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*New York - Syracuse - May 21, 2018 - NYSY 05.21.18 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert Dates: May 15 - May 21 To report by email: brinjoseph AT yahoo DOT com Reporting upstate counties: Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Oneida, Herkimer, Cayuga, Montezuma Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands complex compiled: May 21AT 6:30 p.m. EDT compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondgaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week on May 15, 2018 Highlights: RED-THROATED LOON AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN LEAST BITTERN SNOWY EGRET BRANT ROSS’S GOOSE BLACK VULTURE GOLDEN EAGLE NORTHERN GOSHAWK AMERICAN AVOCET WILSON’S PHALAROPE RED-NECKED PHALAROPE UPLAND SANDPIPER STILT SANDPIPER LITTLE GULL FORSTER’S TERN WHIP-POOR-WILL COMMON NIGHTHAWK RED-HEADED WOODPECKER ACADIAN FLYCATCHER YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER PHILADELPHIA VIREO GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH PROTHONOTARY WARBLER PRAIRIE WARBLER CONNECTICUT WARBLER GRASSHOPPER SPARROW CLAY-COLORED SPARROW WESTERN MEADOWLARK ORCHARD ORIOLE Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ Shorebird season is here with 17 species reported this week. The highloght was the AMERICAN AVOCET seen from 5/17 to 5/19 at Benning Marsh. The WESTERN MEADOWLARK continues at Armitage road just west of Rt.89. The ROSS’S FOOSE has moved to Benning Marsh on the Wildlife Drive. The AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was last reported on 5/17 in the main pool. 5/15: A LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was reported at the Morgan Road Marshes. An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER has again been found at Carncross road and was reported through 5/20. 5/16: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER is again being seen on Mays Point Road. 5/17: 2 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen at East Road. A SNOWY EGRET was found at Norht Spring Pool and was seen through 5/20. PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS continue at the forested area of Armitage Road. A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen at Tschache Pool. 5/18: A FORSTER’S TERN was seen at Tschache Pool. 5/19: STILT SANDPIPER(S) were seen at Tschache Pool and along the Wildlife Drive. 5/20: A WILSON’S PHALAROPE was reported from Marten’s Tract. Derby Hill Bird Observatory ------------ It was a slow week at Derby as the Hawk Watch starts to count down. Only 989 raptors were counted this week. Other highlights were a BLACK VULTURE on 5/17 and a GOLDEN EAGLE and 44 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS on 5/20. Oswego County ------------ 5/15: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and a GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH were seen at Sunset Bay park. 5/17: A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard at Roosevelt Road north of Constantia.A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was found on McClaud Road on the north shore of Oneida Lake. 5/19: A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was reported on Hinman Road north of Pulaski. A LEAST BITTERN was heard on Depot Road in West Monroe. 110 BRANT were seen in flight from 3 Mile Bay on Oneida Lake. 5/20: A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen at Sunset Bay Park. 5/21: A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was found at the Rt. 6 wetlands north of Rt. 3. An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER has returned to Gray Road west of Rt. 48 and south of Oswego. Onondaga County ------------ 5/16: A PRAIRIE WARBLER was found at Green Lakes State Park. 5/17: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen at a private residence in Fairmont. 5/18: A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen on #2 Road south of Manlius. A LEAST BITTERN and a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW were found at the Dewitt Marsh and Landfill. An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen at the Kirkville Pools in Kirkville. 5/19: A SNOWY EGRET was again seen at Onondaga Lake, this time at the Liverpool Marina. It has been seen through 5/21. 5/20: 2 WHIMBREL were seen on the rocky spit at Liverpool Marina on Onondaga Lake. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was found at Green Lakes State Park. 3 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen at 3 Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. Cayuga County ------------ 5/16: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER were seen at West Barrier Park at Fair Haven 5/17: A LITTLE GULL was found at West Barrier Park in Fair Haven. Madison County ------------ 5/15: A RED-THROATED LOON was seen at Poolville south of Hamilton. 5/20: 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES were spotted on Ditchbank Road north of Chittenango. Oneida County ------------ 5/18: An UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen at the Deerfield Grasslands south of Poland. Herkimer county ------------ 5/16: A GREAT EGRET was seen at the McKoons Road Pond north of Richfield Springs. --end transcript Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 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/ --
