RBA * New York * Syracuse * April 16, 2012 * NYSY 04.16.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
April 09, 2012 - April 16, 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:April 16 AT 7:30 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #301 -Monday April 16, 2012 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 09 , 2012 Highlights: ----------- RED-NECKED GREBE SNOWY EGRET GREAT EGRET KRIDER’S RED-TAILED HAWK SANDHILL CRANE COMMON GALLINULE UPLAND SANDPIPER WHIP-POOR-WILL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER GRASSHOPPER SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 4/17: Between Benning Marsh and May’s Point Pool there were 6 species of Shorebird. DUNLIN, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, WILSON’S SNIPE and SPOTTED SANDPIPER. They continued to be seen throughthe week. 4/18: A SNOWY EGRET was reported from Tschache Pool. 4/22: A SANDHILL CRANE was spotted at Armitage Road and a COMMON GALLINULE was seen at VanDyne Spoor Road. Derby Hill Bird Observatory ------------ Thanks to a big day of 3,431 raptors on 4/16 it was a good week early on and the total for the week was 5,065. A rare KRIDER’S type RED-TAILED HAWK was seen on 4/19. FOS WOOD THRUSH and NASHVILLE WARBLER were found on4/22. Phillips Point (Oneida Lake) Lakewatch. ------------ Waterfowl continue to migrate with numbers of WHITE-WINGED and SURF SCOTERS, RED-NECKED GREBES, and COMMON LOONS being seen A RED-THROATED LOON was seen also. A FISH CROW continues to be heard. Onondaga County ------------ 4/18: 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were seen at the Pony Farm on Lamson Road. Throughout the week WILSON’S SNIPE, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and SOLITARY SANDPIPER were also seen here. A COMMON GALLINULE was seen at Old Fly Marsh. 4/21: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at the Dewitt Landfill near the Erie Canal. 4/22: A GREAT EGRET was seen at a private residence in the Town of Pompey. Oswego County ------------ 4/22: At the wetland on County Rt.6 north of County Rt.3 the following birds were seen. GREAT EGRET, COMMON GALLINULE, VIRGINIA RAIL, LESSER SCAUP, and BLUE-WINGED TEAL. An UPLAND SANDPIPER was found at the landfill adjacent to the Oswego County Airport. Today (4/23) a second bird was seen. Madison County ------------ 4/18: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER is still being reported at a feeder near Sheds. 4/20: A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard from Marsh Mills Road in the Town of Sullivan. New Arrivals this week ------------ 4/17 - LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH - Nine Mile Creek Marcellus 4/20 - WHIP-POOR-WILL - Town of Sullivan 4/20 - WARBLING VIREO - Baldwinsville 4/20 - NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH - Three Rivers WMA 4/21 - GRASSHOPPER SPARROW - Dewitt Landfill 4/21 - YELLOW WARBLER - Baldwinsville 4/21 - BANK SWALLOW - Mapleview 4/21 - SORA RAIL - West Monroe 4/22 - CLIFF SWALLOW - Phoenix 4/22 - WOOD THRUSH - Derby Hill 4/22 - NASHVILLE WARBLER - Derby Hill 4/22 - UPLAND SANDPIPER - Oswego County Airport 4/22 - SOLITARY SANDPIPER - Pony Farm Lamson Road 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/ --
