RBA * New York * Syracuse * April 21, 2014 * NYSY 04. 21. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
April 14, 2013 - April 21, 2014 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 21 AT 9:30 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #389 Monday April 21, 2014 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 14, 2014 Highlights: ----------- BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON TRUMPETER SWAN EURASIAN WIGEON SANDHILL CRANE UPLAND SANDPIPER ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL FORSTER’S TERN FISH CROW SAW-WHET OWL SNOWY OWL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 4/14: A FORSTER’S TERN was seen on the Wilslife Drive. 4/19: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was found on the Wildlife Drive. A SANDHILL CRANE was spotted on Carncross Road 4/20: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen at the Visitor’s Center. Derby Hill ------------ BROAD-WINGED HAWKS have overtaken TURKEY VULTURES as the predominant raptor of this week. 6,774 Hawks were counted this week. 2,150 were counted on 4/20 alone. A SANDHILL CRANE was found on 4/18. Onondaga County ------------ 4/14: A TRUMPETER SWAN was found on Webster Pond in Syracuse. 4/16: 3 PEREGRINE FALCONS were seen near the State Tower Building nesting site. Oswego County ------------ 4/14: A SNOWY OWL was seen at Phillips Point on Oneida Lake. 4/15: A SNOWY OWL was seen at the Town of New Haven Town Hall. An EURASIAN WIGEON was refound at Phillips Point. Two were seen on the 16th. 4/19: An ICELAND GULL was seen at Breitbeck Park on Lake Ontario in Oswego. An UPLAND SANDPIPER was again seen at the Oswego County Airfield on Howard Road. Madison County ------------ 4/14: An ICELAND GULL was seen on Ditchbank Road. 4/16: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen on Ditchbank Road. Herkimer County ------------ 4/18: A FISH CROW was found at Young Lake. 4/19: A SAW-WHET OWL was seen on Military Road. -- end report 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 http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
