RBA * New York * Syracuse * March 19, 2012 * NYSY 03.19.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): March 12, 2012 - March 19, 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 19 AT 6:30 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #297 -Monday March 19, 2012 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of March 12 , 2012 Highlights: -----------
EURASIAN WIGEON BLUE-WINGED TEAL BLACK VULTURE GOLDEN EAGLE SANDHILL CRANE COMMON GALLINULE GREATER YELLOWLEGS SNOWY OWL SHORT-EARED OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE AMERICAN PIPIT BOHEMIAN WAXWING DICKCISSEL SAVANNAH SPARROW FOX SPARROW WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 3/13: A BLUE-WINGED TEAL was found at the Visitor’s Center. The number would grow to 4 by 3/18. 3 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at the DEC offices in Savannah. 3/14: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at Tsache Pool and at VanDyne Spoor road. 3/15: 2 COMMON GALLINULES were found at Marten’s Tract. 3/17: AN EURASIAN WIGEON was seen at Tschache Pool. 3/19: FOS PIPIT and SAVANNAH SPARROW were found at East Road. For the week 19 species of waterfowl were reported at the complex. Oddly enough TUNDRA SWAN and SNOW GOOSE which had been in abudance earlier,were not reported. Derby Hill Observatory ------------ A good week at Derby Hill with 2,498 Raptors being recorded. The big day was 3/17 with 1,318 birds being counted, the first thousand bird day of the season. 3/13 had the first PEREGRINE FALCON and 3/15 the first BLACK VULTURES (2). This is also the earliest date for Black Vulture at Derby Hill. Another BLACK VULTURE was seen on 3/17. Other highlights for the week: 3/12: 113 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS and 15 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS. 3/13: 9 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS and 1 SANDHILL CRANE. 3/16: 1 SHORT-EARED OWL and 9 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS. 3/17: 23 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS. Onondaga County ------------ 3/13: A male DICKCISSEL was seen at a feeder in Camillus. It came again on 3/15 but has not been reported since. 3/14: A MERLIN was seen in Berry Park in Syracuse. A RAVEN was seen in the Tully area. 3/15: An EURASIAN WIGEON was relocated at the Eagle Pool in Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. On 3/18 two EURASIAN WIGEONS were reported there. 3/17: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen soaring over Schiller Park in Syracuse. 3/18: 2 SNOWY OWLS continue to be seen at Syracuse’s Hancock Airport. Madison County ------------ 3/15: 3 FOS FOX SPARROWS were seen in Erieville. 3/18: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen at the Great Swamp Conservancy near Canastota. Cayuga County ------------ 3/15: A GREAT HORNED OWL has again nested in a Heron Rookery at Sterling Nature Center. 2 TRUMPETER SWANS were seen in one of the ponds there and at nearby McIntyre Bluffs a NORTHERN SHRIKE was spotted. Jefferson County ------------ 3/18: An astounding 2,000 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were found at Robert Wehle State Park in the Town of Henderson near Lake Ontario. New Migrants reported this week. ------------ 3/13: BLUE-WINGED TEAL - Montezuma 3/13: GREATER YELLOWLEGS - Montezuma 3/15: COMMON GALLINULE - Montezuma 3/15: BLACK VULTURE - Derby Hill 3/15: FOX SPARROW - Erieville 3/19: AMERICAN PIPIT - Montezuma 3/19: SAVANNAH SPARROW - Montezuma 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/[email protected]/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/ --
