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* New York * Syracuse * March 23, 2020 * NYSY 03. 23. 20 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): March 16 2020 to March 23, 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: March 23 AT 4:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #694 Monday March 23 2020 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of March 09, 2020 Highlights: ----------- ROSS’S GOOSE EURASIAN WIGEON BARROW’S GOLDENEYE SANDHILL CRANE PECTORAL SANDPIPER WILSON’S SNIPE PEREGRINE FALCON GOLDEN EAGLE OSPREY BONAPARTE’S GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL ICELAND GULL GLAUCOUS GULL WHORT-EARED OWL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER NORTHERN SHRIKE MARSH WREN YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER EASTERN TOWHEE FOX SPARROW CHIPPING SPARROW LARK SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 3/18: An early MARSH WREN was seen at VanDyne Spoor Road. 3/19: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen at Carncross Road. 3/20: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen at the Headquarter Pool on Howland Island. It was seen again on 3/22. 3/21: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen on Howland Island. 3/22: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. A CHIPPING SPARROW was seen on Towpath Road. 3 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen from Carncross Road. Onondaga county ------------ Overwintering CHIPPING SPARROWS continue in Manlius and in Syracuse. 3/18: An ICELAND GULL and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were seen on Waters Road in Fabius. 3/20: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at McBride Street in Syracuse. 3/21: A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and a BONAPARTE’S GULL were seen at Oneida Shores Park in Brewerton.A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville and relocated the next day. 3/22: A possible GOLDEN EAGLE was seen on Fisher road in Syracuse. 5 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were found on Waters Road in Fabius. An OSPREY was seen at Onondaga Lake Park. 3/23: An EASTERN TOWHEE was seen and photographed at Melo Circle in Clay. An OSPREY was seen from the Thruway in Mattydale. Derby Hill Bird Sanctuary ------------ 1,428 Raptors were counted at Derby Hill this week. 12 GOLDEN EAGLES were seenOther highlights were 7 ROSS’S GEESE, a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and 2 GLAUCOUS GULLS. on 3/20 an estimated 41,000 non rapror migrants were counted, a majority being ictarids and waterfowl. Oswego County ------------ The Hinmanville Road LARK SPARROW has now made it 77 days including today. 3/19: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen on Cty. Rt. 54 north of Phoenix. 3/21: A continuing FIELD SPARROW and a FOX SPARROW were seen at a feeder in Constantia. Madison County ------------ 3/17: A FOX SPARROW was seen in hamilton. 3/23: An early PECTORAL SANDPIPER was seen at Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. Oneida County ------------ 3/22: 2 Adult Male BARROW’S GOLDENEYES were seen from Lewis Point at the Southeast corner of Oneida Lake. 3/23: A FOX SPARROW was at a feeder south of Forestport. Herkimer County ----------- 3/21: A WILSON’S SNIPE was seen near Salisbury Corners north of Middleville. 3/22: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen near Salisbury Corners. ---- End Report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville NY Region 5 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
