RBA * New York * Syracuse * March 15, 2010 * NYSY 1503.10 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): March 08, 2009 - March 15, 2010 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 15 AT 6:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #196 -Monday March 15, 2010 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of March 01 , 2009 Highlights: -----------
WESTERN GREBE (Extralimital) ROSS’S GOOSE SNOW GOOSE EURASIAN WIGEON GOLDEN EAGLE AMERICAN WOODCOCK ICELAND GULL LONG-EARED OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE Migrants this week: -------------- AMERICAN WOODCOCK - 3/8 GREEN-WING TEAL - 3/10 TREE SWALLOW - 3/10 RED-SHOULDERED HAWK - 3/10 GOLDEN EAGLE - 3/12 CHIPPING SPARROW - 3/13 (possible overwinterer but not reported previously) Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 3/11: An estimated 100,000 SNOW GEESE were reported in the mucklands on Rt.31. In ensuing days the numbers have dropped to “mere thousands”. 3/12: A ROSS’S GOOSE was seen alont Rt.89 between East Road and Rt.31. 3/13: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen at the end (drivable) of VanDyne Spoor Road. Onondaga County ------------ 3/8: AMERICAN WOODCOCK were heard and seen along Kellog Road in the Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 5 PURPLE FINCHES were seen in the Tully Valley area. 3/14: A NORTHERN SHRIKE continues to hang around the Split Rock area west of Syracuse. An ICELAND GULL was seen feeding in the Seneca River in Baldwinsville. Oswego County ------------ 3/13: A LONG-EARED OWL was found at Noyes Sanctuary along Lake Ontario. Derby Hill ------------ A slow week due to indifferent weather. The first GOLDEN EAGLE 3/12 and RED-SHOULDERED HAWK 3/10 were recorded. The count so far is 11 species of raptor and 312 individuals. Most impressive was the Goose flight on 3/14. An estimated 55,000 CANADA GEESE and 77,500 SNOW GEESE were recorded flying over. Extralimital ------------ 3/11: A WESTERN GREBE was initially reported on ebird at Chimney Bluffs State Park on Lake Ontario in Wayne County. It was relocated on 3/14 but there have been no updates today. --end transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --