*  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.  
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