RBA * New York * Syracuse * April 08, 2013 * NYSY 04. 08. 13 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
April 01, 2013 - April 08, 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:April 08 AT 7:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #349 -Monday April 08, 2013 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 01 , 2013 Highlights: ----------- GOLDEN EAGLE SANDHILL CRANE GREATER YELLOWLEGS LESSER YELLOWLEGS DUNLIN PECTORAL SANDPIPER ICELAND GULL CASPIAN TERN RED-HEADED WOODPECKER EASTERN TOWHEE SAVANNAH SPARROW Migrants this week ------------ GREATER YELLOWLEGS LESSER YELLOWLEGS DUNLIN PECTORAL SANDPIPER GREAT EGRET CASPIAN TERN EASTERN TOWHEE SAVANNAH SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 4/5: A FOS GREAT EGRET was seen at the Montezuma Audubon Center. 4/6: Slightly out of the complex, a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was spotted in the swampy area on Armitage Road. A FOS PECTORAL SANDPIPER was seen in the cornfield on VanDyne Spoor Road. 15 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 3 LESSER YELLOWLEGS and 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were spotted on Carncross Road. These were also first of season birds. Later in the day the number of Greater Yellowlegs was put at 23. 4/8: 4 FOS DUNLIN were seen on the Wildlife drive along with GREATER YELLOWLEGS. Derby Hill ------------ A good week on The Hill with two days over 1,000 birds. Saturday’s count was 3,552 with 7 GOLDEN EAGLES. TURKEY VULTURES still make up the bulk of the birds. 4/1 and 4/4 both had 2 SANDHILL CRANES. Another BARN SWALLOW was also seen on 4/1. Oswego County ------------ 4/6: An ICELAND GULL was seen on the beaver pond at the Amboy 4-H center. 4/8: The first day of multiple migrants at the Phillips Point Lakewatch on the north shore of Oneida Lake. 9 species were counted with FOS CASPIAN TERNS in the count. Oneida County ------------ 4/7: A FOS EASTERN TOWHEE was seen on Sidecut Road in the Town of Verona. A rare away from Derby GOLDEN EAGLE was seen and photographed on Webster Hill Road in the Town of Western. Onondaga County ------------ 4/8: 4 FOS SAVANNAH SPARROWS were seen on Banner Road in Tully. -- 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/ --
