RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* April 4, 2011
* NYSY 0404.11
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
March 28, 2010 - April 4, 2011
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 4 AT 6:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#250 -Monday April 4, 2011
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of March 21 ,
2010
Highlights:
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CACKLING GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
COMMON (EURASIAN) TEAL
PEREGRINE FALCON
SANDHILL CRANE
IGLAUCOUS GULL
LESSER YELLOWLEGS
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
PURPLE MARTIN
PINE WARBLER
EVENING GROSBEAK
HOARY REDPOLL
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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3/29: The COMMON TEAL was seen at the Visitor’s Center Pool. It has
remained through 4/3. No reports on it today yet. 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen
at
the Visitor’s Center.
3/31: An adult plumage LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was spotted in Tschache
Pool.
4/2: A drake EURASIAN WIGEON was seen at the Montezuma Audubon Center. It
was relocated the next day also.
Derby Hill
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This was a better week for hawks and 3,213 raptors were counted. No new
species were seen. Except for rarities only Peregrine Falcon and Broad-winged
Hawk have yet to be seen. Other highlights were 2 CACKLING GEESE on 3/30 and an
immature GLAUCOUS GULL on 4/2.
Madison County
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3/30: A HOARY REDPOLL was seen at a feedr in Erieville.
4/2: At Ditchbank Road a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and a LESSER YELLOWLEGS
were seen. At the Great Swamp Conservancy a PEREGRINE FALCON was spotted.
4/3: 15 EVENING GROSBEAKS were at a feeder in Erieville.
Oswego County
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4/3: A FOS PURPLE MARTIN was seen at the Golf Course on Toad Harbor Road.
A
PINE WARBLER, possibly an overwintering bird, was back at a feeder in
Constantia. The first day of Bill Purcell’s Lakewatch at Phillip’s Point
(Oneida
Lake) yielded 7 species of waterfowl and 23 COMMON LOONS.
Onondaga County
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4/2: A HOARY REDPOLL continues with a large number of Commons at Beaver
Lake Nature Center.
4/4: A drake EURASIAN WIGEON was found in the pond at the Eagle’s nest on
60 Road at Three Rivers WMA.
New Arrivals
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3/28: AMERICAN PIPIT
3/29 - PIED-BILLED GREBE - Onondaga Lake
4/2 - DUNLIN - Montezuma
4/3 - PURPLE MARTIN - West Monroe
4/4 - BARN SWALLOW - Montezuma
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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