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*New York - Syracuse - March 25, 2019 - NYSY 03. 25. 19 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert Dates: March 18 - March 25, 2019 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: March 25 AT 6:30 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 March 18, 2019 Highlights: GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE ROSS’S GOOSE CACKLING GOOSE EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL EURASIAN WIGEON BARROW’S GOLDENEYE KING EIDER SURF SCOTER BLACK SCOTER BLACK VULTURE PEREGRINE FALCON GOLDEN EAGLE SANDHILL CRANE GREATER YELLOWLEGS ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL NORTHERN SHRIKE EVENING GROSBEAK Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 3/19: A GREATER WHITE FRONTED GOOSE was at Carncross Road. 3/22: The season’s first GREATER YELLOWLEGS was seen at Carncross Road. One was seen on the 24th. at Carncross and in the mucklands on Rt. 31. 3/23: An EURASIAN GREEN WINGED TEAL was seen in the marsh on Morgan Road. It was relocated also on the 24th. An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen from East Road. 3/24: A ROSS’S GOOSE was seen from East road and at the Mucklands. An EURASIAN WIGEON was again seen from East Road. Derby Hill Bird Observatory --------------- 1/767 raptors were counted at Derby Hill this week. 16 GOLDEN EAGLES were tallied. Large numbers of SNOW GEESE were seen during the week and 2 ROSS’S GEESE were seen also. Oswego County ------------ 3/19: The male KING EIDER in Oswego Harbor continues and was seen through the 24th. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Hellinger Road. 3/24: A female BLACK SCOTER persists in Oswego Harbor. 3/25: 6 TREE SWALLOWS were seen in Phoenix. Onondaga county ------------ 3/18: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen in Skaneateles Lake from the village and was seen through the 20th. 3/19: A BLACK VULTURE was seen near Jamesville Beach. An ICELAND GULL was seen from the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake 3/20: 2 NORTHERN SHRIKES were seen at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 3/21: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen from the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. 3/22: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen on Otisco Lake from Church Hill Road. A ROSS’S GULL was seen in flight from Oakwood Cemetary in Syracuse. Madison County ------------ EVENING GROSBEAKS continue at feeders on Carpenter Road in Sheds and Eden Hollow Road near Erieville. 3/19: 2 TRUMPETER SWANS were seen on Leland Pond south of Bouckville. 3/23: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. Oneida County ------------ 3/24: A BARROW’S GOLDENEYE was seen at Oneida Creek south of Verona Beach State Park. Herkimer county ------------ EVENING GROSBEAKS continue daily at a feeder on Military Road north of Dolgeville. ---- End Transcript ---- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, NY, 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/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/ --
