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* New York * Syracuse * March 27, 2023 * NYSY 03.27.23 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): March 20, 2022 to March 27, 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: March 27 AT 4:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org | | | | Onondaga | | | #834: Monday March 27, 2023 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of March 20, 2022 Highlights ------------ CACKLING GOOSE ROSS’S GOOSE GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE SANDHILL CRANE OSPREY BLACK VULTURE LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL NORTHERN SHRIKE FOX SPARROW EVENING GROSBEAK RED CROSSBILL COMMON REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma and Montezuma Wetlands Complex ---------- 3/24: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen from Armitage Road. 3/26: 10 SANDHILL CRANES were seen from East road. An OPSREY was seen at Mays Point. Oswego County ------------ 3/212: A ROSS’S GOOSE and a CACKLING GOOSE were seen from Derby Hill. 3/22: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen at Derby Hill. 2 RED CROSSBILLS were heard at the Winona State Forest. 3/24: 3 BLACK VULTURES and a GOLDEN EAGLE were spotted at Derby Hill.A CACKLING GOOSE was seen at Ox Creek south of Fulton. BLACK VULTURES were seen at Hinman Road north of Pulaski and at Sage Creek Drive near Derby Hill. 3/27: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen at Ox Creek south of fulton. 6 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen from Co. rt. 13 in Lacona. Onondaga County ------------ 3/20: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at the Inner Harbor in Syracuse. 3/26: A ROSS’S GOOSE was spotted from the Adath Jashurun Cemetery in Syracuse. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen from 60 Road at three rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 3/27: An OSPREY was seen at Muskrat Bay on Oneida Lake in Brewerton. Madison County ------------ 3/20: A BLACK VULTURE was seen from the Sullivan Town Park in Chittenango. 3/21: A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen from Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. 3/24: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen from Eaton brook Road east of Eatonville. 3/25: 17 SANDHILL CRANES were seen in flight from Indian Lookout Road north of Cazenovia. 3/26: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at Ditchbank Road. Oneida County ------------ 3/23: A FOX SPARROW was seen in Remsen. Herkimer County ------------ 3/22: 10 EVENING GROSBEAKS and a SANDHILL CRANE were found at Salisbury north of Dolgeville. 3/23: A COMMON REDPOLL was seen at a feeder on Ransom Street in 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/ --
