RBA
*New York
- Syracuse
- March 11, 2019
- NYSY 03. 11. 19
Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert
Dates: March 04 - March 11, 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: March 11 AT 11;30:00 a.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 04,
2019
Highlights:
RED-THROATED LOON
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
CACKLING GOOSE
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
CANVASBACK
KING EIDER
SURF SCOTER
BLACK SCOTER
PEREGRINE FALCON
SANDHILL CRANE
ICELAND GULL
SNOWY OWL
NORTHERN SHRIKE
VESPER SPARROW
EASTERN TOWHEE
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
EVENING GROSBEAK
PINE SISKIN
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and and Montezuma Wetlands Complex
(MWC)
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3/5: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen on Gravel Road just east of Rt. 89.
3/8: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen on Morgan Road.
Onondaga County
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FISH CROWS were reported on many occasions from Baldwinsville, the north
side of Syracuse and the west shore trail of Onondaga Lake. Overwintering
EASTERN TOWHEE (Manlius) and VESPER SPARROW (Tully) were again reported.
3/4: 12 species of waterfowl including 52 CANVASBACKS were seen along the
west shore trail of Onondaga Lake. A PEREGRINE FALCON, possibly the same bird,
was seen in two different locations in Baldwinsville.
3/8: 4 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Bardeen Road south of Fabius. A
CACKLING GOOSE was seen in Baldwinsville. An ICELAND GULL was seen at the Inner
Harbor in Syracuse.
3/10: The BARROW’S GOLDENEYE at the west shore trail of Onondaga Lake and
the GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE at Green Lakes State Park were both reported on
Saturday but not on Sunday.
Oswego County
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3/4: The male KING EIDER was again reported in Oswego Harbor but has not
been reported since. A male KING EIDER has since been seen in Sodus Bay in
Wayne County and may possibly be the same bird.
3/5: 2 PINE SISKINS were seen at a feeder in Constantia.
3/8: A MALE BARROW’S GOLDENEYE and a RED-THROATED LOON were seen in Oswego
Harbor.
3/10: A female SURF SCOTER and a RED-NECKED GREBE were seen in Oswego
Harbor.
Derby Hill Bird Observatory
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Eight species of Raptors have been identified as migrants so far this
season. Three GOLDEN EAGLES have been recorded.
madison County
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3/8: Up to 25 EVENING GROSBEAKS continue at a feeder on Eden Hollow Road
near Erieville.
3/9: Up to 50 EVENING GROSBEAKS are still visiting a feeder on Carpenter
Road near Sheds. A SNOWY OWL was seen at the sod farm on Lakeport road north of
Chittenango. A MERLIN and a PEREGRINE FALCON were seen at Ditchbank Road near
Canastota.
3/10: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Stephans Road south of South Bay on
Oneida Lake.
Oneida County
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3/4: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Westmoreland Road west of Whitesboro.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, NY, 13027, USA
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