* New York* Syracuse - March 27 2017 * NYSY 03.27.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):March 20, 2017 - March 27, 2017to 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: March 27 AT 5 p.m. (EDT)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of March 20, 2017. Highlights-------------- TUNDRA SWANROSS’S GOOSECACKLING GOOSEBLUE-WINGED TEALEURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEALEURASIAN WIGEONSANDHILL CRANETHAYER’S GULLGLAUCOUS GULLICELAND GULLSHORT-EARED OWLNORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLGREAT GRAY OWL (Extralimital)
Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)------------ 3/22: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen from East road. A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen from Carncross Road 3/23: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen from Carncross Road. 3/26: An EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL was found at the Visitor’s Center. It was relocated today in the same spot. A BLUE-WINGED TEAL was seen at the Visitor’s Center. A SANDHILL CRANE was seen from Carncross road. 3/27: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen from Carncross Road. Derby Hill Hawk Watch------------ After a slow beginning things are picking up at Derby. Yesterday 480 hawks were counted including 6 GOLDEN EAGLES including one flying low enough to ID without binoculars. Also seen this week were CACKLING GEESE, SANDHILL CRANES and the first TREE SWALLOWS. Oswego County------------ 3/20: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Lanphere Road south of Mexico. 3/21: A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen in Oswego Harbor. 3/24: 3 ICELAND GULLS continue at the lock in Phoenix. 3/26: A ROSS’GOOSE was seen in Oswego Harbor. A juvenile THAYER’S GULL continues at the lock in Phoenix. Onondaga County------------ 3/23: Last day the NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL was reported at Beaver Lake Nature Center. Madison County------------ 3/25: A BLUE-WINGED TEAL was seen in Pools Brook at Harsh Road. Herkimer County------------ 3/216 TUNDRA SWANS, rare for this county, were seen in Weaver Pond on Rt. 20 west of Richfield Springs. Extralimital------------ GREAT GRAY OWLS continue at Robert Moses State Park on Robinson Bay Road in St. Lawrence County (last seen on 3/26) and on Limekiln Road near Keene in Essex County (last seen on 3/25). Migrants reported this week. OSPREYTREE SWALLOWLINCOLN’S SPARROWWILSON’S SNIPEFIELD SPARROWEASTERN PHOEBE -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/ --