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* New York * Syracuse * April 27, 2020 * NYSY 04. 27. 20 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): April 20 2020 to April 27, 2020 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 27 AT 3:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #699 Monday April 27, 2020 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 20, 2020 Highlights: ----------- RED-THROATED LOON RED-NECKED GREBE WHITE-PELICAN AMERICAN BITTERN BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON GREAT EGRET EURASIAN WIGEON SURF SCOTER NORTHERN GOSHAWK GOLDEN EAGLE BLACK VULTURE SORA SPOTTED SANDPIPER DUNLIN PECTORAL SANDPIPER PIPING PLOVER ICELAND GULL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ Two AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS are still being seen just south of the Montezuma complex. they were reported from Frontenac harbor on Cayuga Lake this week. 4/20: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON was seen from Railroad Road off of VanDyne Spoor Road. 4/25: An early LEAST SANDPIPER was seen at the Visitor’s Center. A SORA and an AMERICAN BITTERN were seen at Guy Baldassarre Marsh. 4/26: An early SOLITARY SANDPIPER was seen along the Wildlife Trail. A PECTORAL SANDPIPER and a DUNLIN were found at Carncross Road. An AMERICAN BITTERN was seen at the Visitor’s Center. Onondaga County ------------ 4/22: An early GRAY CATBIRD was founs at Barry Park in Syracuse. It (another) was seen on the 26th. 4/24: A BLACK VULTURE was seen near the OCCRA site in Jamesville. 4/25: A RED-THROATED LOON and 3 RED-NECKED GREBES were seen from the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. A SORA and an AMERICAN BITTERN were found off of Ladd Road near Oneida Shores Park. 4/27: A SURF SCOTER was seen from the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. Derby Hill Bird Observatory ------------ Another slow week at Derby. Only 3,303 raptors were recorded and only one day had over a thousand hawks . BROAD-WINGED HAWKS have taken over as the most numerous raptors counted as TURKEY VULTURE numbers drop off. 2 GOLDEN EAGLES and a NORTHERN GOSHAWK were counted this week. Oswego County ------------ 4/21: 2 RED-NECKED GREBES were seen in Muskrat Bay near Oneida Shores Park in Oneida Lake. 4/23: A female PIPING PLOVER was seen near the Sandy Pond Outlet of Lake Ontario. A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was seen near Pennelville. 4/25: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen in Peter Scott Swamp north of Phoenix. 4/26: 2 SURF-SCOTERS were seen at Phillips Point of Oneida Lake. A SOLITARY SANDPIPER was seen at the Prior Road Wetlands north of Phoenix. Madison County ------------ 4/24: A PECTORAL SANDPIPER was seen at the Madison Street Impoundment north of Hamilton. 4/25: An ICELAND GULL was seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. Oneida county ------------ 4/23: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Verona Beach State Park. Herkimer County ------------ 4/25: A GREAT EGRET was seen at the McKoons Road Wetland north of richfield Springs. ---- End Report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville NY Region 5 -- 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/ --
