RBA * New York * Syracuse * May 07, 2012 * NYSY 05.07.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
April 30, 2012 - May 07, 2012 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 07 AT 7:30 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #303 -Monday May 07, 2012 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 30 , 2012 Highlights: ----------- PACIFIC LOON SWALLOW-TAILED KITE WHIP-POOR-WILL PROTHONOTARY WARBLER ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Compiler’s Note -------------------- If you hadn’t noticed, migration happened this week. Due to the extrordinary number of arrivals this week I will list a smaller number of specialties and then list the new arrivals with dates and locations although most of the warblers and other songbirds are being seen in many locations. Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ Shorebird numbers are on the increase this week. PECTORAL SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, DUNLIN, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, KILLDEER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, WILSON’S SNIPE, and SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER were reported. The visitor’s center, Larues, and Benning Marsh were the best locations. 5/1: Two BLACK TERNS were seen at Tschache Pool. 5/6: Two PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS have returned to Armitage Road on the west side of the canal bridge. 7 BLACK TERNS were seen at the end of VanDyne Spoor Road. Today 12 were counted. Derby Hill Bird Observatory ------------ It was an amazing week at Derby. Over an eight day period 21,513 raptors were counted. The biggest news was a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE seen on 5/5, only the second of its kind ever recorded at Derby. The first was seen in 1976. Overshadowed by this great find was a PACIFIC LOON seen over the lake on5/6. Onondaga County ------------ 5/1: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was found along the Erie Canal Trail in Fayetteville. Another was seen in the same area on 5/3. 5/5: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and an ORCHARD ORIOLE were found at Green Lakes State Park Oswego Couty ------------ 5/6: WHIP-POOR-WILLS were heard calling from Roosevelt Road north of Oneida Lake. Oneida County ------------ 5/6: An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen and nicely photographed in Camden. New Arrivals This Week ------------ A majority of these birds were initially found on the Lake Ontario shoreline in places like Sunset Bay and Noyes. They have since been seen in most areas of region 5. May 1 was the spectacular day at Sunset Bay with almost too many birds to count. 5/1 - Black Tern - Montezuma 5/1 - Bobolink - Derby Hill 5/1 - Grasshopper Sparrow - Fayetteville 5/1 - Lincoln’s Sparrow - Fayetteville 5/1 - Least Flycatcher - Sunset Bay 5/1 - Veery - Sunset Bay 5/1 - Ovenbird - Sunset Bay 5/1 - Common Yellowthroat - Sunset Bay 5/1 - Magnolia Warbler -Sunset Bay 5/1 - Blackburnian Warbler - Sunset Bay 5/1 - Chestnut-sided Warbler - Sunset Bay 5/1 - Black-throated Blue Warbler 5/1 - Clay-colored Sparrow - Fayetteville 5/2 - Cape May Warbler - Sunset Bay 5/2 - Golden-winged Warbler - Fayetteville 5/2 - Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Fayetteville 5/3 - Baltimore Oriole - Baldwinsville 5/3 - Scarlet Tanager - Whiskey Hollow 5/4 - Indigo Bunting - Montezuma 5/4 - Blue-winged Warbler - Great Bear (Phoenix) 5/4 - Mourning Warbler - Great Bear 5/4-Tennessee Warbler - Great Bear 5/4 - Orchard Oriole - Sunset Bay 5/5 - Orange-crowned Warbler - Sunset Bay 5/6 - Prothonotary Warbler - Armitage Road 5/6-Whip-Poor-Will - Roosevelt Road 5/7 - Blackpoll Warbler - Montezuma 5/7 - Canada Warbler - Thhree Rivers End Transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
