RBA * New York * Syracuse * May 12, 2014 * NYSY 05. 12. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
May 05, 2013 - May 12, 2014 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 05 AT 5:30 a.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #392 Monday May 12, 2014 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 05, 2014 Highlights: ----------- LEAST BITTERN GLOSSY IBIS EURASIAN WIGEON GOLDEN EAGLE BLACK TERN SNOWY OWL LONG-EARED OWL WHIP-POOR-WILL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER PROTHONATORY WARBLER GRASSHOPPER SPARROW CLAY-COLORED SPARROW HENSLOW’S SPARROW LAPLAND LONGSPUR Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 5/6: BLACK TERNS were spotted at Tschache Pool 5/7: A GLOSSY IBIS continued at the bridge on Carncross Road. 5/9: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen in the marsh on VanDyne Spoor Road. It was relocted on the 11th. 5/10: A SNOWY OWL was found at the intersection of Rts. 31 and 89 in the muckland area. RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS have returned to the swamp on Mays Point Pool Road. 17 BLACK TERNS were seen along the Wildlife Trail. Derby Hill ------------ 5/9 had 2,319 raptors and the 10th. over a thousand also. Otherwise raptor numbers were low. 7 GOLDEN EAGLES on the 9th. was the raptor highlight. Non-raptor highlights stole the show this week with birds such as LAPLAND LONGSPUR, RED-HEAD WOODPECKER, ORCHARD ORIOLE, SANDHILL CRANE, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, PROTHONATORY WARBLER and CAPE MAY WARBLER being seen. Oswego County ------------ 5/8: GRASSHOPPER SPARROW has returned to the Carley”s Mill cemetary in Hastings. 5/9: 14 species of Warblers highlighted by an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER plus a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW were seen at Sunset Bay Park on Lake Ontario. 5/11: A SNOWY OWL was seen on one of the islands on Oneida Lake seen from Constantia. MERLINS were seen in the area also, possibly trying to nest. Onondaga County ------------ 5/5: A LEAST BITTERN was heard calling in a wet area south of Potter Road in Three Rivers WMA. It was again heard on the 6th. 5/8: 17 species of Warblers were found at Three Rivers WMA. 5/10: A WHIP-POOR-WILL, hopefully two, has returned ti Threee Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. They can be heard on 60 Road where the power lines cross the road. They sing on the east side. A HENSLOW’S SPARROW was heard at the landfill in Cedar Bay Park in Dewitt. It was heard again on the 11th. but no reports since. Oneida County ------------ 5/6: A LONG-EARED OWL was heard at a residence in Canden. 5/9: An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was found at Verona Beach State Park. 5/11: 14 species of Warblers were found at Spring Farm Nature Sanctuary. on the 12th. 3 CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, probably breeders, were found. 3 WHIP-POOR-WILS were heard at the Preston Hill gravel pit north of Oneida Lake. -- end report 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/ --
