RBA * New York * Syracuse * April 12, 2021 * NYSY 04. 12. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): April 05 to April 12, 2021 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 12 AT 12:00 p.m. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #747 Monday April 12, 2021 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 05, 2021 Highlights: -----------
RED-THROATED LOON ANHINGA AMERICAN BITTERN BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON GLOSSY IBIS EURASIAN WIGEON RED-SHOULDERED HAWK GOLDEN EAGLE SANDHILL CRANE VIRGINIA RAIL SNOWY OWL SHORT-EARED OWL AMERICAN PIPIT MARSH WREN BOHEMIAN WAXWING YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER EVENING GROSBEAK PINE SISKIN HOARY REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 4/8: 3 GLOSSY IBISES were seen at Carncross Road. 4/10: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen from the Wildlife Drive. Possible the same three GLOSSY IBISES were seen in flight and in the phragmities at the beginning of the Main Pool. 4/11: The 3 GLOSSY IBISES were relocated in the same general location at the beginning of the Main Pool. Seen along the Wildlife Drive were an AMERICAN PIPIT, a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, a female EURASIAN WIGEON and an AMERICAN BITTERN. At Carncross Road a MARSH WREN was found. Cayuga County ------------ 4/8: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at the Sterling Nature Center. Onondaga County ------------ 4/5: A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was seen on Purcell Road in Fabius. 4/6: A HOARY REDPOLL was seen on Harrington Road in Syracuse. A VIRGINIA RAIL was seen on Ladd Road near Oneida Shores Park. 4/7: A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was seen from Rt. 81 north of Cicero. 4/9: An apparent ANHINGA, very rare for our area, was seen from Rt. 81 near Hancock Airport. Derby Hill Bird Observatory ------------ The total count of Hawks this week at Derby was 11,557. Again the majority were Turkey Vultures. On 4/8 the first BROAD-WINGED HAWK was seen. 4 GOLDEN EAGLES were counted. Other highlights were 8 COMMON REDPOLLS and 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS. Oswego County ------------ 4/8: an adult male EURASIAN WIGEON was again seen at the Rt. 6 wetland north of Rt. 3 in Volney. 4/10: An early COMMON GALLINULE was seen at Three Mile Bay on Oneida Lake. 2 PINE SISKINS were seen onStone Hill Road south of Willianstown. Madison County ------------ 4/6: A SNOWY OWL was seen on Vrolyk Road in the Town of Eaton. 4/7: A RED-THROATED LOON was seen at Woodman Pond north of Hamilton. 4/8: A SANDHILL CRANE was see at the Madison Street Impoundment north of Hamilton. It was seen again today. 4/10: A BOHEMIAN WAXWING was seen the Madison Street Impoundment. Oneida County ------------ 4/5: A PINE SISKIN was seen on Brown Tract Road near Remson. 4/9: 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS and a HOARY REDPOLL were seen on Brown Tract Road.A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was seen on Maple Flats Road north of cleveland. 4/11: A VIRGINIA RAIL was seen on Dwyer Road north of Verona. Herkimer County ------------ 4/7: A COMMON REDPOLL was see at Salisbury Corners. ----End Report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville NY Region 5 -- 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/ --
