County ------------ 1/11: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen from Peterboro Road south of Oneida. 1/12: An ICELAND GULL was seen at Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. 1/14: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and a PEREGRINE were seen at Ditchbank Road. 1/15: 70+ EVENING GROSBEAKS continue at feeders on Hawes Road feeders on Eaton Reservoir east of Erieville. Oneida County ------------ 1/14: An ICELAND GULL was seen on Oneida Lake at Lakeport. Herkimer County ------------ 1/10: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen on Stueben Hill Road nort of Herkimer. 1/11: 5 BLACK VULTURES and a PEREGRINE FALCON were seen inLittle falls. 1/14: A PINE SISKIN was seen at a feeder in Salisbury north of Dolgeville. 1/15: 3 BLACK VULTURES were seen in Little Falls. ---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/ --