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* New York * Syracuse * May 02, 2022 * NYSY 04. 18. 22 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): April 25, 2022 to May 02, 2022 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortland compiled: May 02 AT 4:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #800: Monday May 02, 2022 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 25, 2022 Highlights: ----------- AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN SORA LEAST BITTERN GLOSSY IBIS WHITE-FACED IBIS CACKLING GOOSE BLACK VULTURE GOLDEN EAGLE LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER BLACK TERN RED-HEADED WOODPECKER BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER AMERICAN PIPIT ORCHARD ORIOLE CLAY-COLORED SPARROW PINE SISKIN 10 species of SHOREBIRDS were recorded this week, mostly at Montezuma. 18 species of WARBLERS were recorded this week. Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 4/26: Up to 4 GLOSSY IBIS were seen at the Thru-way Pool and continue to today. 4/27: 2 WHITE-FACED IBIS and at least 1 GLOSSY IBIS were seen at Guy Baldassarre marsh. 2 WHITE-FACED IBIS were seen again today. 4/30: 2 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were photographed in flight over the Main Pool. 5/1: 4 BLACK TERNS were seen in Tschache Pool. Derby Hill Bird Observatory ------------ 15,002 Raptors were counted at derby this weekA good number of GOLDEN EAGLES were seen and the season’s first BOBOLINK was seen. Oswego County ------------ 4/28: A BLACK VULTURE was seen from Sherman Road east of Derby Hill. Cayuga County ------------ 4/26: An AMERICAN PIPIT was seen at West Barrier Bar Park in Fair Haven. 5/1: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen and photographed at Sterling Nature Center. 5/2: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at West Barrier Bar Park in Fair Haven. Onondaga County ------------ 4/25: A LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was seen at the Gerber Top Soil area in Kirkville. 4/26: A CACKLING GOOSE was again seen at the Rand Tract Park in Syracuse. An ICELAND GULL was seen on Oxbow Road near the Gerber Topsoil area. 5/2: A LEAST BITTERN was heard at the Ladd Road Marsh in Brewerton. Madison County ------------ 4/27: A PINE SISKIN was seen in Hamilton. Oneida County ------------ 4/25: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen in Westmoreland. 5/1: A SORA was heard in Dwyer Road Marsh in Verona. Herkimer County ------------ 2 BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS were seen and photographed in the Black River Wild Forest south of McKeever in the Adirondack Park. ---end report Region 5 Joseph Brin Baldwinsville, NY 13027 -- 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/ --
