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* New York * Syracuse * February 06, 2023 * NYSY 02.06.23 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): January 30, 2022 to February 06, 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: February 06 AT 11:00 a.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org | | | | Onondaga | | | #827: Monday February 06, 2023 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 30, 2022 Highlights: ----------- RED-THROATED LOON CACKLING GOOSE GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE BARROW’S GOLDENEYE WOOD DUCK BLACK VULTURE GOLDEN EAGLE LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL ICELAND GULL SHORT-EARED OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE EVENING GROSBEAK Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 1/30: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at Carncross Road. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen in the mucklands on Rt.31 west of the Seneca River. 2/2: A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen from VanDyne Spoor Road. Cayuga County ------------ 1/30: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen from Maiden Lane north of Port Byron. Oswego County ------------ 1/30: A RED-THROATED LOON was seen in Oswego Harbor. 2/2: An ICELAND GULL was seen in the Oswego River in Phoenix. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen in Williamston 2/5: A male BARROW’S GOLDENEYE was seen on Lake Ontario from East Twelvth Street in Oswego. 3 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Stone Hill Road near Williamston. Onondaga County ------------ 1/30: A NORTHERN SHRIKE continues at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. It is usually seen from Smokey Hollow Road near the duck blind. 2/2: 2 BLACK VULTURES were seen on Rt. 5 in Fayetteville near Lyndon Corners. 2/4: An ICELAND GULL was seenon the Marshy Spits on the south west shore of Onondaga Lake. 2/5: A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was discovered in a large flock of Canadas at the corner of Connors Road and West Sorrell Hill Road south of Baldwinsville. 3 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen from Burnet Road north of Rt.31 just east of the intersection with Rt. 81 in Cicero. Madison County ------------ 1/31: 5EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Eden Hollow Road south of Erieville. 2/1: 8 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Carpenter Road east of Sheds.4 WOOD DUCKS were seen on Hardwood Island Road north of Canastota. 2/3: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen in flight in Chittenango. Herkimer County ------------ 2/2: 2 BLACK VULTURES were seen in flight from East Jefferson Street 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/ --