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* New York * Syracuse * March 29, 2021 * NYSY 03. 29. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): March 22 to March 29, 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 29 AT 2:00 p.m. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #745 Monday March 29, 2021 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of March 22, 2021 Highlights: ----------- GREAT EGRET EURASIAN WIGEON ROSS’S GOOSE CACKLING GOOSE BLACK VULTURE GOLDEN EAGLE SORA SANDHILL CRANE ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL SHORT-EARED OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE BOHEMIAN WAXWING YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER FOX SPARROW SAVANNAH SPARROW VESPER SPARROW EASTERN TOWHEE LAPLAND LONGSPUR AMERICAN PIPIT RED CROSSBILL EVENING GROSBEAK Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 3/22: 3 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were found in the Mucklands on Rt. 31 west of the Seneca River. 3/25: A SORA was found at Guy Baldassarre Marsh. An early SAVANNAH SPARROW was seen on East Road. 3/27: 2 early GREATER YELLOWLEGS were seen from Carncross Road. 3 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen from VanDyne Spoor Road. 3/28: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen from East Road. 19 more were seen at the Visitor’s Center. Cayuga County ------------ 3/23: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen from Barker Road west of Rt. 104A. A COMMON REDPOLL was seen at the Sterling Nature Center. 3/25: A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was seen at Fair Haven State Park. 5 FOX SPARROWS were seen at the Sterling Nature Center. 3/27: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen from the Sterling Nature Center. Onondaga County ------------ 3/22: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 3/23: 12 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at the Morgan Hill State Forest on Shakham Road. A SANDHILL CRANE was seen at Three Rivers WMA. 3/24: 2 BLACK VULTURES were seen from the Fiddlers Green Park in Jamesville. 3/26: an ICELAND GULL was seen from the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. 3/27: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and an ICELAND GULL were seen at the north end of Otisco Lake. 3/28: 2 BLACK VULTURES were seen in flight from Highbridge Road in Fayetteville. A PINE SISKIN was at a feeder on Lawrence Road west of Marcellus. Derby Hill bird Observatory ------------ 5,309 raptors were counted at Derby this week. That number included 21 GOLDEN EAGLES. Also seen were 2 ROSS’S GEESE, 2 CACKLING GEESE, 26 SANDHILL CRANES and 1 SHORT-EARED OWL. Oswego County ------------ 3/23: A GOLDEN EAGLE was see from Hinman Road north of Pulaski. 3/24: An early VESPER SPARROW was seen on Sherman Road north of Mexico. 3/28: A male EURASIAN WIGEON was seen at the Rt. 6 Wetlands north of Rt. 3 in the Town of Volney. Madison County ------------ 3/24: An EASTERN TOWHEE was seen near Perryville south of Canastota. 3/27: a male EVENING GROSBEAK was seen at a feeder on Jones Road south of the Stoney Pond State forest. Oneida County ------------ 3/27: 2 GREAT EGRETS were seen near West Leyden. Herkimer County ------------- 3/24: A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was see near Salisbury Corners. 3/25: An early GREATER YELLOWLEGS was seen on the Erie Canal trail east of Little Falls. 3/28: An EVENING GROSBEAK and a BOHEMIAN WAXWING were seen in Salisbury Corners. Migrants seen up to today this year. ------------------------------------------------ FOX SPARROW OSPREY TREE SWALLOW AMERICAN WOODCOCK KILLDEER EASTERN MEADOWLARK AMERICAN COOT HERMIT THRUSH EASTERN PHOEBE RUSTY BLACKBIRD SORA GREATER YELLOWLEGS SAVANNAH SPARROW WILSON’S SNIPE YELLOW RUMPED WARBLER FIELD SPARROW CHIPPING SPARROW VESPER SPARROW AMERICAN PIPIT GREAT EGRET ----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/ --