RBA
*New York
- Syracuse
- April 08, 2019
- NYSY 04. 08. 19
Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert
Dates: April 01 - April 08, 2019
To report by email: brinjoseph AT yahoo DOT com
Reporting upstate counties: Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Oneida, Herkimer,
Cayuga, Montezuma Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands complex
compiled: April 08 AT 1:00 p.m. EDT
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondgaaudubon.org
Greetings: This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week on April 01,
2019
Highlights:
RED-NECKED GREBE
GLOSSY IBIS
SANDHILL CRANE
TRUMPETER SWAN
ROSS’S GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
GOLDEN EAGLE
PEREGRINE FALCON
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
NORTHERN SHRIKE
SEDGE WREN
EVENING GROSBEAK
PINE SISKIN
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and and Montezuma Wetlands Complex
(MWC)
4/1: A ROSS’S GOOSE was seen from East Road.
4/5: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen from East Road
4/6: An apparent SECGE WREN was heard at Carncross Road. It was heard
again and sighted briefly on the 7th.
4/7: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen from East Road. 7 SANDHILL CRANES were
seen at South Spring Pool. A GLOSSY IBIS was seen at Carncross Road and was
relocated the next day.
Derby Hill Bird Observatory
A big week for Derby but most of the birds were TURKEY VULTURES. 9,138
raptors were counted in all. Highlights were 3 GOLDEN EAGLES and 1 NORTHERN
GOSHAWK. Other highlights were COMMON REDPOLLS, SANDHILL CRANES, ROSS’S GOOSE
and VESPER SPARROW.
Oswego County
4/2: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Nine Mile Point Road in the Town
of Scriba. A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen on Kale Ontario from Noyes Sanctuary in
Scriba.
Onondaga County
4/2: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen on Pompey Center Road. A SNOWY OWL was seen
near Great Northern Mall on Rt. 31. It was seen again in that location on 4/7.
4/4: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen in flight at Sunview Drive in Elbridge.
4/6: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at the Gerber Topsoil Farm in Kirkville. A
PEREGRINE FALCON was seen near Onondaga Lake Park.
Madison County
EVENING GROSBEAKS continue at feeders on Carpenter Road in Sheds and Eden
Hollow Road near Erieville.
4/2: 2 TRUMPETER SWANS were seen on Woodman Pond near Hamilton.
Oneida county
4/5: EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen in Forestport.
4/6: EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen near Woodgate. A PEREGRINE FALCON was
seen at the Adirondak Bank in Utica, a known breeding site.
4/7: A RED-NECKED GREBE and 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS were seen at the Utica
Marsh.
Herkimer county
EVENING GROSBEAKS and PINE SISKINS continue at a feeder on Military Road
north of Dolgeville.
End Transcript
Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, NY, 13027, USA
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