RBA * New York * Syracuse * April 15, 2013 * NYSY 04. 15. 13 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
April 08, 2013 - April 15, 2013 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 15 AT 7:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #350 -Monday April 15, 2013 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 08 , 2013 Highlights: ----------- GREAT EGRET BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON EURASIAN WIGEON BROAD-WINGED HAWK MERLIN SANDHILL CRANE GREATER YELLOWLEGS LESSER YELLOWLEGS PECTORAL SANDPIPER LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL PURPLE MARTIN PALM WARBLER PINE WARBLER BOHEMIAN WAXWING Migrants this week ------------ PURPLE MARTIN BANK SWALLOW PALM WARBLER CHIPPING SPARROW FIELD SPARROW VESPER SPARROW BROAD-WINGED HAWK CASPIAN TERN COMMON TERN LONG-EARED OWL GRAY CATBIRD PINE WARBLER Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 4/12: A FOS PURPLE MARTIN was seen at the Montezuma Audubon Center. 4/13: An EURASIAN WIGEON was spotted at the back of Tschache Pool. 4/14: 12 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were found on Towpath Road. Derby Hill ------------ Once again weather (bad,cold) kept numbers down at Derby this week. Only on 4/13 were there over a thousand birds. The weeks total was 2,992 hawks. The first BROAD-WINGED HAWKS (2) arrived on 4/13. Also on that day two Dark Red-tailed Hawks were seen. Herkimer County --------------- 4/8: 20 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were found at the intersection of Wilson and Albany Streets in the village of Frankfort. Madison County ------------ 4/9: A pair of GREAT EGRETS were seen at the Great Swamp Conservancy. They were refound the next day. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen on Ditchbank Road. 4/10: HORNED, RED-NECKED and PIED-BILLED GREBES were all seen on Taylor Lake in Hamilton. Oneida County ------------ 4/8: A possible early NIGHTHAWK was seen at the Turning Stone Casino complex. 4/13: 2 MERLINS were seen at Verona Beach State Park. Oswego County ------------ 4/9: A pair of TRUMPETER SWANS were spotted on the pond at the 4-H Center in Amboy. GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were seen at the Oswego County Airport on Howard Road. They were seen again on 4/10. 4/10: A FOS PINE WARBLER was seen in Constantia. Nine species of waterfowl were seen migrating past Phillips Point on Oneida Lake this week . Highlights were WHITE-WINGED and SURF SCOTERS. 2 SANDHILL CRANES were also seen. Onondaga County ------------ 4/8: 40 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen at Ceder Bay Park on the Erie Canal in Fayetteville. 4/9: A FOS PALM WARBLER was seen at Ceder Bay Park. 4/12: 2 GREAT EGRETS were found at the Pony Farm on Lamson Road in Lysander. They were seenagain the next day. 4/13: One BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON continues on the Creek Walk on Onondaga Creek between Bear Street and Hiawatha Boulevard near Carousel Center in Syracuse. 4/15: 3 SANDHILL CRANES were seen flying at Beaver Lake Nature Center west of Baldwinsville. -- end report Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
