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* New York * Syracuse * January 30, 2023 * NYSY 01. 30.23 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): January 23, 2022 to January 30, 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 30 AT 4:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org | | | | Onondaga | | | #826: Monday January 30, 2023 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 23, 2022 Highlights: ----------- RED-THROATED LOON CACKLING GOOSE RUDDY DUCK KILLDEER ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL ICELAND GULL NORTHERN SHRIKE LAPLAND LONGSPUR EVENING GROSBEAK PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 1/28: A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and a CACKLING GOOSE were seen at Carncross Road. Cayuga County ------------ 1/30: A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen at Myers Road east of Meridian. Oswego County ------------ RUDDY DUCKS continue at Breitbeck Park in Oswego, ane at the Rt. 57 pull off south of Oswego. 1/25: 3 PINE SISKINS were at a feeder in Minetto. 1/27: An ICELAND GULL was seen at the River in Phoenix. 1/28: 5 EVENING GROSBEAKS were at a feeder on Stone Hill Road near Amboy. 1/29: A RED-THROATED LOON was seen in Oswego Harbor. 1/30: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen near the dam in Phoenix. 2 ICELAND GULLS were seen at Lock 2 south of Oswego. 3RED-THROATED LOONS were seen in Oswego Harbor. Onondaga County ------------ RUDDY DUCKS and AMERICAN WIGEON were seen throughout the week from the west Shore trail of Onondaga Lake. A NORTHERN SHRIKE continues to be seen from Smokey Hollow Road on the Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 1/24: WOOD DUCKS continue at the Rand Tract near Seneca Turnpike in Syracuse. 1/26: A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen on Laird Road off of Rt. 31 west of Baldwinsville. Madison County ------------ 1/24: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and an ICELAND GULL were seen from Hardwood Island Road north of Canastota. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen on Cody Road south of Canastota. 1/27: 45 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at at feeder on Carpenter Road east of Sheds. 1/29: 72 EVENING GROSBEAKS continue at a feederon Hawes Road on Eaton Reservoir. Oneida County ------------ 1/27: A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen on Rt.31 west of Rt. 46. 1/29: A KILLDEER was found on Jug Point Roadeast of Verona Beach State Park. Herkimer County ------------ 1/27: A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen on Stueben Road north of Utica. 1/18: A PINE SISKIN was at a feeder in Dolgeville. 1/29: 6 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen inSalisbury 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/ --