RBA * New York * Syracuse * April 28, 2014 * NYSY 04. 28. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
April 21, 2013 - April 288, 2014 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 28 AT 11:30 a.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #390 Monday April 28, 2014 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 21, 2014 Highlights: ----------- BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON GLOSSY IBIS EURASIAN WIGEON GOLDEN EAGLE BLACK VULTURE WILLOW PTARMIGAN SANDHILL CRANE AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER UPLAND SANDPIPER ICELAND GULL SNOWY OWL SHORT-EARED OWL PAINTED BUNTING (Belated) Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 4/24: A GLOSSY IBIS was found at Shorebird Flats along the Wildlife Trail. 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen at VanDyne Spoor Road. 250 GREATER YELLOWLEGS were seen along with smaller numbers of LESSER YELLOWLEGS, DUNLIN, LEAST SANDPIPERS and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS on Carncross Road. 4/26: A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER were seen in the mucklands along Rt.31. 4/27: 2 GLOSSY IBIS were seen at the Visitor’s Center. Jefferson County ------------ 4/25: The really BIG news of the week was the first ever in New York (if accepted) WILLOW PTARMIGAN on Point Peninsula west of Watertown. In all white winter plumage, it was seen on South Shore Road at close range by many very excited birders. It was seen through yesterday (4/27) but no positive reports have come through today. Also seen in the area were SNOWY and SHORT-EARED OWL. Derby Hill ------------ It was hit or miss at Derby this week with 18 birds seen on 4/23 and 4,043 seen on 4/27. BROAD-WINGS are now making up a bulk of the Hawks. Other highlights were 5 SANDHILL CRANES and a GREAT EGRET on 4/25 and just the third BLACK VULTURE on 4/27. Oswego County ------------ 4/18: A belated report has come through of a male PAINTED BUNTING seen at a feeder in Oswego. The birder was lucky enough to get telling photos to confirm the sighting. 4/24: A male EURASIAN WIGEON continues at the Rt. 6 wetlands north of Rt.3 in Volney. 4/27: At Phillips Point on Oneida Lake SURF SCOTER, WHITE WING SCOTER and RED-NECKED GREGE were the highlights. A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at the Rt. 6 wetlands. 4/28: 2 UPLAND SANDPIPERS were found at the Oswego County Airfield on Howard Road. Madison County ------------ 4/24: An ICELAND GULL was seen on Ditchbank Road. Oneida County ------------ 4/27: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen at the Spring Farm Nature Center near Clinton. -- end report 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/ --
