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* New York * Syracuse * March 16, 2020 * NYSY 03. 16. 20 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): March 09 2020 to March 16, 2020 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 16 AT 5:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #693 Monday March 16 2020 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of March 09, 2020 Highlights: ----------- ROSS’S GOOSE GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE CACKLING GOOSE EURASIAN WIGEON BLACK VULTURE NORTHERN GOSHAWK GOLDEN EAGLE BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL ICELAND GULL GLAUCOUS GULL NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL SNOWY OWL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER NORTHERN SHRIKE TREE SWALLOW RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER LARK SPARROW GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 3/9: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on East Road. 3/10: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen at the Morgan Road marsh It was seen through 3/12. 311: A SORA was heard along the Wildlife Drive. A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was found at VanDyne Spoor road. 3/15: An EURASIAN WIGEON was found at the Headquarters Pond of Howland Island. 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen of Purser Road of the Northern Complex. A possible BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE was seen in flight grom East Road. 3/16: A RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET and a TREE SPARROW were seen on Towpath Road. Cayuga County ------------ 3/10: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues near the cabins at Fair Haven State Park. Onondaga County ------------ 3/9: A RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET was seen on the Butternut Creek Trail in Fayetteville.An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen on the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. 3/10: A SNOWY OWL was seen at Hancock Airport in Syracuse. 3/13: A CACKLING GOOSE wa seen from Mercer Park on the Seneca River in Baldwinsville. 3/14: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at Green Lakes State Park. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was see on Skaneatekes Lake from the village. Derby Hill Bird Observatory ------------ 394 Raptors WERE COUNTED AT DERBY HILL THIS WEEK. 3/9: 1 GOLDEN EAGLE 3/12: 2 GOLDEN EAGLES, 2 CACKLING GEESE, 1 TREE SWALLOW. 3/14: Seasons first NORTHERN GOSHAWK, ROSS’S GOOSE, 6 SANDHILL CRANES, 1 GLAUCOUS GULL. 3/15: 1 GOLDEN EAGLE. Oswego County ------------ The LARK SPARROW continues on Hinman Road north of Pulaski. Today was day 70. 3/10: 3 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS were seen on Chesbro Road in Pennelville. Madison County ------------ 3/10: A ROSS’S GOOSE AND a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. 3/15: An ICELAND GULL was found on Ditchbank Road. Oneida county ------------ 3/12: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen along Rt. 31 west of Verona. 3/14: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at Verona Beach State Park on Oneida Lake. Herkimer county ------------ 3/10: The GOLDEN CROWNED SPARROW was again seen at a feeder at the intersection of Albany Road and Soncody Road but could nor be relocated on ensuing days. 3/11: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen near McKoons Road Pond north of Richfield Springs. 3/13: A NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL was heard near Moss Lake north of Eagle Bay. Spring Migrants reported up to today: KILLDEER EASTERN MEADOWLARK RED-SHOULDERED HAWK NORTHERN GOSHAWK AMERICAN WOODCOCK SORA RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET RUSTY BLACKBIRD ---- End Report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville NY Region 5 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
