RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* March 21, 2011
* NYSY 2103.11
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
March 14, 2010 - March 21, 2011
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 21 AT 6:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#248 -Monday March 21, 2011
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of March 14 ,
2010
Highlights:
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RED-THROATED LOON
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
ROSS’S GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
OSPREY
MERLIN
SANDHILL CRANE
GREATER YELLOWLEGS
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
EASTERN PHOEBE
NORTHERN SHRIKE
FISH CROW
TREE SWALLOW
TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE
PINE WARBLER
EASTERN MEADOWLARK
PINE SISKIN
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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3/15: 2 EURASIAN WIGEON and 1 ROSS’S GOOSE were spotted in the mucklands
on
Rt.31. 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen from VanDyne Spoor Road at dusk.
3/16: 1 EURASIAN WIGEON was seen in the mucklands.A NORTHERN SHRIKE and 3
SANDHILL CRANES were seen from VanDyne Spoor Road.
3/17: A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen in Knox-Marsellus Marsh.
3/18: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at VanDyne Spoor Road. A FOS GREATER
YELLOWLEGS was seen at the Visitor’s Center
3/19: 1 EURASIAN WIGEON was seen on Morgan Road near the DEC buildings.
3/21: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen in the marsh on Railroad Road. A LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at Tschache Pool.
Derby Hill
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2201 raptors were counted this week. The first OSPREY was seen on 3/19.
SANDHILL CRANES were seen on 3/15 and 3/17. The FOS EASTERN PHOEBE was seen on
3/15.
Oswego County
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3/16: The FOS TREE SWALLOWS (15) were seen on Rt. 3 near the Salmon River
at Port Ontario.
3/19: A PINE WARBLER was spotted at a feeder in Constantia but it is
believed to be a bird that overwintered and not a migrant since it had been
seen
previously this winter.
3/20: A RED-THROATED LOON was spotted in Oswego Harbor. Also seen among
the
usual waterfowl were WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS.
3/21: 2 PINE SISKINS were at a feeder in Hastings
Onondaga County
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3/18: FOS EASTERN MEADOWLARKS were seen in Tully and on Fenner Road in
Lysander.
3/20: A MERLIN was spotted on Cardener Road in southeast Onondaga County.
Cayuga County
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3/19 : The FOS Region 5 GREATER YELLOWLEGS was seen on Towpath Road in
Port
Byron.
Jefferson County
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2/20: Another positive sighting on the Point Peninsula TOWNSEND’S
SOLITAIRE
was made in the same general area as before but somewhat closer to the Co. Rt.
57 intersection with State Park Road than previously reported.
Extralimital
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Lewis's Woodpecker in Ontario County, NY
The Lewis's Woodpecker arrived October 30, 2010.
Up to now over 200 people have seen the bird by word of mouth.
We would like to let others that have not heard about this bird the
opportunity to see him if they wish.
Please call 585-229-2144 for a time to come.
New Arrivals
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3/15 - EASTERN PHOEBE
3/16 - TREE SWALLOW
3/18 - GREATER YELLOWLEGS
3/18 - EASTERN MEADOWLARK
3/19 - OSPREY
3/21 - FOX SPARROW
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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