RBA * New York * Syracuse * March 08, 2021 * NYSY 03. 08. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): March 01 to March 08, 2021 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 08 AT 3:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #742 Monday March 08, 2021 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of March 01, 2021 Highlights: -----------
SNOW GOOSE WOOD DUCK RUDDY DUCK NORTHERN SHOVELER KING EIDER SURF SCOTER BLACK SCOTER RED-SHOULDERED HAWK PEREGRINE FALCON GOLDEN EAGLE SANDHILL CRANE ICELAND GULL GLAUCOUS GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL NORTHERN SHRIKE SAVANNAH SPARROW LAPLAND LONGSPUR EVENING GROSBEAK HOARY REDPOLL RED CROSSBILL WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 3/3: 5 SANDHILL CRANES and a CACKLING GOOSE were seen at Carncross Road. Onondaga County ------------ 3/1: A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was again seen in the Kensington Place area of Syracuse. 3/3: A RUDDY DUCK was seen from Onondaga Lake Park. 3/6: A HOARY REDPOLL was seen at a feeder on Lawrence Road in Marcellus. 3/7: 4 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS and 16 RED CROSSBILLS were seen on Shakham Road in the Morgan Hill State Forest. Both species were again seen on the 8th. Derby Hill Bird Observatory ---------------- This was the first full week of Hawk Watching at Derby Hill. Highlights were BALD EAGLES, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS and the season’s first GOLDEN EAGLE. Oswego County ------------ 3/1: A RUDDY DUCK was seen on Lake Ontario from Selkirk Shores State Park. 3/3: 3/3: 3 KING EIDERS were again seen in Oswego harbor near the lighthouse. They were seen again on the 7th. 3/4: A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen on Bishop Road north of Pulaski. It (one) was seen again on the 6th. 3/7: A GLAUCOUS GULL and an ICELAND GULL were seen from Brietbeck Park in Oswego. A SURF SCOTER was seen in Oswego Harbor. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at the Phoenix Dam and Locks. 3/8: 3 BLACK SCOTERS were seen at the river mouth is Oswego. A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen near the intersection of Rts. 3 and 4 in the Town of Palermo. Madison County ------------ 3/2: 20 EVENING GROSBEAKS continue at a feeder on Carpenter Road near Sheds. 3/5: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Bellinger Road south of Canastota. Cayuga County ------------ 3/2: A SAVANNAH SPARROW was seen at the Sterling Nature Center. Oneida County ------------ 3/3: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Potato Hill Road in Boonville. 3/5: A pair of PEREGRINE FALCONS have returned to a nest box on the Adirondack Bank building in Utica. Herkimer County ------------ 3/2: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen near Salisbury Corners. 3/3: A HOARY REDPOLL was seen near Salisbury Corners. It was seen again on the 6th. ----End Report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville NY Region 5 -- 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/ --
