RBA * New York * Syracuse * March 12, 2012 * NYSY 03.12.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): March 05, 2012 - March 12, 2012 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 12 AT 6:30 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #296 -Monday March 12, 2012 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of March 05 , 2012 Highlights: -----------
WESTERN GREBE (Extralimital) EURASIAN WIGEON CACKLING GOOSE ROSS’S GOOSE SANDHILL CRANE SNOWY OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE BOHEMIAN WAXWING GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCH COMMON REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 3/7: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen at Tschache Pool. 3/11: NORTHERN SHRIKES were seen at Marten’s Tract and VanDyne Spoor Road. Lewis County ------------ 3/8: The GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCH first reported on 3/4 was seen very early on 3/8 but was not seen after 7:00 a.m. and has not been reported since. Derby Hill Hawk Watch ------------ 478 raptors were reported this week. No new migrating species were noted. Non-raptor highlights were: 3/4 ROSS’S GOOSE, 3/11 2 SANDHILL CRANES 15 COMMON REDPOLLS and 175 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS. Onondaga County ------------ 3/8: 2 SNOWY OWLS were seen at Hancock Airport. 3/10: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen flying over Beaver Lake Nature Center. 3/12: An EURASIAN WIGEON was spotted at Three Rivers WMA in the Pond at the Bald Eagle nest on 60 Road. Extralimital ------------ 3/7: A WESTERN GREBE was still present in the Ithaca area on Cayuga Lake. This one was seen from East Shore Park. Migrants reported this week. ------------ 3/7: EASTERN MEADOWLARK - Derby Hill 3/8: TREE SWALLOW - Derby Hill 3/8: WILSON’S SNIPE - West Monroe 3/10: AMERICAN WOODCOCK - Three Rivers WMA 3/11: EASTERN PHOEBE - Town of Van Buren End Transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
