RBA
* New York * Syracuse * April 03, 2023 * NYSY 04.03.23 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): March 27, 2022 to April 03, 2023 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 03 AT 1:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org | | | | Onondaga | | | #835: Monday April 04, 2023 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of March 27, 2022 Highlights ------------ GREAT EGRET GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE EURASIAN WIGEON LESSER YELLOWLEGS GREATER YELLOWLEGS DUNLIN CASPIAN TERN SHORT-EARED OWL BLACK VULTURE RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET AMERICAN PIPIT FOX SPARROW VESPER SPARROW EVENING GROSBEAK Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma and Montezuma Wetlands Complex ---------- 3/28: A RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET was seen at Mays Point 3/30: 3 LESSER YELLOWLEGS were seen at Carncross Road. 3/31: A GREATER YELLOWLEGS was seen near the intersection of Rts. 89 and 31. 4/1: an EURASIAN WIGEON was seen in the Main Pool. 4/2: A DUNLIN was seen near the intersection of Rts. 89 and 31. A VESPER SPARROW was found at VanDyne Spoor Road. Cayuga County ------------ 3/31: A GREAT EGRET was seen at the Sterling Nature Center. Oswego County ------------ 3/28: 10 AMERICAN PIPITS were seen at Derby Hill. 3/30: 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on McCaw Road in Redfield. 4/1: 3 SANDHILL CRANES were seen flying past Derby Hill. Onondaga County ------------ 4/1: A GREATER YELLOWLEGS was seen on Onondaga Lake at the Liverpool Marina. 4/2: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seenon the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. 4/3: A CASPIAN TERN was seen at the Marshy Spits area on the west side of Onondaga Lake south of the Honeywell Center. Madison County ------------ 3/29: An EVENING GROSBEAK was at a feeder on Eden Hollow Road east of Erieville. 3/31: A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen on Oneida Lake near South Bay. Oneida County ------------ 4/1: An AMERICAN BITTERN was seen in Utica Marsh. A BLACK VULTURE was again seen on an abandoned barn on Rt. 46 just south of Rome. It was seen again the next day. 4/2: A GREATER YELLOWLEGS was seen on Cook Road in Blossvale. A FOX SPARROW was seen at the Dwyer Road swamp near Verona. Herkimer County ------------ 4/2: An EVENING GROSBEAK was found near the Black river Wild Forest near 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/ --
