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*New York - Syracuse - April 08, 2019 - NYSY 04. 08. 19 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert Dates: April 01 - April 08, 2019 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 08 AT 1:00 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 April 01, 2019 Highlights: RED-NECKED GREBE GLOSSY IBIS SANDHILL CRANE TRUMPETER SWAN ROSS’S GOOSE EURASIAN WIGEON NORTHERN GOSHAWK GOLDEN EAGLE PEREGRINE FALCON RED-HEADED WOODPECKER NORTHERN SHRIKE SEDGE WREN EVENING GROSBEAK PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 4/1: A ROSS’S GOOSE was seen from East Road. 4/5: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen from East Road 4/6: An apparent SECGE WREN was heard at Carncross Road. It was heard again and sighted briefly on the 7th. 4/7: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen from East Road. 7 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at South Spring Pool. A GLOSSY IBIS was seen at Carncross Road and was relocated the next day. Derby Hill Bird Observatory ------------ A big week for Derby but most of the birds were TURKEY VULTURES. 9,138 raptors were counted in all. Highlights were 3 GOLDEN EAGLES and 1 NORTHERN GOSHAWK. Other highlights were COMMON REDPOLLS, SANDHILL CRANES, ROSS’S GOOSE and VESPER SPARROW. Oswego County ------------ 4/2: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Nine Mile Point Road in the Town of Scriba. A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen on Kale Ontario from Noyes Sanctuary in Scriba. Onondaga County ------------ 4/2: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen on Pompey Center Road. A SNOWY OWL was seen near Great Northern Mall on Rt. 31. It was seen again in that location on 4/7. 4/4: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen in flight at Sunview Drive in Elbridge. 4/6: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at the Gerber Topsoil Farm in Kirkville. A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen near Onondaga Lake Park. Madison County ------------ EVENING GROSBEAKS continue at feeders on Carpenter Road in Sheds and Eden Hollow Road near Erieville. 4/2: 2 TRUMPETER SWANS were seen on Woodman Pond near Hamilton. Oneida county ------------ 4/5: EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen in Forestport. 4/6: EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen near Woodgate. A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at the Adirondak Bank in Utica, a known breeding site. 4/7: A RED-NECKED GREBE and 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS were seen at the Utica Marsh. Herkimer county ------------ EVENING GROSBEAKS and PINE SISKINS continue at a feeder on Military Road north of Dolgeville. ---- End Transcript ---- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, NY, 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/ --
