* New York* Syracuse - June 27, 2017 * NYSY 06.27.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):June 19, 2017 - June 27, 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 27 AT 11 a.m. (EDT)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of June 19, 2017. Highlights-------------- BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONSANDHILL CRANEperegrine falconUPLAND SANDPIPERBLACK TERNRED-HEADED WOODPECKERSWAINSON’S THRUSHPROTHONOTARY WARBLERPRAIRIE WARBLERDICKCISSEL (Extralimital)ORCHARD ORIOLERED CROSSBILL
Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)------------ 6/20: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER continues in the wooded area of Armitage Road. 6/24: 4 PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS were seen from the Clyde river at Lock 25. This area is only accessible by boat. BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen at VanDyne Spoor Road and along the Wildlife Trail. 3 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Tschache Pool. 6/26: 15 BLACK TERNS were seen at Tschache Pool. Oswego County------------ 6/24: A SWAINSON’S THRUSH was again found on Otto Mills Road north of Redfield. 6/25: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on West Lake Road south of Oswego. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at Carley’s Mills in Hastings. Onondaga County------------ 6/19: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at the Labrador Unique Area. 6/20: A PRAIRIE WARBLER was seen at Green Lakes State Park. 6/22: 2 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen in flight along the Seneca River in the town of Clay. Madison County------------ 6/25: A RED CROSSBILL was found on Muller Hill Road in the Town of Georgetown. Oneida County------------ 6/21: An UPLAND SANDPIPER continues on North Gage Road south of Poland in the Town of Deerfield. 6/24: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen from Lafayette Street in Utica. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen on Roberts Road in Chadwicks. Cayuga county------------ 6/23: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on the bluff at Fair Haven State Park. another RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was see at a private residence in Sterling. Extralimital------------ 6/26: A DICKCISSEL has been seen on Kingdom Road south of River Road west of Seneca Falls in Seneca County ---end transcript ---Joseph BrinRegion 5 Baldwinsville, NY 13027 USA -- 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/ --
