RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* May 31, 2010
* NYSY 3105.10
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
May 24, 2009 - May 31, 2010
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:May 31 AT 11:00 a.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#207 -Monday May 31, 2010
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 24 ,
2010
Highlights:
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BRANT
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK
SANDHILL CRANE
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
BLACK TERN
COMMON NIGHTHAWK
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER
CERULEAN WARBLER
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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5/28: A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was seen in the pool at the Visitor’s Center.
2 SANDHILL CRANRS were seen at VanDyne Spoor Road. 2 SANDHILL CRANES with 2
young were seen at Carncross Road. The family was observed again on the 30th.
5/29: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen in the Main Pool.
5/30: BLACK TERNS were seen at Tschache Pool and May’s Point Pool. SORA
and VIRGINIA RAIL were found at Railroad Road.
Derby Hill
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Hawks were only counted on two days this week and 179 were counted, mostly
BROAD-WINGS with still good numbers of BALD EAGLES too.
Onondaga County
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5/26: A ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was seen and heard at the Camillus Unique
Forest area on Thompson Road in Camillus.
5/27: A CERULEAN WARBLER was heard in Whiskey Hollow. A RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER was seen in a swamp on Fenner Road.
5/28: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was observed at Baltimore Woods in Marcellus
near New Seneca Turnpike. A pair of ORCHARD ORIOLES was seen on Perry Road in
the Town of Van Buren.
Oswego County
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5/25: At Sandy Pond SEMI-PALMATED PLOVERS, SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, LEAST SANDPIPERS, and DUNLIN were seen. On
the 27th. the same species were also seen along with BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER,
BRANT, and BLACK TERN.
Oneida County
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5/28: At the Rome Sand Plains a CERULEAN WARBLER and a RED-SHOULDERED
HAWK were observed.
Cayuga County
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5/25: A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was observed hunting in a field on the west side
of Cross Lake near the entrance to the Marina.
5/28: 2 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER were seen on the
West Spit of Fair Have State Park.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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