RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* April 19, 2010
* NYSY 1904.10
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
April 12, 2009 - April 19, 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:April 19 AT 7:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#201 -Monday April 19, 2010
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 05 ,
2009
Highlights:
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RED-THROATED LOON
EARED GREBE
ANHINGA
RED-NECKED GREBE
EARED GREBE
LEAST BITTERN
GREAT EGRET
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
TRUMPETER SWAN
EURASIAN WIGEON
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
SURF SCOTER
GOLDEN EAGLE
SANDHILL CRANE
AMERICAN GOLDN PLOVER
UPLAND SANDPIPER
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
LITTLE GULL
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Migrants this week:
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4/12 - LEAST BITTERN
4/12 - BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
4/13 - LITTLE GULL
4/14 - BANK SWALLOW
4/16 - YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
4/16 - RED-THROATED LOON
4/17 - SOLITARY SANDPIPER
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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4/10: 3 GREAT EGRETS and an EURASIAN WIGEON were seen at Tschache Pool.
2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at the Seneca Spillway.
4/11: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen and a LEAST BITTERN was heard at
Railroad Road. 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS were seen at VanDyne Spoor Road. They
and another were seen up to 4/17.
4/17: An UPLAND SANDPIPER was found at Railroad Road. 13 LAPLAND LONGSPURS
were seen in the Mucklands along Rt.31.
4/18: An EARED GREBE was reported from VanDyne Spoor Road.
Derby Hill
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It was another slow week at Derby Hill. Only 1,709 raptors for the week.
The bright spot was 4/16 which had 854 raptors with a season high 438
BROAD-WINGED HAWKS.Also seen that day were a RED-THROATED LOON and a SANDHILL
CRANE.
Oswego County
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The daily Lake Watch at Phillips Point (Oneida Lake) continues to be
productive. The highlight was an adult LITTLE GULL on 4/13. Also seen were good
numbers of SURF SCOTERS, WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, and RED-NECKED GREBES.
Madison County
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4/16: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen near Erieville.
Onondaga county
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4/12: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen on the shore of Skaenateles
Lake near the village.
4/13: An astounding 450+ BONAPARTE’S GULLS were seen on Skaneateles Lake.
4/15: 4 TRUMPETER SWANS spent the day on the big pond near the Bald Eagle
nest at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville.
4/18: The regions first LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH was heard on Gulf Road in
the Town of Pompey.
4/18: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen on Skaneateles Lake near the
village.
4/19: An ANHINGA was seen soaring above Onondaga Lake at Willow Bay Park
near Liverpool. The bird flew out of sight westward and could not be relocated.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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