RBA * New York * Syracuse * March 25, 2013 * NYSY 03. 25. 13 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): March 18, 2013 - March 25, 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 25 AT 6:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #347 -Monday March 25, 2013 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of March 11 , 2013 Highlights: -----------
ROSS’S GOOSE GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE PINK-FOOTED GOOSE SANDHILL CRANE SHORT-EARED OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE BOHEMIAN WAXWING LAPLAND LONGSPUR YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD EVENING GROSBEAK Migrants this week ------------ RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET RUSTY BLACKBIRD EASTERN PHOEBE Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 3/19: 26 species including a FOS RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET and SANDHILL CRANES were found on Howland Island. 3/25: A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen on VanDyne Spoor Road south of Savannah Spring Lake Road. Derby Hill ------------ Another slow week due to north winds and cold weather. 533 hawks were counted. GOLDEN EAGLE and NORTHERN GOSHAWK are still being seen. Other highlights were a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE on 3/22 and a ROSS’S GOOSE on 3/24. Oswego County ------------ 3/19: The PINK-FOOTED GOOSE found on 3/18 was relocated on County Rt.33 about a mile south of Rt.49. The bird has not been reported since. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen in Williamston. Oneida County ------------ 3/22: A YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD made another appearance at a feeder in Clinton but has not returned. 3/24: BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were found on Smithport Road in New Hartford. Onondaga County ------------ 3/25: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen in the higher clear area on Green Lakes State Park. Madison County ------------ 3/21: 27 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at a feeder on Carpenter Road near DeRuyter. 3/23 : A LAPLAND LONGSPUR and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were seen at the Madison County Landfill. -- 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/[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/ --
