RBA *New York - Syracuse - March 12, 2018 - NYSY 03.12.18 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird AlertDates: March 05 - March 12To report by email: brinjoseph AT yahoo DOT comReporting upstate counties: Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Oneida, Herkimer, Cayuga, Montezuma Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands complexcompiled: March 12 AT 2:00 EDTcompiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondgaaudubon.org
Greetings: This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week on March 05, 2018 Highlights: RED-NECKED GREBEROSS’S GOOSEEURASIAN WIGEONEURASIAN GREENWINGED TEALGOLDEN EAGLESANDHILL CRANEICELAND GULLSNOWY OWLSHORT-EARED OWLNORTHERN SHRIKELAPLAND LONGSPURRED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)------------ 3/6: EURASIAN WIGEON were seen at the Visitor’s Center and at the Deep Muck and Mitigation Marsh off of Morgan Road. 3/7: an EURASIAN GREENWINGED TEAL was found at the Visitors Center and has continued to 3/11. 3/8: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Tschache Pool. 3/9: A GOLDEN EAGLE was spotted at the Visitors Center. 3/10: 2 SANDHILL CRANES and a SHORT-EARED OWL were seen at Carncross Road. 3/11: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen at VanDyne Spoor Road. A ROSS’S GOOSE was see at Martens Tract. Derby Hill Bird Observatory------------ The weather was not kind to Hawk migration this week. Only 60 Hawks were recorded. An ICELAND GULL was seen on 3/6 and a distant GOLDEN EAGLE was seen on 3/8. Oswego County------------ 3/11: An ICELAND GULL and a SNOWY OWL were seen at Oswego Harbor. Onondaga County------------ 3/5: 2 BLACK VULTURES were again seen roosting in a residentian area north of Rt. 5 near the Onondaga Country Club in Fayetteville. They were seen through 3/10. 3/10: A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE and a RED-NECKED GREBE were seen in the Tully Lakes Area. 3/11: A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen north of Rt. 80 east of Tully near Vincent corners Road. An ICELAND GULL was seen at the end of the Creek Walk near Destiny Shopping Center. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Waters Road near Fabius. Oneida County------------ 3/8: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen at Spring Farms Nature Sanctuary south of Clinton. 3/9: A SNOWY OWL was seen on Ostrander Road in Vernon. Herkimer county------------ 3/11: 5 RED CROSSBILLS were seen on Gray-Wilmurt Road east of Hinkley Reservoir. --end transcript Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 USA -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
