RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* April 25, 2011
* NYSY 2504.11
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
April 11, 2010 - April 25, 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 25 AT 5:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#252 -Monday April 25, 2011
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 18 ,
2010
Highlights:
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RED-THROATED LOON
RED-NECKED GREBE
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
SWAINSON’S HAWK
MERLIN
COMON MOORHEN
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER
GREATER YELLOWLEGS
LESSER YELLOWLEGS
UPLAND SANDPIPER
MARBLED GODWIT
DUNLIN
NORTHERN SHRIKE
FISH CROW
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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4/21: A FOS AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER was spotted on Carncross Road.
4/23: A MARBLED GODWIT was found at the new shorebird area along the
Wildlife Drive. It was not relocated the next day or today. Other shorebirds
seen this week were GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, DUNLIN, WILSON’S SNIPE, and
KILLDEER.
Derby Hill
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Mostly it was a great week at Derby. 4/22, 4/23, and 4/25 had 1,000 plus
flights of BROADWING HAWKS. On 4/18 a FOS BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was spotted. On
4/22 there were 15 species of raptor highlighted by a juvenile light phase
SWAINSON’S HAWK. On 4/25 7 SANDHILL CRANES flew by. The weekly total was 7,360
raptors counted.
Oswego County
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4/19: 2 RED-NECKED GREBES were found at various locations on Pneida Lake.
A
COMMON MOORHEN was found in the Rt.6 wetland north of Rt.3 in the Town of
Volnay.
4/21: A FOS COMMON TERN was seen from Phillips Point on Oneida Lake. 2
MERLINS were also seen
4/22: A FOS UPLAND SANDPIPER was found at it’s usual location at the
Oswego
County Airport.
4/24: A late NORTHERN SHRIKE was found along Rt.3 just north of Port
Ontario. 16 species of migrating birds were seen from Phillips Point on Oneida
Lake. Highlights were SURF SCOTER, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, RED-THROATED LOON, and
RED-NECKED GREBE.
Onondaga County
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4/19: 2 RED-NECKED GREBES and a FISH CROW were found at the marina on
Onondaga Lake near Liverpool.
4/21: A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was spotted on Indin Hill Road in the southern
part of the county.
4/24: A FOS NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH was found in a wetland in the Town of
Elbridge near Half Moon.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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