* New York* Syracuse - April 03 2017 * NYSY 04.03.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):March 27, 2017 - April 03, 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: April 03 AT 4 p.m. (EDT)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of March 27, 2017. Highlights-------------- CATTLE EGRETROSS’S GOOSECACKLING GOOSEGREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSEEURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEALEURASIAN WIGEONNORTHERN GOSHAWKGOLDEN EAGLESANDHILL CRANETHAYER’S GULLGLAUCOUS GULLICELAND GULLSHORT-EARED OWLNORTHER SAW-WHET OWLGREAT GRAY OWL (Extralimital)NORTHERN SHRIKELAPLAND LONGSPUR
Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)------------ 3/28: The EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL found last week at the Visitor’s Center continues this week up to 4/2. 3/29: A CATTLE EGRET was seen along the Wildlife Drive. A GREAT EGRET was seen at Kip island on Rt.90.A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen from Carncross Road. 4/2: A NORTHERN GOSHAWK and a EURASIAN WIGEON were seen at Tschache Pool. A GOLDEN EAGLE and a NORTHERN SHRIKE were spotted from Carncross Road. A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen from VanDyne Spoor Road. Derby Hill Hawk Watch------------ Things really picked up this week. 3/29 had 3,239 hawks, 3/30 had 2,382 hawks and 4/2 had 3,145 hawks. In all 9,402 raptors were tallied. Highlights were 2 NORTHERN GOSHAWKS and 7 GOLDEN EAGLES. Also noted were a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL and a LAPLAND LONGSPUR. Oswego County------------ 3/29: A ROSS’S GOOSE was seen on chapman Road near Mexico.A THAYER’S GULL continues at Phoenix as do LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS. 4/1: A CACKLING GOOSE was found in Peter Scott Swamp. 4/2: An ICELAND GULL was seen in Oswego Harbor. Onondaga county------------ 3/30: An ICELAND GULL was see on Onondaga Lake at the Liverpool Marina. 4/1: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Oran Delphi Road south of Manlius. Madison county------------ 3/29: A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was spotted on Woodman Pond north of Hamilton. 4/1: A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen on Ditchbank Road north of Chittenango. Extralimital------------ 1 GREAT GRAY OWL was seen as recently as 4/2 at Robert Moses State Park near Massena in St. Lawrence County. The Owl was seen near the Nature Center on Robinson Bay Road. Migrants seen this week. GREAT EGRETGREATER YELLOWLEGSLESSER YELLOWLEGSLINCOLN’S SPARROWCASPIAN TERNPINE WARBLERRUSTY BLACKBIRDCHIPPING SPARROWBLUE-HEADED VIREOBONAPARTE’S GULLVESPER SPARROWEASTERN TOWHEE -end report Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, NY 13027 U.S.A. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --