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*New York - Syracuse - April 23, 2018 - NYSY 04. 23.18 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert Dates: April 16 - April 23 To report by email: brinjoseph AT yahoo DOT com Reporting upstate counties: Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Oneida, Herkimer, Cayuga, Montezuma Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands complex compiled: April 23 AT 3:30 p.m. EDT compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondgaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week on April 16, 2018 Highlights: RED-NECKED GREBE AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN SNOWY EGRET ROSS’S GOOSE EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL EURASIAN WIGEON GOLDEN EAGLE NORTHERN GOSHAWK RUFF SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER SANDHILL CRANE LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL ICELAND GULL SHORT-EARED OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH WESTERN MEADOWLARK Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ A number of rarities have been around longer than a week and are still here. WESTERN MEADOWLARK - Being seen and heard on Armitage Road in the fields and impoundments just west of Rt. 89 . It flies across Armitage at times giving it status in both Wayne and Seneca County. ROSS’S GOOSE - Still being seen on a berm near Eaton Marsh along the Wildlife Drive. AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN - Still being seen in the Main Pool. EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL - Seen at the Visitor’s Center up to yesterday but not reported today. 4/19: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen in Tschache Pool. 4/21: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at Carncross Road. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen on Armitage Road. A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen at Marten’s Tract. Derby Hill Bird Observatory ------------ Things really picked at Derby this week. 5,609 raptors were counted. On 4/18 a NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen and the first BROAD-WINGED HAWKS arrived. By the end of the week the Broad-wings started to overtake TURKEY VULTURE as the most numerous bird counted. On 4/20 a NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at the south lookout. On 4/21 4 SANDHILL CRANES flew over. On 4/23 5 GOLDEN EAGLES reported so far today. Cayuga county ------------ 4/20: The REEVE or female RUFF was again seen in the wet area along Maiden Lane Road in Port Byron. 4/21: An UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen and nicely photographed at Sterling Nature Center. 4/22: A SNOWY EGRET was found at Howland Island in the Seneca River near the steel bridge on Howland Island Road. north of Port Byron. Onondaga County ------------ 4/19: An ICELAND GULL and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were seen at the Inner Harbor. A SNOWY OWL continues at the State Fair Entrance area. 4/20: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at Liverpool Marina . A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen on Onondaga Lake. 4/22: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen at Clark Reservation. A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen on the west trail on Onondaga Lake. 4/23: 2 LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHES were found on Gully Road north of Skaneateles. Madison County ------------ 4/22: A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen on Woodman Pond. --end transcript Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 USA -- 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/ --
