[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA
RBA *New York - Syracuse - June 04, 2018 - NYSY 06.04.18 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert Dates: May 29 - June 04 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: June 04 AT 11:30 a.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 29, 2018 Highlights: LEAST BITTERN TUNDRA SWAN NORTHERN GOSHAWK RED KNOT RED-NECKED PHALAROPE UPLAND SANDPIPER AMERICAN AVOCET COMMON NIGHTHAWK RED-HEADED WOODPECKER ACADIAN FLYCATCHER LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH PROTHONOTARY WARBLER PRAIRIE WARBLER GRASSHOPPER SPARROW WESTERN MEADOWLARK ORCHARD ORIOLE PINE SISKIN RED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) Shorebird species numbers were down to 13 this week but rarities such as AMERICAN AVOCET and other tough to find species such as RED KNOT and RED-NECKED PHALAROPE were around. 5/28: A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was seen in the Thru-way Pools on the Wildlife Drive. It was seen again on the 29th. but not since. 5/29: This date was the last sighting of the WESTERN MEADOWLARK on Armitage Road. A RED KNOT was seen at Tschache Pool. It was found again on the 30th. but not since. SANDHILL CRANE pairs with a colt were seen near the Potato Barn on Rt. 31 and at Knox-Marsellus Marsh 5/30: PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS were seen at one of the nest box in the forested area of Armitage Road and are believed to be breeding. 5/31: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON and an AMERICAN AVOCET were seen in the Morgan Road Marsh. 6/1: A (the) AMERICAN AVOCET was seen at Tschache Pool and later along the Wildlife Drive. 6/2: A TUNDRA SWAN was seen from Est Road. A (the ) AMERICAN AVOCET was seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. It was seen there again today. Cayuga County 6/3: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues of West Barrier Park in Fair Haven. 2 ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS were seen at Sterling Nature Center. Oswego County 6/3: A LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH was again seen at Salmon River Falls north of Altmar. A PINE SISKIN was seen at a feeder near Mexico. Onondaga County 5/29: A PRAIRIE WARBLER was seen at Green Lakes State Park. It was seen again of 6/3. 6/1: A LEAST BITTERN was seen at Hamlin Marsh. 6/2: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW and an ORCHARD ORIOLE were seen at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 2 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen at the NBT stadium in Syracuse. 6/3: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen at Green Lakes State Park. A CERULEAN WARBLER was found in Cicero Swamp. Oneida County 5/31: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was found at Spring Farms Nature Center south of Clinton. 6/1: 2 UPLAND SANDPIPERS were seen at the Deerfield Grasslands south of Poland. A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was found at Woodford Forest east of Sangerfield. Herkimer County 5/30: A RED CROSSBILL was seen near Little Moose Lake south of Old Forge. 6/1: An UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen on North Gage Road south of Poland. -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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Robins and salamanders
We have a American robin nest above the door to our deck where we can get a great view of all of the activity. The adults are feeding four young which hatched about a week ago. Before flying to the nest they often land on the deck railing to check us out before deciding it is safe to fly to the nest. This affords a good opportunity to see what they are carrying. This afternoon I was surprised to see a whole, young salamander in with the worms in the adults beak! The entire load was fed to one hungry chick. Yesterday we found a dried carcass of a small salamander under the nest on the floor of the deck. According to the “AllAboutBirds.org” website, robins “have rarely been recorded eating shrews, small snakes, and aquatic insects.” Maybe it’s not as rare as previously thought. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Least Bittern at SSW
Hi All, Not a least bitten, but I saw a green heron in just about that location (flew into the trees at the back of the first pond) a couple of weeks ago. Tom Frank Ken Haas wrote: > Hi All, > > During my beginner bird walk at Sapsucker Woods yesterday morning, I met a > woman on the trail who showed me her point and shoot camera and asked me what > bird she took a photo of just minutes earlier. It looked to me like a Least > Bittern and asked her where she saw it. My group agreed to look for this > unusual bird. She took us back to the first pond after coming over the > boardwalk from the parking lot, just before one reaches the Owens Platform. > She said it was in the reeds and cattails to the right side of the pond. All > of us looked for several minutes but didn’t see anything. I decided to slowly > sneak up the grassy path to the right of the pond hoping to find it. It flew > out of the cattails and deeper into the back of the pond and out of sight. > But we all got a look at it. After comparing it to everything else I thought > it could be (imm. Green Heron, for example) and looking again at her picture, > I can only come to the conclusion of a Least Bittern. > > Has anyone else been seeing one over there? > > Ken Haas > -- > > 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/ > > -- > -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Least Bittern at SSW
Hi All, During my beginner bird walk at Sapsucker Woods yesterday morning, I met a woman on the trail who showed me her point and shoot camera and asked me what bird she took a photo of just minutes earlier. It looked to me like a Least Bittern and asked her where she saw it. My group agreed to look for this unusual bird. She took us back to the first pond after coming over the boardwalk from the parking lot, just before one reaches the Owens Platform. She said it was in the reeds and cattails to the right side of the pond. All of us looked for several minutes but didn’t see anything. I decided to slowly sneak up the grassy path to the right of the pond hoping to find it. It flew out of the cattails and deeper into the back of the pond and out of sight. But we all got a look at it. After comparing it to everything else I thought it could be (imm. Green Heron, for example) and looking again at her picture, I can only come to the conclusion of a Least Bittern. Has anyone else been seeing one over there? Ken Haas -- 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/ --
