RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* April 26, 2010
* NYSY 2604.10
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
April 19, 2009 - April 26, 2010
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 26 AT 7:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#202 -Monday April 26, 2010
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 19 ,
2009
Highlights:
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EURASIAN WIGEON
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
SURF SCOTER
SANDHILL CRANE
AMERICAN GOLDN PLOVER
UPLAND SANDPIPER
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
COMMON TERN
SAW-WHET OWL
BARRED OWL
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH
Migrants this week:
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BANK SWALLOW - 4/20
UPLAND SANDPIPER - 4/21
PURPLE MARTIN - 4/21
LESSER YELLOWLEGS - 4/22
CATBIRD - 4/23
SAW-WHET OWL - 4/23
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW - 4/23
HOUSE WREN - 4/23
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH - 4/24
GREEN HERON - 4/25
PALM WARBLER - 4/25
COMMON TERN - 4/26
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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4/22 : 4 species of shorebirds including 3 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS were
seen at VanDyne Spore Road. These birds were seen through 4/24.
4/24: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen at Tschache Pool.
Derby Hill
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5,635 Hawks were counted this week. The best day was 4/21 with 2117 birds
1907 of which were BROAD-WINGED HAWKS. On 4/22 a SANDHILL CRANE was seen.
Oneida Lake (Phillips Point) Watch.
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Migrants are diminishing. WHITE-WINGED and SURF SCOTER are still being
seen. The seasons first COMMON TERNS were seen today (4/26).
Oswego County
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4/21: The first UPLAND SANDPIPER of the season was seen at the Oswego
County Airport. On 4/26 three birds were seen.
4/22: 2 COMMON RAVENS and an AMERICAN BITTERN were found on Depot Road.
4/24: 2 BARRED OWLS and a SAW-WHET OWL were heard on Voorhies Road in
Parish.
4/26: An albino RED-TAILED HAWK was seen on County RT. 1. Probable
breeding CLIFF SWALOWS were seen at a barn at the intersection of Whigg Hill
and Morey Roads in West Monroe.
Madison County
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4/24: At Ditchbank Road north of Chittenango PECTORAL SANDPIPER, COMMON
SNIPE, and LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were seen. Also on the 24th. an Audubon
Field Trip along the link trail near Canastota yielded 32 species. Highlight
was 3 LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHES.
Oneida County
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4/26: A LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH was seen in the Camden area.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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