RBA * New York * Syracuse * April 14, 2014 * NYSY 04. 14. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
April 07, 2013 - April 14, 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: April 14 AT 6:30 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #388 Monday April 14, 2014 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 07, 2014 Highlights: ----------- BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON CACKLING GOOSE EURASIAN WIGEON BLACK VULTURE GOLDEN EAGLE BROAD-WINGED HAWK SANDHILL CRANE UPLAND SANDPIPER SHORT-EARED OWL SNOWY OWL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 4/9: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen at the Visitor’s Center. A SANDHILL CRANE was seen on Carncross Road. 4/10: An early VIRGINIA RAIL was heard at Marten’s Tract. 4/11: A SHORT-EARED OWL was found on VanDyne Spoor Road. 4/12: 4 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen at the beginning of Towpath Road. An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen in the mucklands along Rt.31. 4/13: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen from East Road. Oneida County ------------ 4/8: A CACKLING GOOSE was found in a swamp on Rt.31 near the intersection of Rt. 365. 4/9: 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen at the intersection of Miller Road and Rt. 365. Another was seen on 4/11. 4/10: A lingering SNOWY OWLwas last seen on 4/10 near Oriskany. 4/11: FOS DUNLIN were seen at the Oneida Creek mouth. Derby Hill ------------ Another great week at Derby with a count of 10,896 Hawks counted. The first BROAD-WINGED HAWKS arrived on 4/10. The seasons second BLACK VULTURE arrived today. Onondaga County ------------- 4/9: A SANDHILL CRANE was found in a wet spot on East Sorrell Hill Road south of Baldwinsville. It was last seen on 4/11. 4/12: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen late in the afternoon at the Pony Farm on Lamson Road, Town of Lysander. It probably spent the night but was not located in the morning. Oswego County ------------ 4/11: FOS UPLAND SANDPIPERS returned to the Oswego County Airfield on Howard Road. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was found at the end of Nine Mile Point Road near Noyes Sanctuary. WARNING - Noyes Sanctuary is loaded with Deer Ticks this spring. 4/14: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen at Phillips Point on Oneida Lake. A RED-THROATED LOON was spotted also. Jefferson County ------------ 4/8: An EURASIAN WIGEON was found in a wet area on Rt. 3 just north of the Oswego County line. 4/12: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen at the fishermens access on South Sandy Creek. New Arrivals this week ------------------------------ VIRGINIA RAIL BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON COMMON GALLINULE AMERICAN PIPIT NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW UPLAND SANDPIPER LESSER YELLOWLEGS RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET DUNLIN HOUSE WREN CLIFF SWALLOW HERMIT THRUSH BROWN THRASHER PALM WARBLER BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER -- 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/ --
