RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* March 29, 2021
* NYSY 03. 29. 21
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
March 22 to March 29, 2021
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 29 AT 2:00 p.m. (DST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#745
Monday March 29, 2021
Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of
March 22, 2021
Highlights:
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GREAT EGRET
EURASIAN WIGEON
ROSS’S GOOSE
CACKLING GOOSE
BLACK VULTURE
GOLDEN EAGLE
SORA
SANDHILL CRANE
ICELAND GULL
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
SHORT-EARED OWL
NORTHERN SHRIKE
BOHEMIAN WAXWING
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
FOX SPARROW
SAVANNAH SPARROW
VESPER SPARROW
EASTERN TOWHEE
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
AMERICAN PIPIT
RED CROSSBILL
EVENING GROSBEAK
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex
(MWC)
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3/22: 3 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were found in the Mucklands on Rt. 31 west
of the Seneca River.
3/25: A SORA was found at Guy Baldassarre Marsh. An early SAVANNAH
SPARROW was seen on East Road.
3/27: 2 early GREATER YELLOWLEGS were seen from Carncross Road. 3
SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen from VanDyne Spoor Road.
3/28: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen from East Road. 19 more were seen at
the Visitor’s Center.
Cayuga County
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3/23: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen from Barker Road west of Rt. 104A. A
COMMON REDPOLL was seen at the Sterling Nature Center.
3/25: A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was seen at Fair Haven State Park. 5 FOX
SPARROWS were seen at the Sterling Nature Center.
3/27: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen from the Sterling Nature Center.
Onondaga County
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3/22: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at Three Rivers WMA north of
Baldwinsville.
3/23: 12 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at the Morgan Hill State Forest on
Shakham Road. A SANDHILL CRANE was seen at Three Rivers WMA.
3/24: 2 BLACK VULTURES were seen from the Fiddlers Green Park in
Jamesville.
3/26: an ICELAND GULL was seen from the West Shore Trail of Onondaga
Lake.
3/27: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and an ICELAND GULL were seen at the
north end of Otisco Lake.
3/28: 2 BLACK VULTURES were seen in flight from Highbridge Road in
Fayetteville. A PINE SISKIN was at a feeder on Lawrence Road west of
Marcellus.
Derby Hill bird Observatory
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5,309 raptors were counted at Derby this week. That number included 21
GOLDEN EAGLES. Also seen were 2 ROSS’S GEESE, 2 CACKLING GEESE, 26 SANDHILL
CRANES and 1 SHORT-EARED OWL.
Oswego County
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3/23: A GOLDEN EAGLE was see from Hinman Road north of Pulaski.
3/24: An early VESPER SPARROW was seen on Sherman Road north of Mexico.
3/28: A male EURASIAN WIGEON was seen at the Rt. 6 Wetlands north of
Rt. 3 in the Town of Volney.
Madison County
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3/24: An EASTERN TOWHEE was seen near Perryville south of Canastota.
3/27: a male EVENING GROSBEAK was seen at a feeder on Jones Road south
of the Stoney Pond State forest.
Oneida County
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3/27: 2 GREAT EGRETS were seen near West Leyden.
Herkimer County
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3/24: A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was see near Salisbury Corners.
3/25: An early GREATER YELLOWLEGS was seen on the Erie Canal trail
east of Little Falls.
3/28: An EVENING GROSBEAK and a BOHEMIAN WAXWING were seen in
Salisbury Corners.
Migrants seen up to today this year.
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FOX SPARROW
OSPREY
TREE SWALLOW
AMERICAN WOODCOCK
KILLDEER
EASTERN MEADOWLARK
AMERICAN COOT
HERMIT THRUSH
EASTERN PHOEBE
RUSTY BLACKBIRD
SORA
GREATER YELLOWLEGS
SAVANNAH SPARROW
WILSON’S SNIPE
YELLOW RUMPED WARBLER
FIELD SPARROW
CHIPPING SPARROW
VESPER SPARROW
AMERICAN PIPIT
GREAT EGRET
----End Report
Joseph Brin
Baldwinsville NY
Region 5
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