[nysbirds-l] Syracuse area RBA

2023-03-06 Thread Joseph Brin 

RBA

 

*  New York

*  Syracuse

* March 06, 2023

* NYSY 03.06.23

 

Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert

Dates(s): February 27, 2022 to March 06, 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: March 06  AT 4:00 p.m. (EDT)

compiler: Joseph Brin

Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org


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#831: Monday March 06, 2023 

 

Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of 

February 27, 2022

 




Highlights






CACKLING GOOSE

SURF SCOTER

EURASIAN WIGEON

SANDHILL CRANE

GOLDEN EAGLE

BLACK VULTURE

LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL

ICELAND GULL

NORTHERN SHRIKE

BOHEMIAN WAXWING

MARSH WREN

GRAY CATBIRD

EVENING GROSBEAK

LAPLAND LONGSPUR

PINE SISKIN

COMMON REDPOLL

RED CROSSBILL







Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma and Montezuma

Wetlands Complex

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      3/3: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen at Howland Island. Another EURASIAN was 
seen from Carncross Road. A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen from Railroad Road.

      3/5: 15 SANDHILL CRANES were seen from the tower at the visitor’s Center.

     3/6: A MARSH WREN was found at VanDyne Spoor Road.







Oswego County






     3/2: Up to 120 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen on Tryon Rpad off of Rainbow 
Shores Road. Smaller groups were seen on the 3rd. and the 4th. at the same area.

     3/3: 5 COMMON REDPOLLS and a GOLDEN EAGLE were seef from Tryon Road.

     3/4: 330 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen on Hinman Road north of Pulaski.

     3/5: 10 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at the corner of Wart Road and North 
Church Road in the northern part of the County. 3 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen 
on Tryon Road. A PINE SISKIN and a NORTHERN SHRIKE were seen at Derby Hill.







Onondaga County






     3/1: A SURF SCOTER was seen on Onondaga Lake at the Liverpool Marina. 2 
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were seen at the Onondaga Lake Visitor’s Center near 
the State Fair.

     3/2: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at the Liverpool Marina.

     3/3: 

an ICELAND GULL was seen at the Liverpool Marina.

     3/5: A BLACK VULTURE was seen at Jamesville Beach County Paor.A GRAY 
CATBIRD was seen on Taft road north of Liverpool.A RED CROSSBIL was seen at the 
Morgan Hill State Forest.near Shakham Road.







Madison County






     2/28: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen from Rt. 12 east of Poolville.

     3/2: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen from Rt. 80 near Georgetown. A NORTHERN 
SHRIKE was seen near Hubbardsville.

     3/3: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen from Indian Lookout Road north of Cazenovia.

     3/5: A CACKLING GOOSE, a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and a GLAUCOUS GULL were 
all seen from Hardwood Island Road north of Canastota.

     3/6: EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Hawes Road near the Eaton Reservoir 
and on Eden Hollow Road.







Oneida County






     3/2: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen on Jug Point Road. A RED CROSSBILL was 
seen on Pennystreet Road in Rome.

     3/3: A COMMON REDPOLL was seen in Waterville.

     3/4: A SHORT-EARED OWL was again found on Jugpoint Road.







Herkimer County






     3/4: A PINE SISKIN was at a feeder in Dolgeville. BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS and 
EVENING GROSBEAKS were near a residence in Salisbury north of Dolgeville. They 
both were seen again on 3/5.




     

   







     

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Region 5







Joseph Brin

Baldwinsville, NY

13027

 


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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. March 5, 2023: Early Spring Waterfowl & Passerines

2023-03-06 Thread Deborah Allen 
Central Park NYC - Ramble to Reservoir
Sunday March 5, 2023
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.

Highlights: Wood Duck, Ring-necked Duck, Great Blue Heron, Great Horned Owl, 
Brown Creeper, Hermit Thrush, Fox Sparrow, Eastern Towhee.

Canada Goose - around 400
Wood Duck - 1 male with female Mallard Reservoir
Northern Shoveler - 14
Gadwall - 4
Mallard - 35
Ring-necked Duck - 1 male Reservoir
Bufflehead - 8
Hooded Merganser - 5
Ruddy Duck - 7 (a big change for the 165 last week)
Mourning Dove - a dozen
American Coot - 5
Ring-billed and Herring Gulls - around 50, mostly Ring-billed
Great Black-backed Gull - 2 Reservoir
Great Blue Heron - 1 adult Island near Bow Bridge
Cooper's Hawk - 1 flyover heading toward West 81st Street
Red-tailed Hawk - 4
Great Horned Owl - continuing
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 male Pinetum
Downy Woodpecker - 3 or 4
Northern Flicker - 1 male Turtle Pond
Blue Jay - 6-8
American Crow - flyover flock of 24
Black-capped Chickadee - 4 or 5
Tufted Titmouse - 25-35
White-breasted Nuthatch - 5-8
Brown Creeper - 1 Azalea Pond
Carolina Wren - 1 at the Oven
Hermit Thrush - 1 Maintenance Field (Edmund Berry)
American Robin - 26
House Finch - 8-10 some singing
Fox Sparrow - 1 Ramble (Edmund Berry)
White-throated Sparrow - 35-45
Song Sparrow - 1 singing south end of Reservoir
Eastern Towhee - 1 male Turtle Pond Dock
Red-winged Blackbird - 1 males singing Turtle Pond
Common Grackle - 10-15
Northern Cardinal - 4-6

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Additional reports: a male Green-winged Teal visited the Reservoir Saturday ( 
), and the male Redhead continued at the Pool Sunday ( 
(https://twitter.com/CarenJahre/status/1632143859135176704/photo/1 
(https://twitter.com/lorifaithnyc/status/1632105684316614660/photo/1)) ), both 
with multiple observers. See @BirdCentralPark on Twitter for details on these 
and other NY County bird reports.

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[nysbirds-l] Adirondack Birding Festival Schedule

2023-03-06 Thread Joan Collins 
Hi Everyone,

 

The Adirondack Birding Festival schedule is up and registration starts at 10
a.m. today.  Here is a website for more information (scroll down a bit and
you can click on the schedule to see a PDF with descriptions of the field
trips, Keynote speaker, and dinner info): Adirondack Boreal Birding Festival
| Adirondack Experience
  .  Julie Hart, Project Coordinator for the NY Breeding Bird Atlas III,
and wonderful speaker, will present "What's Hatching in NY?"!

 

Joan Collins

Long Lake, NY


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