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*New York - Syracuse - April 22, 2019 - NYSY 04. 22. 19 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert Dates: April 15 - April 22, 2019 To report by email: brinjoseph AT yahoo DOT com Reporting upstate counties: Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Oneida, Herkimer, Cayuga, Montezuma Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands complex compiled: April 22 AT 2:00 p.m. EDT compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondgaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week on April 15, 2019 Highlights: RED-THROATED LOON RED-NECKED GREBE AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN LEAST BITTERN SANDHILL CRANE EURASIAN WIGEON NORTHERN GOSHAWK GOLDEN EAGLE SORA AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER BLACK TERN SHORT EARED OWL YELLOW-THROATED VIREO EVENING GROSBEAK Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 4/16: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON and a SHORT-EARED OWL were seen at Carncross Road. 4/19: 3 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS were seen at Carncross Road but only stayed for a day. 4/20: A LEAST BITTERN and an EURASIAN WIGEON were seen along the Wildlife Drive. Derby hill Bird Observatory ------------ There were two big days this week at Derby. 4/19 had 5,834 Raptors counted and 4/21 had an astounding 15,353. Over 90 percent were the first big push of BROAD-WINGED HAWKS. Other highlights were 2 GOLDEN EAGLES, 1 NORTHERN GOSHAWK,EVENING GROSBEAKS, LEAST BITTERN, SANDHILL CRANE and an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN. Oswego County ------------ 4/17: A BLACK TERN was seen over Oneida Lake east of Bridgeport. 4/18: A RED-THROATED LOON and 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were seen from Phillips Point on Oneida Lake. 4/19: A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen from Phillips Point. Onondaga County ------------ 4/20: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen from Cold Brook Road north of Homer.A SANDHILL CRANE was seen in Hamlin Marsh in Clay. 4/21: A COMMON GALLINUTE, an earLy YELLOW-THROATED VIREO and a nesting pair of TRUMPETER SWANS were all seen in various locations at three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. Madison County ------------ EVENING GROSBEAKS continus at a feeder on Carpenter Road near Sheds. 4/20: A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen on a pond at the Great Swamp Conservancy near Canastota. Herkimer County ------------ EVENING GROSBEAKS continue at feeders on Military Road north of Dolgeville. 4/17: A SORA was seen at McKoons Road Marsh north of Richfield Springs. ---- End Transcript ---- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, NY, 13027, USA -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
