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* New York * Syracuse * April 11, 2022 * NYSY 04. 11. 22 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): April 4, 2022 to April 11, 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 11 AT 1:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org | | | | | | | | | | | (no title) Visit the post for more. | | | #798: Monday April 11, 2022 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 4, 2022 Highlights: ----------- RED-NECKED GREBE EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL EURASIAN WIGEON BLACK VULTURE GOLDEN EAGLE SORA AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER ICELAND GULL SNOWY OWL AMERICAN PIPIT VESPER SPARROW PINE WARBLER RED CROSSBILL WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 4/4: 2 COMMON GALLINULES were seen at Guy Baldassarre Marsh in the northern complex. 4/5: An AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER was seen in the mucklands along Rt. 31 west of the Seneca River. It was seen through the 10th. 4/9: A COMMON GALLINULE was seen at Mays Point Marsh. An EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL was seen at Guy Baldassarre Marsh. Derby Hill Bird Observatory ------------ 11,531 Raptors were counted at Derby Hill this week. A vast majority were TURKEY VULTURES. 3 GOLDEN EAGLES were noted. 17 SANDHILL CRANES were counted on 4/5. Oswego County ------------ 4/4: 6 AMERICAN PIPITS were seen near Minetto . 4/5: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet on Lake Ontario. 4/8: An ICELAND GULL and 2 RED-NECKED GREBES were seen at the sandy Pond Outlet. 4/9: 5 early VESPER SPARROWS were seen on Parkhurst Road in the Town of Scriba. Onondaga County ------------ 4/5: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen in flight from Hoag road south of Baldwinsville. A GREAT EGRET was seen at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 4/9: A SNOWY OWL was again seen at Hancock Airport. A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen at the Honeywell visitors Center on the west side of Onondaga Lake. 4/10: A RED CROSSBILL was seen on Shakham Road in the Morgan Hill State Forest. Madison County ------------ 4/6: An early SORA was seen at the Madison County Impoundment north of Hamilton. A PINE WARBLER was seen on the Colgate University Campus. Herkimer County ------------ 4/5: 19 RED CROSSBILLS and 1 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL were seen near Big Moose Lake north of Old Forge. 8 RED CROSSBILLS were seen in Old Forge. A BLACK VULTURE was seen in Little Falls. ---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/ --
