RBA * New York * Syracuse * March 17, 2014 * NYSY 03. 17. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
March 10, 2013 - March 17, 2014 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 17 AT 5:30 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #384 Monday March 17, 2014 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of March 10, 2014 Highlights: ----------- RED-NECKED GREBE GOLDEN EAGLE PEREGRINE FALCON ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL SNOWY OWL SAW-WHET OWL LONG-EARED OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE LAPLAND LONGSPUR Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 3/11: A SHORT-EARED OWL was spotted from VanDyne Spoor Road. 3/15: 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen from East Road. Oneida county ------------ 3/10: A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen on Lewis Road in the Town of Marshall. 3/16: A SNOWY OWL was seen at the Oneida County Airport. Onondaga County ------------ 3/11: A RED-NECKED GREBE was spotted on Onondaga Lake at Willow Bay Park. 3/14: 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen on Gorham Road south of Elbridge. Another was seen the next day. 3/15: The Beaver Lake Nature Center SAW-WHET OWL was again seen on the Bog Trail. A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen soaring from Cedervale Road east of Marcellus. 3/16: A GREAT HORNED OWL, a BARRED OWL and a NORTHERN SHRIKE were all found at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. A PEREGRINE FALCON, aLESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and 2 ICELAND GULLS were seen at the Inner Harbor on West Kirkpatrick Street in Syracuse. 3/17: A PEREGRINE FALCON was spotted on West Sorrell Hil Road south of Baldwinsville. Derby Hill ------------ Cold weather made for a slow week but there were birds to be had. In all 206 raptors were counted. One GOLDEN EAGLE seen on 3/11 was the only one counted. RED-TAILED HAWKS make up the bulk of the count but RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS are starting to be seen. Also seen this week were HARRIER, COOPER’S HAWK, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, KESTREL, TURKEY VULTURE, BALD EAGLE, MERLIN and PEREGRINE FALCON. Madison County ------------ 3/16: A SNOWY OWL was seen near Peterboro south of Canastota Herkimer County ------------ 3/10: A SNOWY OWL was seen on Yule Corners Road near Jordanville 3/12: 3/12: A NORTHERN SHRIKE wasa seen at a residence north of Dolgeville. Jefferson County ------------ 3/13: A SNOWY OWL was seen on Point Peninsula.west of Watertown. -- end report Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
