RBA

 

*  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:

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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)

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     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

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     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

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     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

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     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

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     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

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     4/23: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Verona Beach State Park.







Herkimer County

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     4/25: A GREAT EGRET was seen at the McKoons Road Wetland north of 
richfield Springs.




     




     

---- End Report







Joseph Brin

Baldwinsville NY

Region 5



    
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