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*New York - Syracuse - April 29, 2019 - NYSY 04. 29. 19 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert Dates: April 22 - April 29, 2019 To report by email: brinjoseph AT yahoo DOT com Reporting upstate counties: Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Oneida, Herkimer, Cayuga, Montezuma Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands complex compiled: April 22 AT 2:00 p.m. EDT compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondgaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week on April 22, 2019 Highlights: SANDHILL CRANE NORTHERN GOSHAWK GOLDEN EAGLE PEREGRINE FALCON BLACK VULTURE SORA AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER LAUGHING GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL GLAUCOUS GULL FORSTER’S TERN EVENING GROSBEAK YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 4/23: A rare YELLOW-THROATED was found at South Spring Pond off of Rt. 98. It was relocated on the 24th. and the 25th. but not reported since. 4/26: A SORA and a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON were found on the wildlife Trail. 4/27: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen from Morgan Road. Onondaga County ------------ 4/23: An EVENING GROSBEAK was reported from Oran Delphi Road just north of Cazenovia. A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen from Walton Street in Syracuse. 4/27: A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen in the Inner Harbor near Destiny in Syracuse. Derby Hill Bird Observatory ------------ A total of 16,020 raptors were tallied at Derby this week. Again BROAD-WINGED HAWKS made up a large majority of the birds. Two days, 4/23 and 4/25 had over 5,000 hawks counted. Highlights were 19 GOLDEN EAGLES, 4 NORTHERN GOSHAWKS and SANDHILL CRANES. Oswego County ------------ 4/28: 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, a FORSTER’S TERN and a LAUGHING GULL were all seen at the outlet of Sandy Pond on Lake Ontario. 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were seen in Oswego Harbor. Madison County ------------- EVENING GROSBEAKS and NORTHERN GOSHAWKS continue almost dailyat a feeder on Carpenter Road in Sheds. 4/24: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen in Cazenovia. 4/25: An AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER was seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. 4/27: 2 SEMI-PALMATED PLOVERS were seen from Ditchbank Road. 4/28: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen from Ditchbank Road. Also seen there was a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. A SORA was seen on Warners Road north of Canastota. Oneida County ------------ EVENING GROSBEAKS were reported from Willianstown and Spring Farm Nature Sanctuary in Clinton. 4/28: A SORA was found at the Dwyer Road Swamp in Verona. Herkimer County ------------ Up to 60 EVENING GROSBEAKS and a small number of PINE SISKINS continue at a feeder on Military Road north of Dolgeville. ---- End Transcript ---- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, NY, 13027, USA -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
