RBA * New York * Syracuse * June 16, 2014 * NYSY 06. 16. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
June 09, 2013 - June 16, 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: June 09 AT 6:30 a.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #397 Monday June 16, 2014 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of June 09, 2014 Highlights: ----------- GREAT EGRET SNOW GOOSE VIRGINIA RAIL UPLAND SANDPIPER WHIP-POOR-WILL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER PROTHONOTARY WARBLER ORCHARD ORIOLE PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 6/9: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was again seen on Armitage Road. 6/11: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER (probably a nesting pair) continues on Mays Point Pool Road. 6/14: An ORCHARD ORIOLE and a SNOW GOOSE were spotted along the wildlife drive. 6/15: A SANDHILL CRANE and a GREAT EGRET were seen in Knox-Marsellus Marsh. Madison County ------------ 6/16: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was at a feeder on Carpenter Road near Sheds. Herkimer County ------------ 6/9: An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen in Lizard Spring Bog near Stillwater Reservoir. 6/14: A WHIP-POOR-WILL and a PINE SISKIN were found at Shawangunk Nature Preserve near Hinkley Reservoir. Oneida County ------------ 6/10: A CERULEAN WARBLER was found at Verona Beach State Park. 6/11: An UPLAND SANDPIPER was again seen on Harris Road in Poland. Oswego County ------------ 6/14: A MERLIN was again found in Constantia. Onondaga County ------------ 6/14: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW continues on Fenner Road north of Lamson Road. Single CERULEAN WARBLERS were heard at Whiskey hollow and Beaver Lake Nature Center 6/15: 12 VIRGINIA RAILS, including young, were seen along 60 Road in Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. A SORA was heard also. A male and female ORCHARD ORIOLE were observed feeding young at a nest on Perry Road near Whiskey Hollow. -- 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/ --
