RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* March 14, 2011
* NYSY 1403.11
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
March 07, 2010 - March 14, 2011
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:March 14 AT 6:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#247 -Monday March 14, 2011
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of March 07 ,
2010
Highlights:
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TUNDRA SWAN
CACKLING GOOSE
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
SNOW GOOSE
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
MERLIN
AMERICAN WOODCOCK
ICELAND GULL
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
SAW-WHET OWL
NORTHERN SHRIKE
TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE
COMMON REDPOLL
HOARY REDPOLL
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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3/11: Good numbers of waterfowl including NORTHERN PINTAIL, BLACK DUCK,
NORTHERN SHOVELER, RING-NECKED DUCK, AMERICAN WIGEON, TUNDRA SWAN and TRUMPETER
SWAN were seen from Morgan and Carncross Roads. The seasons first SNOW GEESE
were seen also.
3/12: 3 CACKLING GEESE were spotted in Knox-Marsellus Marsh. An estimated
200,000 SNOW GEESE were seen also.
3/13: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was found on VanDyne Spoor Road.
Derby Hill
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350 Raptors were counted at Derby Hill this week. The only new bird for
the
count was a single MERLIN on 3/12. The first SNOW GEESE of the season were seen
on 3/11 and on 3/12 an estimated 58,000 SNOW GEESE flew by.
Madison County
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3/8: 2 to 3 HOARY REDPOLLS are still being seen among a large number of
Commons at a feeder on Carpenter Road east of Sheds.
Onondaga County
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3/9: 1 HOARY REDPOLL was seen with Commons at the feeders at Beaver Lake
Nature Center west of Baldwinsville.
3/11: The seasons first large contigent of SNOW GEESE were reported from
fields in the Towns of Camillus and Van Buren. By the end of the day they had
been reported almost everywhere in Region 5 and Montezuma. Much larger numbers
were seen the next day (3/12).
3/12: The seasons first AMERICAN WOODCOCK were seen and heard displaying
on
Kellog Road in the Three Rivers WMA northe of Baldwinsville.
3/13: 11 species of waterfowl were seen by birders at Onondaga Lake and
Skaneateles Lake. Highlights were RED-BREASTED MERGANSER at Skaneateles Lake
and
WOOD DUCK at Onondaga Lake.
Oneida County
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3/9: A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen at a feeder in Durhamville.
3/13: A NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL was found on the road in Clinton, possibly
hit by a car. A quick thinking birder rescued the bird which later recovered
and was released.
Cayuga County
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3/12: At Fair Haven State Park a 1st. cycle ICELAND GULL and an adult
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were spotted.
Oswego County
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3/13: A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was found with Canadas at the
intersection of Co. Rt. 264 and Biddlecum Roads.
Jefferson County
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3/12: The Point Peninsula TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE was again spotted.
New Arrivals This Week
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3/11 - SNOW GOOSE
3/12 - AMERICAN WOODCOCK
3/12 - GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
3/14 - WOOD DUCK
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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