* New York* Syracuse - April 25, 2016 * NYSY 04. 25. 16 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):April 18, 2015 - April 25, 2016to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortlandcompiled: April 25 AT 3:00 p.m. (EST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 18, 2015. Highlights-------------- EURASIAN WIGEONPEREGRINE FALCONSANDHILL CRANEUPLAND SANDPIPERSAW-WHET OWLLOGGERHEAD SHRIKE (Extralimital)
Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)------------ 4/24: An EURASIAN WIGEON and 3 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Tschache Pool. 4 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were found on Towpath Road. 4/25: The EURASIAN WIGEON (male) was again seen in Tschache Pool. Derby Hill------------ After a good day on 4/18 (1145 raptors counted) the rest of the week was uneventful with no day even approaching a thousand birds. The weeks total was 3,295 raptors counted. On 4/21 5 SANDHILL CRANES were seen. Oswego County------------ 4/21: An UPLAND SANDPIPER continues at the Oswego County Airfield on Howard Road east of Fulton. Oneida County------------ 4/20: A SAW-WHET OWL was reported at Castlebrook Farm on Miller Road south of Williamstown. Herkimer County------------ 4/18: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen on Rt. 169 between Little Falls and Middleville. Extralimital------------ 4/24: A LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE was found and well photographed on Twitchell Road in the Town of Rushville in Ontario County. No update for today yet. Migrants reported this week------------ GREEN HERONSOLITARY SANDPIPERCOMMON TERNBLUE-HEADED VIREOBANK SWALLOWNASHVILLE WARBLERNORTHERN WATERTHRUSHCHIMNEY SWIFT .--end report Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, NY 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/ --
