RBA * New York * Syracuse * March 15, 2021 * NYSY 03. 15. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): March 08 to March 15, 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 15 AT 6:00 p.m. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #743 Monday March 15, 2021 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of March 01, 2021 Highlights: -----------
ROSS’S GOOSE CACKLING GOOSE GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE PINK-FOOTED GOOSE (Extralimital) TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE (Extralimital) KING EIDER SURF SCOTER BLACK SCOTER BLACK VULTURE GOLDEN EAGLE PEREGRINE FALCON SANDHILL CRANE ICELAND GULL GLAUCOUS GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL SNOWY OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW LAPLAND LONGSPUR EVENING GROSBEAK PINE GROSBEAK HOARY REDPOLL RED CROSSBILL WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 3/11: A male EURASIAN WIGEON and 2 ROSS’S GEESE were seen at Carncross Road. 3/14: A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen on West Loop Road . SANDHILL CRANES were seen at the Visitor’s Center. Cayuga County ------------ 3/10: A GOLDEN EAGLE and a RED CROSSBILL were seen at Sterling Nature Center. Onondaga County ------------ RED CROSSBILLS continue daily at the Morgan Hill State Forest near Shakham Road. 3/9: 5 CACKLING GEESE were seen at the Marshy Spits south of the Honeywell Center of Onondaga Lake. 3/11: A BLACK VULTURE and a ROSS’S GOOSE were seen in flight over Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse. 3/13: 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were seen at the north end of Skaneateles Lake from the Village. 5 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were seen at Shakham Road in the Morgan Hill State Forest. 3/14: 4 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at Shakham Road. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was see on Parker Road near Fabius. Derby Hill Bird Observatory ------------ Derby got into full swing this week with two excellent days. A total of 1,671 hawks were counted, mostly on 3/10 and 3/11 which had 506 Hawks and 996 Hawks those days. On the 11th. an amazing 26 GOLDEN EAGLES were counted, mostly adults.On the 10th. a CACKLING GOOSE, 3 SANDHILL CRANES and 12 RED CROSSBILLS were seen also. Oswego County ------------ 3/9: 2 KING EIDERS, 1 SURF SCOTER and 2 BLACK SCOTERS continue to be seen at Oswego Harbor. An ICELAND GULL was also present at this location. 3/10: A HOARY REDPOLL was seen on Hinman Road north of Pulaski. 3/11: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen from Bishop Hill north of Pulaski. 3/14: A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen at Peter Scott Swamp north of Phoenix. At the intersection of Rt. 264 and Biddlecum Road a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE and a Greater White Fronted Goose/Canada Goose Hybrid were seen. Also seen there were up to 6 CACKLING GEESE. Just south of that location on County Rt. 54 near 264 a Canada Goose/Snow Goose hybrid was seen. all three of these birds were relocated again today. Madison County ------------ 3/10: A NORTHERN SHRIKE continues on Eden Hollow Road east of Erieville. 3/12: 13 RED CROSSBILLS were seen on Stony Pond Road. 20 EVENING GROSBEAKS were again at a feeder on Carpenter Road near Sheds.2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen on Bellinger Road south of Canastota. 3/14: A SNOWY OWL continues on Bellinger Road south of Canastota. Herkimer County ------------ 3/9: 4 PINE GROSBEAKS were again present at Salisbury Corners. 3/10: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at Moss Island in Little Falls. 3/14: 1 EVENING GROSBEAK was at a location in Salisbury Corners. Extralimital ------------ 3/14: At the Saratoga Lake Marine Park in Saratoga County a state first TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE was found and photographed. Attempts to relocate this rarity today were unsuccessful but a nearly as rare PINK FOOTED GOOSE was seen just to the east on Wright’s Loop on the Hudson River. ----End Report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville NY Region 5 -- 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/ --
