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* New York * Syracuse * April 04, 2022 * NYSY 04. 04. 22 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): March 28, 2022 to April 04, 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: April 04 AT 1:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #797: Monday April 04, 2022 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of March 28, 2022 Highlights: ----------- RED-NECKED GREBE RED-THROATED LOON CACKLING GOOSE EURASIAN WIGEON BLUE-WINGED TEAL BLACK VULTURE GOLDEN EAGLE VIRGINIA RAIL BONAPARTE’S GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL SNOWY OWL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER AMERICAN PIPIT Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 4/2: An EURASIAN GREEN WING TEAL was seen at the Visitor’s CenterIt was found again today. A TOWHEE was seen on Esker Brood Trail. A CACKLING GOOSE was seen in the Mucklands along Rt. 31 west of the Seneca River. Cayuga County ------------ 3/24: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen in flight from Fair Haven State Park. Oswego County ------------ One and sometimes two RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS are seen most days at Derby Hill Bird Observatory. 3/28: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen in Oswego Harbor. 3/29: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen along County Rt. 15 near Sandy Pond Park. It was seen again on 4/3 in the park itself. 3/31: A GOLDEN EAGLE was spotted on Owens Road off of Rt.57 south of Fulton. 4/2: A GOLDEN EAGLE was see at Derby Hill. Onondaga County ------------ 4/2: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at the Inner Harbor at the south end of Onondaga Lake. Another was seen at the Honeywell Visitor’s Center on west side of Onondaga Lake. 2 VIRGINIA RAILS were seen in Hamlin Marsh off of Henry Clay Blvd. in Clay. 3 were found the next day. 4/3: A BLU-WINGED TEAL was seen in Hamlin Marsh.A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen on Onondaga Lake at the Liverpool Marina.A SNOWY OWL persists at Hancock Airport.A PINE SISKIN was seen in Pompey. 4/4: 52 BONAPARTE’S GULLS were seen at Joseph William Park in Oneida Lake. Madison County ------------ 3/28: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. 3/30: A PINE SISKIN was seen on the Colgate University Campus. 4/2: 2 BLACK VULTURES were seen from the Erie Canal Trail north of Canastota. A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen at Woodman Pond north of Hammilton. Oneida County ------------ 3/29: A PIPIT was seen at a private residence in Waterville. ---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/ --
