RBA * New York * Syracuse * May 14, 2012 * NYSY 05.14.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
May 07, 2012 - May 14, 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 14 AT 6:30 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #304 -Monday May 14, 2012 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 07 , 2012 Highlights: ----------- BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON BRANT EURASIAN WIGEON BLACK TERN PHILADELPHIA VIREO ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER PRAIRIE WARBLER WORM-EATING WARBLER PROTHONOTARY WARBLER CLAY-COLORED SPARROW ORCHARD ORIOLE PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 5/11: An EURASIAN WIGEON and 15 BLACK TERNS were found at Tschache Pool. 14 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 15 SEMI-PALMATED PLOVERS and 39 DUNLIN were at Puddlers Marsh. 20 BLACK TERNS and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW were seen on VanDyne Spoor Road. 5/13: The EURASIAN WIGEON was again seen at Tschache Pool. Jefferson County ------------- 5/12: BLACK TERNS and an ORCHARD ORIOLE were found at the Perch River WMA. Onondaga County ------------ 5/8: 2 PRAIRIE WARBLERS were seen in a traditional spot on Meeker Hill Road in Tully. These are the only Prairie Warblers being reported anywhere in region 5. 5/11: 40 BRANT were seen resting on the east side of Onondaga Lake. 5/12: A late PINE SISKIN was seen on Shakham Road. 5/14: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was found in Lincoln Park in the city of Syracuse. Derby Hill ------------ Only 1916 raptors counted this week as the season winds down. However the migrant songbird sightings were spectacular this week. On 5/12 24 species of Warbler were seen including such rarities as WORM-EATING, PROTHONOTARY, and ORANGE-CROWNED. Oswego County ------------ Migrants, especially Warblers, were the story again this week. Much more diversity was in evidence this weekwith virtually every expected Warbler except Prairie being seen or heard. The best days were 5/9, 5/12, and 5/13 and the best spots were Sunset Bay State Park, Noyes Sanctuary and Derby Hill. Even toughies like CAPE MAY and BAY-BREASTED were easy to find. Other highlights were LINCOLN’S SPARROW, GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, ORCHARD ORIOLE, and RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. 5/11: Late PINE SISKINS are still at a feeder in Albion. 5/12: 2 BLACK TERNS were seen at the Salmon River in Port Ontario. 5/13: As the Phillips Point Lakewatch on Oneida Lake winds down the first big push of Brant , 3040 total, was seen today. Extralimital ------------ 5/14: A MARBLED GODWIT was spotted flying in Canton (St. Lawrence County) but was not located on the ground. New Arrivals ------------ 5/7 - PRAIRIE WARBLER - Tully 5/9 - BAY-BREASTED WARBLER - Sunset Bay State Park 5/9 - ALDER FLYCATCHER - Three Rivers WMA 5/9 - EASTERN WOOD PEEWEE - Syracuse 5/12 - YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO - Derby Hill 5/12 - ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER - Derby Hill 5/12 - WORM-EATING WARBLER - Derby Hil 5/13 - PHILADELPHIA VIREO - Sunset Bay State Park 5/14-BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO - Derby Hill -- 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/ --
