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*New York - Syracuse - April 02, 2018 - NYSY 04.02.18 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert Dates: March 26 - April 02 To report by email: brinjoseph AT yahoo DOT com Reporting upstate counties: Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Oneida, Herkimer, Cayuga, Montezuma Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands complex compiled: April 02 AT 2:30 p.m. EDT compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondgaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week on March 26, 2018 Highlights: ROSS’S GOOSE CACKLING GOOSE EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL EURASIAN WIGEON GOLDEN EAGLE NORTHERN GOSHAWK LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL ICELAND GULL SNOWY OWL SHORT-EARED OWL LONG-EARED OWL FOX SPARROW ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK RED CROSSBILL WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 3/27: the EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL continues at the Visitor’s CenterIt was seen through 4/1. 3/28: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen in the fields at Armitage Road. 3/30: One of the first migrant GREATER YELLOWLEGS was seen at the South Butler Unit. 3/31: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen along the recently opened Wildlife Drive. Cayuga County ------------ A GREATER YELLOWLEGS and an EURASIAN WIGEON were seen along Maiden Lane in Port Byron. Derby Hill Bird Observatory ------------ A better week at Derby with 3,877 raptors recorded. An exceptional 17 GOLDEN EAGLES were tallied. On 3/29 A CACKLING GOOSE and a ROSS’S GOOSE were picked out of the migrant Geese flying by. On 3/31 the first NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen. Also on 3/31 the first ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK of the season was seen. Oswego County ------------ 3/29: An ICELAND GULL was seen at the Phoenix dam. 3/30: A SNOWY OWL was seen on Co. Rt. 54 north of Phoenix at the Elvic Farm. 4/1: The first FOX SPARROWS of the season were seen at 3 Mile Bay near the Mosquito Station on Oneida Lake. Onondaga County ------------ A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 3/29: A SNOWY OWL continues at the State Fair entrance in Lakeland. 3/30: A LONG-EARED was heard at Three Rivers WMA. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen on Coon Hill Road south of Skaneateles. Madison County ------------ 3/27: An ICELAND GULL was seen at the Madison County Landfill south of Canastota. Oneida County ------------ 3/27: The first EASTERN TOWHEEto be reported was at the Spring Farms Nature Preserve souith of Clinton. Herkimer County ------------ 3/31: RED CROSSBILLS and WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were reported at Higby Point Road in Eagle Bay. Migrants reported this week: ------------ RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET EASTERN PHOEBE BLUE-WINGED TEAL OSPREY GREATER YELLOWLEGS BONAPARTE’S GULL NORTHERN GOSHAWK ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK GREAT EGRET SWAMP SPARROW FOX SPARROW CASPIAN TERN WILSON’S SNIPE EASTERN TOWHEE --end transcript Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 USA -- 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/ --
