RBA * New York * Syracuse * April 7, 2014 * NYSY 04. 07. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
March 31, 2013 - April07, 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 31 AT 5:30 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #387 Monday April 07, 2014 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of March 31, 2014 Highlights: ----------- GREAT EGRET ROSS’S GOOSE CACKLING GOOSE BLUE-WINGED TEAL BLACK VULTURE GOLDEN EAGLE SANDHILL CRANE GREATER YELLOWLEGS PECTORAL SANDPIPER FORSTER’S TERN SHORT-EARED OWL SNOWY OWL PINE WARBLER LAPLAND LONGSPUR Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 4/3: A ROSS’S GOOSE was seen at the mucklands along Rt.31 west of the Seneca River. A FOS GREATER YELLOWLEGS was seen at the Visitor’s Center. 4/4: A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was found along the Wildlife Drive. 4/6: 2 SANDHILL CRANES and a FOS PECTORAL SANDPIPER were seen at the mucklands. 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen along the Wildlife Drive. Derby Hill ------------ Things really got going this week and a tally of 10,824 raptors counted does not yet include todays count. TURKEY VULTURES again made up the bulk of the birds and the season’s first BLACK VULTURE was seen on 4/5 along with 2 FORSTER’S TERNS. Other highlights from the week were : 4 CACKLING GEESE on 4/1, 9 SANDHILL CRANES on 4/2, 5 SANDHILL CRANES on 4/3 and a GREAT EGRET on 4/4. Onondaga County ------------ 4/1: A SANDHILL CRANE and a GREAT EGRET were spotted at Clay Marsh. 4/3: A FOS GREATER YELLOWLEGS was seen at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 4/6: A FORSTER’S TERN was seen on Onondaga Lake near the Nine Mile Creek inlet. 4/7: A SANDHILL CRANE was spotted on East Sorrell Hill south of Baldwinsville. Oswego County ------------ 4/6: 2 FOS BLUE-WINGED TEAL were spotted along with 2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS and other waterfowl in a wet area along Rt. 49 near Scrimale’s Collision in West Monroe. Herkimer ------------ 4/3: A FOS EASTERN TOWHEE was seen near Peckville Road east of Dolgeville. 4/6: A FOS PINE WARBLER was spotted at a residence north of Dolgeville. Jefferson County ------------ 4/2: The only report of a SNOWY OWL comes from Fort Drum. New Arrivals this week ------------ GREATER YELLOWLEGS CASPIAN TERN COMMON TERN FORSTER’S TERN PECTORAL SANDPIPER GREAT EGRET PURPLE MARTIN BARN SWALLOW FIELD SPARROW VESPER SPARROW BLUE-WINGED TEAL NORTHERN SHOVELER SAVANNAH SPARROW PINE WARBLER EASTERN TOWHEE -- 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/ --
