RBA * New York * Syracuse * March 24, 2014 * NYSY 03. 24. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
March 17, 2013 - March 24, 2014 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 24 AT 5:30 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #385 Monday March 24, 2014 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of March 17, 2014 Highlights: ----------- RED-NECKED GREBE ROSS’S GOOSE SNOW GOOSE CACKLING GOOSE GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE PEREGRINE FALCON SANDHILL CRANE ICELAND GULL GLAUCOUS GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL SHORT-EARED OWL SAW-WHET OWL RUSTY BLACKBIRDS Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 3/22: SNOW GEESE by the thousands were noted in the mucklands along Rt. 31 just east of Rt. 89. 3/23: A SHORT-EARED OWL and a ROSS’S GOOSE were spotted in the mucklands. Derby Hill ------------ 1,052 raptors were counted this week. On 3/22 a SANDHILL CRANE. an WILSON’S SNIPE and a GREEN-WINGED TEAL were all first time visotors. Also noted this day were 2 ICELAND GULLS, 1 GLAUCOUS GULL and 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. TURKEY VULTURES and RED-TAILED HAWKS continue to make up the bulk of the birds although 9 GOLDEN EAGLES were seen this week also. Oswego County ------------ 3/22: As the area around Elvic Farms on Co. Rt. 53 north of Phoenix starts to thaw waterfowl such as WOOD DUCKS and NORTHERN PINTAILS were noticed. Onondaga County ------------ 3/18: A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at the end of the Creekwalk near Carousel Center. 3/21: A WILSON’S SNIPE was see at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. A SANDHILL CRANE was spotted at Clay Marsh. A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen in the Inner Harbor. A CACKLING GOOSE was seen on Old Seneca Turnpike northeast of Skaneateles. Madison County ------------ 3/20: RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were reported on Pine Ridge Road north of Canastota. Oneida County ------------ 3/18: 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS were seen at a nesting site in the city of Utica. New Arrivals this week ------------ TREE SWALLOW FOX SPARROW EASTERN MEADOWLARK WILSON’S SNIPE Compiler’s Note ------------ For the first time since early winter no SNOWY OWLS were reported. Please report them if you see them anywhere. -- 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/ --
