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* New York * Syracuse * March 21, 2022 * NYSY 03. 21. 22 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): March 14, 2022 to March 21, 2022 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: March 21 AT 3:30 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #795: Monday March 21, 2022 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of March 14, 2022 Highlights: ----------- ROSS’S GOOSE TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE CACKLING GOOSE EURASIAN WIGEON BLACK VULTURE OSPREY GOLDEN EAGLE NORTHERN GOSHAWK GREATER YELLOWLEGS LESSER YELLOWLEGS DUNLON PECTORAL SANDPIPER LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL NORTHERN SHRIKE RED CROSSBILL WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 3/14: Last sighting of the TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE in the Mucklands along Rt. 31 west of the Seneca River. An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen at the Morgan Road Marshes. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at Carncross Road. 3/15: A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was again seen at the Mucklands along Rt. 31. 3/17: A DUNLIN was seen at VanDyne Spoor Road. An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen at Guy Baldasarre marsh. 3/19: An EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL was seen at the Visitor’s Center.A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen from Rt. 89 south of Rt. 31. A ROSS’S GOOSE was seen at the Mucklands. 3/20: New arrivals GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS and PECTORAL SANDPIPER were seen at the Mucklands. Derby Hill Bird Observatory ------------ 2,093 Raptors were counted at Derby Hill this week. On 3/17 the first OSPREY was recorded. 14 GOLDEN EAGLES were counted. A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen on 3/14. Other highlights were CACKLING GOOSE and SANDHILL CRANE. Oswego County ------------ 3/15: A ROSS’S GOOSE was seen at Selkirk Shores State Park on Lake Ontario. 3/17: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen at Sunset Bay Park on Lake Ontario. 3/19: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen from Hinman Road north of Pulaski. Onondaga County ------------ 3/15: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen on Hayes Road east of Baldwinsville. 3/16: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen on the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. 3/19: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen from Oran Delphi Road south of Manlius. 3/20: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 3/21: 5 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. Oneida County ------------ 3/16: A BLACK VULTURE was seen from Rt. 365 north of Prospect. Herkimer County ------------ 3/18: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at Russell Park in Ilion. 3/19: 2 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were seen near Big Moose Lake. 4 RED CROSSBILLS were seen from Rt. 28 north of McKeever. ---end report Region 5 Joseph Brin Baldwinsville, NY 13027 -- 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/ --
