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* New York * Syracuse * February 27, 2023 * NYSY 02.27.23 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): February 20, 2022 to February 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: February 27 AT 5:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #830: Monday February 27, 2023 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of February 20, 2022 Highlights ------------ RED-THROATED LOON CACKLING GOOSE EURASIAN WIGEON NORTHERN GOSHAWK LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL ICELAND GULL NORTHERN SHRIKE EASTERN TOWHEE WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW BOHEMIAN WAXWING YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER EVENING GROSBEAK PINE SISKIN COMMON REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma and Montezuma Wetlands Complex ---------- 2/21: A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was seen on the Esker Brook Trail. 2/26: A SAVANNAH SPARROW was seen on Armitage Road. 9 SANDHILL CRANED were seen from VanDyne Spoor Road. 227: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen at Railroad Road in the northern complex. Another was found at Howland Island. Oswego County ------------ 2/21: An EASTERN TOWHEE continues at a feeder in Minetto. 2/25: 3 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Johnson Road south of Rt. 13 in Williamston. 2/26: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen from Selkirk Shores State Park on Lake Ontario.12 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Stone Hill Road in Amboy. 2 27: 3 RED-THROATED LOONS were seen in Oswego Harbor. Onondaga County ------------ 2/24: An ICELAND GULL was found at the Marshy Spits on the west side of Onondaga Lake. 2/26: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at the Marshy Spits on the west side of Onondaga Lake. 2 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS were seen at a feeder on East Sorrell Hill Road south of Baldwinsville. Madison County ------------ 2/24: A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen on Borden Road in Earlville. 2/26: 36 EVENING GROSBEAKS continue at a feeder on Hawes Road at the north end of Eaton Reservoir east of Erieville. Oneida County ------------ 2/26: 87 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Woodhull Road north of Forestport. Herkimer County ------------ 2/21: EVENING GROSBEAKS were noted near the Woodhull Mountain Fire Tower. 7 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen at a residence in Salisbury north of Dolgeville. 2/22: 5 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen near Old Forge. 2/25: A NORTHERN SHRIKE, a COMMON REDPOLL, a NORTHERN GOSHAWK and 12 EVENING GROSBEAKS were all seeen in the vacinity of a residence in Salisbury. 1/26: 1 BOHEMIAN WAXWING remained in the area near a residence in Salisbury. A PINE SISKIN was at a feeding site 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/ --
