* New York* Syracuse - May 01 2017 * NYSY 05.01.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):April 24, 2017 - May 01, 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: May 01 AT 5 p.m. (EDT)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 24, 2017. Highlights-------------- RED-THROATED LOONCATTLE EGRETAMERICAN WHITE PELICANLITTLE BLUE HERONBLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONSWAINSON’S HAWKGOLDEN EAGLENORTHERN GOSHAWKBLACK-BELLIED PLOVEREURASIAN WIGEONLONG-BILLED DOWITCHERBLACK-NECKED STILTSTILT SANDPIPERLESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLLITTLE GULLRED-HEADED WOODPECKERORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)------------ The AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was last seen at the mucklands on 4/24. A LITTLE GULL was last seen on 4/27. The BLACK-NECKED STILT was last seen on 4/29. 4/29: 5 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 1 EURASIAN WIGEON and 3 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS were seen in the Mucklands on Rt. 31 west of the Seneca River. 4/30: A STILT SANDPIPER was seen at the Visitor’s Center. Derby Hill bird Observatory------------ 10,765 raptors were recorded at Derby Hill this week. 4/28 was the big day with 4/990 raptors counted. Highlights were a GOLDEN EAGLE and a NORTHERN GOSHAWK ON 4/24, a SWAINSON’S HAWK on 4/26, a GOLDEN EAGLE and 2 NORTHERN GOSHAWKS ON 4/27 and 2 GOLDEN EAGLES ON 4/29. Oswego County------------ 4/25: An adult LITTLE BLUE HERON was found at a wet land south of Maple ave, west of Fulton. It was last sen on 4/30. 4/29: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Nine Mile Point Road on Lake Ontario. 4/30: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at Phoenix. Onondaga County------------ 4/25: A CATTLE EGRET was found on Cicero Center Road north of Rt. 31. It was not seen since that day. 4/28: A RED-THROATED LOON was seen from the pull off on the east side of Onondaga Lake south of Liverpool. 4/30: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at the end of the Creek Walk near the Destiny Shopping Mall in Syracuse. 5/1: An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsvile. Migrants seen this week------------ There was a big push of migrants this week with a majority reported today. In all 39 new birds were reported this week. GREEN HERONLEAST BITTERNBLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONBLACK-BELLIED PLOVERSEMI-PALMATED PLOVERLEAST SANDPIPERSTILT SANDPIPERLONG-BILLED DOWITCHERCOMMON TERNWHIP-POOR-WILLGREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHERKINGBIRDWARBLING VIREORED-EYED VIREOBARN SWALLOWBLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERVEERYOVENBIRDNORTHERN WATERTHRUSHBLACK and WHITE WARBLERORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERCOMMON YELLOWTHROATAMERICAN REDSTARTNORTHERN PARULAMAGNOLIA WARBLERCHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERBLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERBLACKBURNIAN WARBLERBLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERPRAIRIE WARBLERGOLDEN-WINGED WARBLERYELLOW-THROATED VIREORUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDWHITE-CROWNED SPARROWSCARLET TANAGERINDIGO BUNTINGBALTIMORE ORIOLEORCHARD ORIOLEROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK -end report Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, NY 13027 U.S.A. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
