RBA * New York * Syracuse * May 21, 2012 * NYSY 05.21.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
May 14, 2012 - May 21, 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 21 AT 6:30 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #305 -Monday May 21, 2012 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 14 , 2012 Highlights: ----------- LEAST BITTERN SANDHILL CRANE BRANT BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER RED KNOT BAIRD’S SANDPIPER WILSON’S PHALAROPE LAUGHING GULL BLACK TERN COMMON NIGHTHAWK RED-HEADED WOODPECKER CERULEAN WARBLER PROTHONOTARY WARBLER CLAY-COLORED SPARROW ORCHARD ORIOLE Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 5/17: Two adult and two juvinile SANDHILL CRANES were seen from Carncross Road. 5/18: KILLDEER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, WILSON’S SNIPE, and GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS were seen at the Visitor’s Center. Eight CERULEAN WARBLERS and two PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS were seen on Armitage Road just past the bridge. 5/19: BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER and SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, and DUNLIN were seen at Puddlers Marsh. Later in the day WILSON’S PHALAROPE were seen at the Visitor’s Center and Puddlers. A LEAST BITTERN was found at Marten’s Tract. 5/20: Four WILSON’S PHALAROPES were seen at Puddler’s Marsh. Also seen were BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, DUNLIN, LEAST SANDPIPER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER and SANDPIPER. Just outside the complex, a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW has returned for a second year to 2286 King Road north of Seneca Falls. 5/21: All the previous shorebirds plus RED KNOT and BAIRD’S SANDPIPER were seen at Puddler’s. Also present were two GREAT EGRETS. Derby Hill ------------ 1,040 hawks were counted this week at Derby Hill. On 5/15 1,200 BRANT wer seen flying by. Onondaga County ------------ 5/15: A pair of ORCHARD ORIOLES have returned to the Town of Van Buren at the corner of Perry and Breed Roads. 5/16: a CERULEAN WARBLER was found at Whiskey Hollow but has not been heard since. 5/19: Forty species of birds including ORCHARD ORIOLE were found at Green Lakes State Park. A LAUGHING GULL was seen at the north end of the creekwalk near Onondaga Lake. Oswego County ------------ 5/15: Three COMMON NIGHTHAWKS wer seen at Mexico Point. 5/17: 75 BRANT were seen at the bridge in Caughdenoy. 15 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and 2 BLACK TERNS were seen at Phillips Point on Oneida Lake. Cayuga County ------------ 5/19: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at the Sterling Nature Center. Madison County ------------ 5/19: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at a feeder near Sheds. -- 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/ --
