Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of
February 20, 2022
Highlights
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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2/26: 87 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Woodhull Road north of Forestport.
Herkimer County
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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.