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* New York * Syracuse * April 11, 2022 * NYSY 04. 11. 22 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): April 4, 2022 to April 11, 2022 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 11 AT 1:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org | | | | | | | | | | | (no title) Visit the post for more. | | | #798: Monday April 11, 2022 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 4, 2022 Highlights: ----------- RED-THROATED LOON LEAST BITTERN BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON SURF SCOTER EURASIAN WIGEON BLACK VULTURE GOLDEN EAGLE LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL BLACK-HEADED GULL ICELAND GULL SNOWY OWL SAW-WHET OWL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER INDIGO BUNTING PINE SISKIN COMMON REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 4/16: A SNOWY EGRET was seen along the Wildlife Drive and at Carncross Road. Sightings of this rarity were reported again on the 17th. at both locations. Possibly the same bird or possibly two birds.DUNLIN and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were seen in the Mucklands along Rt. 31 west of the Seneca River. 4/17: A LEAST BITTERN was heard at Marten’s Tract. A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON was seen at Guy Baldassarre Marsh. A EURASIAN WIGEON was seen from VanDyne Spoor Road. Derby Hill Bird Observatory ------------ 4.399 Raptors were counted at Derby Hill this week. This included 4 GOLDEN EAGLES. on 4/13 a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was again seen. Oswego County ------------ 4/12: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet of Lake Ontario. 4/15: A PINE SISKIN was found on the Sandy Island Marsh Trail. Onondaga County ------------ 4/12: A SURF SCOTER was seen on the West Shore Trail on Onondaga Lake. 4/13: A COMMON REDPOLL was seen on Doyle Road in Baldwinsville. 4/14: A BLACK VULTURE was seen at the intersection of Rts. 81 and 481 in Syracuse. 4/15: An ICELAND GULL was seen at the Liverpool Marina and continued on the 16th. and 17th. 4/16: A SNOWY OWL was again found at Hancock Airport. A SAW-WHET OWL was seen in Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse. 4/17: A BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen with Bonaparte’s Gulls in Skaneateles near the Lake. Also seen were two RED-THROATED LOONS. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at the Honeywell Center on Onondaga Lake. Madison County ------------ 4/13: A PINE SISKIN was seen on the Colgate Campus in Hamilton. 4/16: An early INDIGO BUNTING was seen in Oneida. Oneida County ------------ 4/15: A PINE SISKIN was seen near Otter Lake in the Adirondacks. Herkimer County ------------ 4/12: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen from Castle Road north of Little Falls. 4/16: A PINE SISLIN was seen in Dolgeville. ---end report Region 5 Joseph Brin Baldwinsville, NY 13027 -- 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/ --