I found a pair of TRUMPETER SWANS on Catfish Creek where Winks Rd crosses the creek in Palermo late this morning. As a bonus, I heard a WINTER WREN singing from the underbrush on the west side of the road.
After seeing several migrating raptors during my travels around Oswego County this morning, I decided to head up to Derby Hill. I arrived around 12:30, parked in the lot at the bottom of the hill and for the next 5.5 hours, I got some great looks at low flying hawks. I never even made it to the top of the hill. I'm sure the official count will have better numbers than I had, but I can't complain about what I saw from the parking area:
Turkey Vulture - 145
GOLDEN EAGLE - 3 adults
Northern Harrier - 20
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Cooper's Hawk - 10
Bald Eagle - 6
Red-shouldered Hawk - 18
Red-tailed Hawk - 19
Rough-legged Hawk - 5
American Kestrel - 7
Merlin - 2
Other noted migrants:
Common Loon - 1
Killdeer - 15
American Crow - 630
Common Raven - 4
Tree Swallow - 2
American Robin - hundreds, to perhaps several thousand.
Mickey Scilingo
Constantia, Oswego County
mickey.scili...@gte.net
315-679-6299
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