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* New York * Syracuse * April 17, 2023 * NYSY 04.17.23 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):April 10, 2022 to April 17, 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: April 17 AT 1:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org | | | | Onondaga | | | #837: Monday April 17, 2023 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 10, 2022 Highlights ------------ SANDHILL CRANE EURASIAN WIGEON DUNLIN BLACK VULTURE SAW-WHET OWL HENSLOW’S SPARROW PALM WARBLER YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER EVENING GROSBEAK RED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma and Montezuma Wetlands Complex ---------- 4/14: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen at the Visitor’s Center. 4/15: A PALM WARBLER and a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER were seen at South spring Pool path. 4/17: 9 DUNLIN were seen at the Visitor’s Center. Cayuga County ------------- 4/15: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were at the Sterling Nature Center. Oswego County ------------ 4/11: A HENSLOW’S SPARROW was found at Sunset Bay Park on Lake Ontario. 4/15: A SAW-WHET OWL was reported at Derby Hill Bird Observatory. 4/16: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Derby Hill. Onondaga County ------------ 4/15: 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS and 2 RED CROSSBILLS were reported at the Morgan Hill State Forest. 4/16: A BLACK VULTURE was photographed from the Three Falls nature Sanctuary south of Manlius. Madison County ------------ 4/14: 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS were found on Quaker Hill Road west of Brookfield. 4/15: 3 EVENING GROSBEAKS were found on Bonney Hill Road east of Hamilton. 4/16: 3 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen Paradise Hill Road near DeRuyter. Herkimer County ------------ 4/11: 1 EVENING GROSBEAK was seen at Eagle Bay. 4/12: 3 BLACK VULTURES were seen from Arthur Street in Little Falls. 4/13: 6 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen from the Bib Moose-Stillwater Road north of Old Forge. ---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/ --