* New York* Syracuse - July 04, 2017 * NYSY 07.04.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):June 27, 2017 - July 04, 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: July 04 AT 4 p.m. (EDT)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of June 27, 2017. Highlights-------------- COOMON LOONEURASIAN WIGEONRED-SHOULDERED HAWKSANDHILL CRANEPEREGRINE FALCONUPLAND SANDPIPERBLACK TERNRED-HEADED WOODPECKERSWAINSON’S THRUSHGRASSHOPPER SPARROWDICKCISSEL (Extralimital)ORCHARD ORIOLERED CROSSBILL
Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)------------ 6/29: A pair of REDHEADED WOODPECKERS are using a nest on Mays Point Road. Note they are being seen beyond the dead trees where they were in the past and are near the houses on the right before the dead end. They have been reported through 7/3. 6/30: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen at Kip Island off of Co. Rt. 90 south of the Thruway. 7/2: An EURASIAN WIGEON in eclipse plumage was seen at Eaton Marsh on the Wildlife Drive. 7/3: BLACK TERNS were seen along the Wildlife Drive. at Tshhache Pooland from East Road. Cayuga County------------ 6/30: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on West Bay Road on the west side of Little Sodus Bay in Fair Haven. A little farther down the road a PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at West Barrier Bar Park. 7/3: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at the State Park Camp Grounds at Fair Haven State Park. Onondaga County------------ 6/30: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at the Dewitt Landfill along the Erie Canal Trail. 7/4: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER continues at Whiskey Hollow west of Baldwinsville. Madison county------------ 6/28: 2 RED CROSSBILLS were seen gritting at Muller Hill State Forest. A COMMON LOON was seen on Bradley Brook Reservoir 6/29: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at Ditchbank Road north of Chittenango. 7/2: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen at a private residence in Cazenovia. Oswego County------------ 6/27: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Selkirk Shores State Park. A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was seen near a Great Blue Heron Rookery in the Town of Albion near Happy Valley. 7/1: An UPLAND SANDPIPER continues at the Oswego County Airfield on Howard Road. Herkimer County------------ 6/28: A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was seen on Jerseyfield Road in the Town of Salisbury. 7/3: 2 SWAINSON’S THRUSHES were found on Jerseyfield Road. Extralimital------------ DICKSISSELS were reported from two lacations this week. On 7/3 one was reported on Kingdom Road south of Co Rt. 117 between Seneca Falls and Waterloo in Seneca County. Another was reported on Co. Rt. 18 west of Gorham in Ontario County, also on 7/3. ---end transcript ---Joseph BrinRegion 5 Baldwinsville, NY 13027 USA -- 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/ --