* New York* Syracuse - June 05, 2017 * NYSY 06. 05.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):May 29, 2017 - June 05, 2017to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortlandcompiled: June 05 AT 3 p.m. (EDT)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 29, 2017. Highlights-------------- LEAST BITTERNCATTLE EGRETBLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONNORTHERN GOSHAWKSHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERUPLAND SANDPIPERLESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLCOMMON NIGHTHAWKWHIP-POOR-WILLRED-HEADED WOODPECKERACADIAN FLYCATCHERYELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHEROLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERPROTHONOTARY WARBLERORCHARD ORIOLE
Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)------------ 5/31: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was sound on Tyre Toad west of Rt. 89. 6/1: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER continues on Carncross Road. A LEAST BITTERN was seen along the Wildlife Drive. 6/3: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER continues at the forested area of Armitage Road west of the Seneca River. 6/4: A CATTLE EGRET was seen on an Amish farm on Rt. 90 south of the Thruway. A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at tne Visitor’s Center. 2 LEAST BITTERNS were heard on Howland Island. Derby Hill Bird Observatory---------------------------------- The last three days of the Hawk count turned out to be quite productive. In all 2,265 raptors were counted in those three days. Highlight was 35 BALD EAGLES on 5/30. 39 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were counted also. Oswego County------------ 6/3: An UPLAND SANDPIPER continues at the Oswego County Airfield on Howard Road. Onondaga County------------ 5/30: A SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER was found along the new trail on the west side of Onondaga Lake. A CERULEAN WARBLER was found on Oxbow Road in Kirkville. 5/31: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen from the west side trail on Onondaga Lake. 6/1: A LEAST BITTERN continues in the marsh on the south side of Potter Road at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville and was heard again on 6/3. A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was again seen south of Hiawatha Boulevard on the Creek Walk near Destiny Mall in Syracuse. 6/2: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen on the Erie Canal Trail in Fayetteville. 6/4: 3 ORCHARD ORIOLES were seen at Green Lakes State Park. Cayuga County------------ 5/30: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Fair Haven State Park. Madison County------------ 6/2: A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was found at Morrow Mountain State Forest south of Erieville. 6/4: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen on Ditchbank Road north of Chittenango. Oneida County------------ 5/31: An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen on East Carter Road in Westmoreland. A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was found on Humphrey Road in Whitestown. 6/2: An UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen at the Deerfield Grasslands south of Poland. Herkimer County------------ 5/31: 3 WHIP-POOR-WILLS were heard on private property in the Town of Salisbury. -end report Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, NY 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/ --
