RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* June 6, 2011
* NYSY 0606.11
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
May 30, 2010 - June 06, 2011
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:June 06 AT 1:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#257 -Monday June 06, 2011
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 30 ,
2010
Highlights:
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WHITE PELICAN
BLACK VULTURE
SANDHILL CRANE
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
WILLET
MARBLED GODWIT
RUDDY TURNSTONE
RED KNOT
LAUGHING GULL
BLACK TERN
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER
PRAIRIE WARBLER
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
ORCHARD ORIOLE
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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5/30: 2, presumably, male PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS have taken up residence on
Armitage Road west of the canal bridge. They have been heard and seen
throughout
the week. No news of a female yet. An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER has been reported just
west of the warblers.
6/1: At Tschache Pool KILLDEER, SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVER,
SPOTTED SANDPIPER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER,
DUNLIN and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER were seen. The Semi Sandpipers numbered an
incredible 625. At least 40 BALD EAGLES were on the pool also. At
Knox-Marsellus
Marsh GREAT EGRET and SANDHILL CRANE were seen.
6/4: A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen at Tschache Pool.
Madison County
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5/31: 6 Shorebird species including WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER were seen at
Ditchbank Road. On Lakeport Road Peep, RUDDY TURNSTONE, and DUNLIN were seen.
Oswego County
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5/31: A WILLET was spotted at Derby Hill.
6/1: A LAUGHING GULL was seen at Derby Hill.
6/2: BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and DUNLIN were seen on the breakwalls at Oswego
Harbor.
6/4: A WHITE PELICAN was found on Wantry Island on Oneida Lake. It was
spotted from shore in Constantia. It was still present yesterday (6/5). Also
present on the near rocky island are RUDDY TURNSTONE, RED KNOT, and
SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER. a breeding plumage COMMON LOON has been seen quite
close to shore.
6/4: 2 BLACK TERNS were seen on the rocky island.
Herkimer County
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5/31 an ORCHARD ORIOLE was found at Kast Bridge north of Herkimer.
6/3: A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was found on Third Lake Creek Trail. Many
warblers were also found but no other Boreal Species were seen there or at
Ferd’s Bog.
Onondaga County
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6/6: A BLACK VULTURE was seen soaring near the Dewitt Wegmans. a PRAIRIE
WARBLER was found on Meeker Hill Road west of Tully.
Jefferson County
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6/3: A MARBLED GODWIT was seen in a wet area at the intersection of Rt.3
and Rt.193 near Southwick Beach State Park. It was refound the nest morning but
no reports since.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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