*  New York*  Syracuse   
   - March 27 2017
*  NYSY  03.27.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):March 20, 2017 - 
March 27, 2017to 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: March 27  AT 5 p.m. 
(EDT)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org  
Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of March 20, 2017.
Highlights--------------
TUNDRA SWANROSS’S GOOSECACKLING GOOSEBLUE-WINGED TEALEURASIAN GREEN-WINGED 
TEALEURASIAN WIGEONSANDHILL CRANETHAYER’S GULLGLAUCOUS GULLICELAND 
GULLSHORT-EARED OWLNORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLGREAT GRAY OWL (Extralimital)

Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex 
(MWC)------------
     3/22: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen from East road. A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen 
from Carncross Road     3/23: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen from Carncross Road.    
 3/26: An EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL was found at the Visitor’s Center. It was 
relocated today in the same spot. A BLUE-WINGED TEAL was seen at the Visitor’s 
Center. A SANDHILL CRANE was seen from Carncross road.     3/27: A CACKLING 
GOOSE was seen from Carncross Road.

Derby Hill Hawk Watch------------
     After a slow beginning things are picking up at Derby. Yesterday 480 hawks 
were counted including 6 GOLDEN EAGLES including one flying low enough to ID 
without binoculars. Also seen this week were CACKLING GEESE, SANDHILL CRANES 
and the first TREE SWALLOWS.

Oswego County------------
     3/20: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Lanphere Road south of Mexico.     
3/21: A GLAUCOUS GULL  was seen in Oswego Harbor.     3/24: 3 ICELAND GULLS 
continue at the lock in Phoenix.     3/26: A ROSS’GOOSE was seen in Oswego 
Harbor. A juvenile THAYER’S GULL continues at the lock in Phoenix.

Onondaga County------------
     3/23: Last day the NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL was reported at Beaver Lake 
Nature Center.

Madison County------------
     3/25: A BLUE-WINGED TEAL was seen in Pools Brook at Harsh Road.

Herkimer County------------
     3/216 TUNDRA SWANS, rare for this county, were seen in Weaver Pond on Rt. 
20 west of Richfield Springs.

Extralimital------------
     GREAT GRAY OWLS continue at Robert Moses State Park on Robinson Bay Road 
in St. Lawrence County (last seen on 3/26) and on Limekiln Road near Keene in 
Essex County (last seen on 3/25).

Migrants reported this week.
OSPREYTREE SWALLOWLINCOLN’S SPARROWWILSON’S SNIPEFIELD SPARROWEASTERN PHOEBE    
 
     

-end report 
    
Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, NY 13027  U.S.A.  
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