RBA * New York * Syracuse * March 11, 2013 * NYSY 03. 11. 13 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): March 04, 2013 - March 11, 2013 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 11 AT 5:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #345 -Monday March 11, 2013 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of March 04 , 2013 Highlights: -----------
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON CACKLING GOOSE SNOW GOOSE TUFTED DUCK BARROW’S GOLDENEYE NORTHERN GOSHAWK PEREGRINE FALCON GLAUCOUS GULL SHORT-EARED OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE BOHEMIAN WAXWING RED CROSSBILL Migrants this week ------------ KILLDEER NORTHERN HARRIER RED-SHOULDERED HAWK NORTHERN GOSHAWK EASTERN MEADOWLARK Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 3/6: SNOW GEESE have arrived in the Montezuma area as well as most of central New York. 500 were reported at the mucklands this day while up to 5,000 were reported at the Visitor’s Center on 3/7. 3/7: 3 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen at the Morgan Road location and up to 6 have been reported up till yesterday. Derby Hill ------------ Derby Hill is now in full swing. Although numbers were not high (452) this week viewing has been great with many low birds such as RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, NORTHERN HARRIER, NORTHERN GOSHAWK and GOLDEN EAGLE. Non raptor highlights included NORTHERN SHRIKE, BOHEMIAN WAXWING, CACKLING GOOSE,TUNDRA SWAN and RED CROSSBILL. Oswego County ------------ 3/4: A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at the Marina on Weber Road on Oneida Lake in Brewerton. 3/5 An ICELAND GULL and a possible THAYER’S GULL were spotted in Oswego Harbor. 3/6: The TUFTED DUCK continues to be seen in Oswego Harbor. Cayuga County ------------ 3/5: A female BARROW’S GOLDENEYE continues to be seen at Fairhaven State Park. Onondaga County ------------ 3/7: 3 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON’S are still present on the Creekwalk between Bear Road and Hiawatha Boulevard near Carousel Center in Syracuse. 3/8: 15 BALD EAGLES, 5 adult and 10 immature, were seen on the east side of Cross Lake from Farnham Road. -- end report 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/ --
