[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2016-03-21 Thread Joseph Brin 
*  New York*  Syracuse   
   - March 21, 2016
*  NYSY  03. 21. 16 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):March 14, 2015 - 
March 21, 2016to 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: March 21  AT 3:00 p.m. 
(EST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org  
Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of March 21, 2015.
Highlights--
NORTHERN GOSHAWKGOLDEN EAGLEOSPREYSANDHILL CRANEGREATER YELLOWLEGSSHORT-EARED 
OWLLONG-EARED OWLNORTHERN SHRIKEWESTERN TANAGER (Extralimital)

Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex 
(MWC)
     3/16: A SHORT-EARED OWL was observed from East Road.     3/17: A FOY 
OSPREY was seen at the Visitor’s Center.     3/20: 2 SANDHILL CRANES and a 
SHORT-EARED OWL were seen from Carncross Road. Also seen here was a FOY GREATER 
YELLOWLEGS.

Derby Hill
     2,065 Raptors were recorded this week. On 3/15 the season’s first NORTHERN 
GOSHAWK was seen. On 3/17 3 GOLDEN EAGLES and 4 SANDHILL CRANES were counted.

Oswego County
     3/17: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Co. Rt. 64 southwest of Mexico.

Onondaga County
     3/14: A LONG-EARED OWL was again seen and this time well photographed at 
Beaver Lake Nature Center. One was seen again on the 16th. but that was the 
last report.     3/16: A NORTHERN SHRIKE continues at Three Rivers WMA near the 
duck blind east of Smokey Hollow Road.     3/19: The region’s first OSPREY was 
seen at the end of the Creekwalk at the south end of Onondaga Lake. A NORTHERN 
SHRIKE was seen on Lamson Road just west of Fenner Road.

Madison county
     3/17: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen near Rt. 20 just east of Cazenovia.

Extralimital
     A WESTERN TANAGER is still being seen on the Cornell Campus at a location 
known as Wee Stinky Glen near Day Hall.

Migrants reported this week.-
OSPREYGREATER YELLOWLEGS
    .--end report 
    
Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, NY 13027  U.S.A.  
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[cayugabirds-l] Robins

2016-03-21 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal 
Hi all,

This morning is the first time my Robin has been singing since dawn. He knew it 
is spring! He has been hanging around and often chukchuking last few days.


Yesterday I was at Sapsucker Woods. There were three robins - two males and one 
female. One male was in attendance with the female followed her where ever she 
went. I also think she was building a nest as I her beak was very muddy. That 
is she was in mud patching stage of nest building. The other male sat in a 
shadow of a branch at mid height as if hiding but was singing a  mostly high 
pitched vocalizations. He was brighter male with very dark reddish breast and 
beautiful. I think he was trying to get the attention of the female who was 
already engaged to the other male. I watched them for sometime. The second 
sneaky male was really trying to get the female's attention by flying in 
awkward places and signing. May be he was a young male still unattached, while 
the other male was her older partner of some years.  But it was fun watching 
the second male's behavior.


On Thursday I watched a Mourning Dove carry nesting materials of large dry 
leaves into cedars near flat rock.


Cheers

Meena


Meena Haribal
Ithaca NY 14850
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