RBA * New York* Syracuse* April 27, 2015* NYSY 04. 27. 15 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):April 20, 2015 - April 27, 2015to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortlandcompiled: April 27 AT 5:00 p.m. (DST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #440 Monday April 27, 2015 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 20, 2014 Highlights:----------- RED-THROATED LOONBLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONGREAT EGRETLEAST BITTERNEURASIAN WIGEONSURF SCOTERGOLDEN EAGLESANDHILL CRANEUPLAND SANDPIPERLESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLYELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDEVENING GROSBEAK
Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)------------ 4/25: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen from East Road. 5 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen along towpath Road. 4/26: GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, WILSON’S SNIPE and a DUNLIN were all seen in a corn field along Carncross Road. 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen in the mucklands along Rt. 31. Derby Hill------------ 4/21 was the best day of the season so far with 5,299 birds counted. 5,074 were BROAD-WINGED HAWKS. Also 5 GOLDEN EAGLES were counted this day. The next day 2,101 raprtors were counted. Otherwise it was a very slow week due to cold and north winds. On 4/20 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen. Oswego County------------ 4/22: EVENING GROSBEAKS were noted in Constantia. 4/23: 134 COMMON LOONS and 1 RED-THROATED LOON were seen flying Past Phillips Point on Oneida Lake. 4/24: 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at a feeder north of Cleveland. 4/25: 2 UPLAND SANDPIPERS were again seen at the Oswego County Airfield from Howard Road. Actually they are seen closer to the Go-cart area nearer Silk Road. Onondaga County------------ 4/21: 5 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were seen on Onondaga Lake near the Liverpool Marina. 4/22: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen near the Marina in Liverpool. 4/23: A pair of SURF SCOTERS were seen on Beaver Lake 4/26: A LEAST BITTERN was heard in the Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. It was in a marshy area south of Potter Road. Madison County------------ 4/23: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen at the intersection of Gee and Ditchbank Roads. It was refound in the same area on 4/25. 4/24: 3 EVENING GROSBEAKS are still coming to a feeder on Carpenter Road near Sheds. 5 were seen on 4/26. 4/25: A male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was seen with other Blackbirds on Cheese Factory Road in the Town of Cazenovia. Oneida County------------ 4/26: An early BLACK and WHITE WARBLER was found at the Spring Farm Nature Santuary south of Clinton. 4/27: 6 SURF SCOTERS and 10 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were seen on Oneida Lake from the Godfrey Point Boat Launch east of Cleveland on Oneida Lake. A GREAT EGRET was seen in a beaver pond on Rt. 31 about 2 miles west of the intersection with Rt. 365. New Arrivals this week------------ CLIFF SWALLOWLOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHNORTHERN WATERTHRUSHPINE WARBLERYELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERSPOTTED SANDPIPERHOUSE WRENPALM WARBLERAMERICAN BITTERNLEAST BITTERNWHITE-CROWNED SPARROWBLUE HEADED VIREOBLACK and WHITE WARBLEREASTERN KINGBIRD -- end report Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, 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/ --
