RBA * New York * Syracuse * April 16, 2012 * NYSY 04.16.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
April 09, 2012 - April 16, 2012 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 16 AT 7:30 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #301 -Monday April 16, 2012 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 09 , 2012 Highlights: ----------- RED-NECKED GREBE WESTERN GREBE (Extralimital) GREAT EGRET BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON EURASIAN WIGEON PEREGRINE FALCON SANDHILL CRANE COMMON REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 4/13: A GREAT EGRET was seen on Savannah-Spring Lake Road near Muckrace Flats. Up to 7 PURPLE MARTINS are being seen at the MAC. COMMON GALLINULE and VIRGINIA RAIL were found at Marten’s Tract. A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at Towpath Road. 4/14: GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS were seen at the Visitor’s Center. 4/15: 7 species of Shorebirds including 4 DUNLIN were seen at Benning Marsh. A PEREGRINE FALCON was spotted at Mays Point Pool. A SANDHILL CRANE was seen on Morgan Road. Extralimital ------------ 4/15: The two WESTERN GREBES are still being sighted from Harris Park at the south end of Cayuga Lake. Derby Hill Observatory ------------ A rather slow week at Derby Hill with only 1471 raptors being counted. Broadwings are starting to show up in numbers. 3 SANDHILL CRANES were seen on 4/14. Onondaga County ------------ 4/9: An EURASIAN WIGEON was found in Hamlin Marsh off of Wetzel Road. It was seen through the 11th. 4/10: 134 COMMON LOONS were seen migrating at Skaneateles Lake. 4/13: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was again seen at the Onondaga Lake Creekwalk just north of the Bear Street overpass. Phillips Point (Oneida Lake) Lakewatch ------------ WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and RED-NECKED GREBES highlight a rather slow week of waterfowl migrants going across the lake. COMMON LOONS and BONAPARTE’S GULLS are present also. Oneida County ------------ 4/14: A single COMMON REDPOLL was seen at a feeder in Clinton. It was seen again today. New Arrivals this week ------------ 4/11 - BLUE-HEADED VIREO - Derby Hill 4/13 - GREAT EGRET - Montezuma 4/14 - SPOTTED SANDPIPER - Fayetteville 4/15 - DUNLIN - Montezuma 4/15 - BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER - Montezuma 4/16 - PALM WARBLER - Fayetteville 4/16 - BROWN THRASHER - Baldwinsville End Transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- 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/ --
