[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * May 17, 2010 * NYSY 1705.10 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): May 10, 2009 - May 17, 2010 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 17 AT 2:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #205 -Monday May 17, 2010 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 10 , 2010 Highlights: --- LEAST BITTERN GREAT EGRET BRANT SANDHILL CRANE WILSON’S PHALAROPE BLACK TERN FORSTER’S TERN PARASITIC JAEGER SAW-WHET OWL WHIP-POOR WILL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER SEDGE WREN SWAINSON’S THRUSH CAPE MAY WARBLER PRAIRIE WARBLER PROTHONATORY WARBLER LINCOLN’S SPARROW Migrants this week: -- EASTERN PEE WEE ACADIAN FLYCATCHER RED-EYED VIREO SEDGE WREN PRAIRIE WARBLER BAY-BREASTED WARBLER WILSON’S WARBLER Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 5/10: 2 LEAST BITTERNS, 1 AMERICAN BITTERN, 3 SORAS, AND 2 VIRGINIA RAILS were all found at Railroad road. A SANDHILL CRANE was also heard. 5/15: 125+ LEAST SANDPIPERS and numbers of DUNLIN, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were all seen at the Visitor’s Center. At Tschache Pool 5 FORSTER;S TERNS and 5 GREAT EGRETS were seen. At VanDyne Spoor Road 27 BLACK TERNS were found. Derby Hill The beginning of the end? Only 146 Hawks counted this week. Phillips Point (Oneida Lake) lakewatch. Still Good numbers of WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS. No BRANT on the 15th. (Birdathon) but today 2035 flew by. However, the real highlight was a rare spring PARASITIC JAEGER close in to shore. Oswego County 5/13: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Co. Rt. 1 near Nine Mile Point Road. BLACK TERNS were seen at Port Ontario. A PRAIRIE WARBLER was heard at Great Bear Recreational Area. 5/14: 20 species of Warbler including 8 CAPE MAYS were found along the lakeshore at Sunset Bay Park and Noyes Sanctuary. At least 40 BRANT were seen flying in Granby on Phinney Road. 5/15: 2 SEDGE WRENS have returned after a years absence to McCloud Road off of 3 Mile Bay Road.SAW-WHET OWL and WHIP-POOR WILL were heard near Constantia. 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen at the end of Nine Mile Point Road near Noyes Sanctuary. Today (5/17) 3 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen in the same place. Onondaga County 5/12: 3 BLACK TERNS were seen at the Liverpool Marina on Onondaga Lake. --end transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] nocturnal migrants, Mon 5/17 into Tues 5/18
Birds are moving steadily, if not in huge numbers, northbound over Ithaca tonight. In about ten minutes of listening, I've heard about a dozen SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, a couple of GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES, some VEERIES, and quite a few other diverse sounds I can't identify. Mark Chao -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] CBC Field Trip
Hi Folks, Sorry this is so late. I truly have been birding too much with not much time to post things. Anyway, I apologize. There were 11 of us - Judy, Donna, John, Stephanie, Sara Jane, Larry, Sidney, Klaus, Stuart, Paul, and me on the Lindsay Parsons Cayuga Bird Trip. We met at 7:00 am at Wegmans and carpooled to Lindsay Parsons. We saw a total of 73 species (maybe). At the parking lot at Lindsay Parsons, we first heard a PRAIRIE WARBLER and a YELLOW-THROATED VIREO. A male NORTHERN HARRIER flew overhead. We heard a FIELD SPARROW, and a possible fly-by DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT. (that is the questionable bird. It looked more like a duck to me). If one of the field-trip folks really had a good look at the bird, please pipe in. The beginning of the walk, we had RED-EYED VIREO, AMERICAN ROBIN, we saw both SPOTTED and SOLITARY SANDPIPERS at the ponds. Green Heron was not seen. Where are they?? Continuing on, we heard and had great looks at a BROWN THRASHER in the field. A CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER and an INDIGO BUNTING (which we had killer looks at) were seen before the RR tracks. There were also BLACK AND WHITE WARBLERS there. At the railroad tracks, we heard a MOURNING WARBLER calling. Judy saw it for an instant. Young eyes are great! Thank you, Judy! Heading towards Celia's cup, you can either go straight or to the right. We went to the right. That was when we first heard the BLUE-WINGED WARBLER. Everyone had great looks at a HOODED WARBLER. Some of the guys stayed back and eventually heard and saw a BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO. BLACK-THROATED BLUE were heard and seen. Some of us hangers-on from the bird trip went up Station Road. We walked into a very steep area to try to hear Worm-eating Warbler. It was too late in the day to hear it. We did hear or see OVENBIRD, BLACK-THROATED GREEN and BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS. Those birds breed there. Good Birding, Ann -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
