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* New York * Syracuse * April 18, 2022 * NYSY 04. 18. 22 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): April 11, 2022 to April 18, 2022 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 18 AT 6:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #799: Monday April 18, 2022 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 11, 2022 Highlights: ----------- AMERICAN BITTERN RED-NECKED GREBE BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON BLACK VULTURE GOLDEN EAGLE RED-SHOULDERED HAWK SWAINSON’S HAWK LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER FORSTER’S TERN RED-HEADED WOODPECKER BALTIMORE ORIOLE YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ Seven species of Shorebirds were noted at the complex this week 4/24: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was spotten in the Deep Muck and Mitigation area in the northern complex. Cayuga County ------------ 4/25: A newly arrived BALTIMORE ORIOLE was seen at Fair Haven State Park. Derby Hill Bird Observatory ------------ On 4/24 20,473 raptors passed over Derby, avast majority (19,334) of which were BROAD-WINGED HAWKS. UP to that point only 1,374 Hawks had been counted. To make it even better on of the last Hawks counted was a rare for Derby SWAINSON’S HAWK.Other highlights were 5 GOLDEN EAGLES, a BLACK VULTURE and a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD. Oswego County ------------ 4/20: A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen from Camic Road in Brewerton on Oneida Lake. 4/22: An AMERICAN BITTERN was seen on Dry Bridge Road in Central Square. 4/23: A PINE SISKIN was seen on Rt.104 east of Mexico.Onondaga County. Onondaga County ------------ 4/19: A FORSTER’S TERN was seen at the Honeywell Visitor’s Center on the west shore of Onondaga Lake. 4/23: A LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was seen at the Gerber Topsoil area in Kirkville. 4/24: A RED CROSSBILL was seen in the Morgan Hill State Forest. A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was seen at Van Buren Park in Baldwinsville. Madison County ------------ 4/20: A PINE SISKIN was seen on the Colgate University Campus in Hamilton. Oneida County ------------ 4/24: RED SHOULDERED HAWKS were seen at the Great Swamp Conserve north of Canastota and in Verona Beach Woods. Herkimer County ------------ 4/23: A RED CROSSBILL was see on Rt. 8 north of Cold Brook. 4/24: A PINE SISKIN was seen in Dolgeville. ---end report Region 5 Joseph Brin Baldwinsville, NY 13027 -- 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/ --
