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* New York * Syracuse * March 30, 2020 * NYSY 03. 30. 20 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): March 23 2020 to March 30, 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 30 AT 5:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #695 Monday March 30 2020 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of March 23, 2020 Highlights: ----------- RED-THROATED LOON RED-NECKED GREBE WHITE PELICAN AMERICAN BITTERN EURASIAN WIGEON BLACK VULTURE GOLDEN EAGLE BONAPARTE’S GULL VIRGINIA RAIL GREATER YELLOWLEGS LESSER YELLOWLEGS LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL ICELAND GULL SHORT-EARED OWL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER NORTHERN SHRIKE MARSH WREN EASTERN TOWHEE FOX SPARROW CHIPPING SPARROW LARK SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 3/25: Seen at Carncross Road: GREATER YELLOWLEGS, NORTHERN SHRIKE, ICELAND GULL, 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS. 3/28: 3 MARSH WRENS and a VIRGINIA RAIL were found near the Main Pool. 3/29: 2 AMERICAN PELICANS were seen at the Morgan Road Marshes. By today they had moved and were found at the north end of Seneca Lake. They were seen from Mud Lock but seemed to be in Seneca County. 3/30: One MARSH WREN and one VIRGINIA WREN were again heard at the Viritors Center near the Main Pool. Onondaga County ------------ 3/24: 2 SANDHILL CRANED were seen at Oxbow Road in Kirkville. 3/25: A RED-THROATED LOON was seen in flight at the north end of Skaneateles Lake. 3/26: An AMERICAN BITTERN and a SHORT-EARED OWL were spotted from the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. A BLACK VULTURE was seen near the Erie Canal Trail in Fayetteville. 3/27: A NORTHERN SHRIKE and a GOLDEN EAGLE were seen at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 3/29: A BLACK VULTURE was seen at Peck Road in Kirkville. The bird was seen in flight going toward Adams Street in Kirkville giving the fortunate observer a chance to list it in Madison County also. Derby Hill Bird Observatory ------------ Derby Hill had 6,186 raptors counted this week. 3/26 and 3/27 were the first days to have over one thousand raptors counted. 3/26 had 1,718 and 3/27 had 1,874. As is normal for this time of year a vast majority of hawks counted were Turkey Vultures. Other highlights were 5 SANDHILL CRANES ON 3/26 and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER ON 3/27. Oswego County ------------ The LARK SPARROW at Hinman Road north of Pulaski continues!!!!! Today is day 84. 3/27: 11 RED-NECKED GREBES were found at Philips Point on the north shore of Oneida Lake. 3/28: A male EURASIAN WIGEON was found with a wide variety of waterfowl on Ox Creek at Co. Rt. 14 south of Fulton. 3/30: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GUL was found at Toad Harbor Road south of Rt. 49. Cayuga County ------------ 3/30: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was again seen at Fair Haven State Park on Lake Ontario. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen with Ring-billed gulls at the wet area on Maiden Lane Road north of Port Byron. Madison County ------------ 3/23: A PECTORAL SANDPIPER and 2 AMERICAN PIPITS were seen from Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. 3/24: 5 SANDHILL CRANES were seen on Hamilton Street south of Hamilton. 3/27: A GOLDEN EAGLE was see near the Madison Street Impoundment north of Hamilton. 3/29: An ICELAND GULL was seen at Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. Oneida county ------------ 3/23: An early EASTERN TOWHEE was seen in Oriskiny. Herkimer county ------------ 3/26: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was again see near Salisbury Corners north of Middleville. ---- 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/ --
