[cayugabirds-l] yellow warbler in Brooktondale

2023-05-01 Thread Thomas Hoebbel Photography 
I had my first yellow warbler of the year a few minutes agolooking
forward to many more!



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[cayugabirds-l] Rose breasted grosbeak.

2023-05-01 Thread Peter Saracino 
Beautiful male singing in my Maple tree.
Sar

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[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse area RBA

2023-05-01 Thread Joseph Brin 

RBA

 

*  New York

*  Syracuse

* May 1, 2023

* NYSY 05. 01 .23

 

Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert

Dates(s):April 24, 2022 to May 01, 2023

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 01  AT 1:00 p.m. (EDT)

compiler: Joseph Brin

Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org


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#838: Monday May 01, 2023 

 

Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of 

May 01, 2022

 




Highlights






RED-NECKED GREBE

ANHINGA

LEAST BITTERN

GLOSSY IBIS

SANDHILL CRANE

BRANT

PIPING PLOVER

BLACK TERN

RED-HEADED WOODPECKER

EVENING GROSBEAK

LAPLAND LONGSPUR

LINCOLN’S SPARROW

PINE SISKIN

RED CROSSBILL










Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma and Montezuma

Wetlands Complex

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     4/25: A GLOSSY IBIS was spotted in the Main Pool and remained to 4/30.

     4/29: 7 SANDHILL CRANES were seen on Lay Road on the west side of Rt. 89 
which borders the complex.

     4/30: A BLACK TERN has returned to the Wildlife Drive.







Cayuga County






     4/30: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at the Sterling Nature Center.







Oswego County






     4/25: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen on Depot Road in West Monroe.

     4/26: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Derby Hill Hawk Site in Lake Ontario. 
3 were seen on 4/28. PIPING PLOVERS have returned to Sandy Island State Park on 
Lake Ontario.  4 were seen on this date and 6 were seen on 4/28.

     4/28: An early LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen on the SUNY Oswego Campus.







Onondaga County






     4/24: A GLOSSY IBIS was seen on Cicero Center Road north of Rt. 31.

     4/28: A BRANT was seen on Onondaga Lake from the Liverpool Marina.

     4/29: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen on Lamson Road west of Rt. 48 north of 
Baldwinsville, an area previously referred to as the Pony Farm. No more Ponies 
but a good area for Shorebirds and Waterfowl in early spring. The Crane was 
seen again on the 30th and today. A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen from Onondaga 
Lake Park in Liverpool.







Madison County






     A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen at the Sky High Sod Farm north of Chittenango 
on Lakeport Road.







Oneida County






     4/26: 6 ANHINGAS were last seen on Muck Road in Rome. This was the last 
positive sighting of these rare for NY birds at this location.

     4:30 A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, first seen on the 26th.  was seen at the 
north end of Verona Beach State Park. 2LEAST BITTERNS were seen in the Utica 
Marsh WMA.







Herkimer County






     4/27: A PINE SISKIN was seen at a feeder in Dolgeville.

     4/28: 2 RED CROSSBILLS were found in the McKeever area east of Rt. 28 
south of Old Forge.




     

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Region 5







Joseph Brin

Baldwinsville, NY

13027

 


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[cayugabirds-l] Tioga County: Candor NY Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher

2023-05-01 Thread Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes 
On Friday morning, April 28, a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher was reported to the 
Cayuga RBA GroupMe Rare Bird Alert and photos were later posted on the Cayuga 
Bird Club’s Facebook page 
(https://www.facebook.com/groups/cayugabirdclub/posts/6160452230659207/) with 
this excellent summary comment by Jody Enck:

See description in original post by Cayuga Bird Club member, Dave Nicosia, 
about this Scissor-tailed Flycatcher being found in Tioga County yesterday on 
the Troyer family farm. Many members of the Amish Community in Tioga County are 
top-notch and welcoming birders who deserve our gratitude and more. This family 
is a role model for creating organic, insect-rich, super-birdy habitat, and for 
welcoming the broader birding community. This is the 203rd species of bird they 
have recorded on their farm in the five years they have lived there. In recent 
years, they have found, and graciously allowed dozens of others to observe: 
Say's Phoebe, Yellow Rail (two years in a row), Western Kingbird, this bird, 
and many more. We in the birding community would do well to emulate their 
connection to the land and their welcoming spirit, and to offer our assistance 
if and when they could use an extra hand with their farming operation. They 
give us so much, it would be great if we can all find a way to give back to 
this family.

I made my first-ever visit to the Troyer Farm this morning, May 1. Both Rufus 
Troyer and his son Adam Troyer were incredibly gracious in their time and 
accommodating, taking me and other birders up to see the flycatcher actively 
foraging and flying between the various cow pastures uphill to the north of 
their main farm. The Troyer’s are superbly knowledgeable birders and are very 
welcoming of other birders who are as passionate about wildlife and birds as 
they are.

Rufus Troyer has given me permission to share this information here on 
Cayugabirds-L. Please be respectful and understand that this is a working farm. 
On dairy pickup days (Tuesday), the large tractor trailer needs to pull in and 
turn around. If there are multiple visitors, please do not block the main farm 
access road or their driveway. You can park on the right-hand side of the road 
at the top of the dead-end Tomak Road where the road makes a sharp left-hand 
bend—near where the logged trees are stacked.

Rufus told me he would probably place a welcome sign in that area. If you walk 
uphill and behind the carriage barns, you can walk the access road uphill to 
the north a short ways. The flycatcher has been frequenting the fields on both 
sides of the road. Some of the electric fences are hot, so don’t touch them. 
There is a sign-in notebook—please sign it. If you see Adam or Rufus, they will 
more than likely walk you into the cow pasture for a better view, or will at 
least know where the bird was last seen.

Given the current weather system, it seems plausible this bird could stick 
around for another day or two. These usually don’t stick around very long.

Here’s a link to the map location of the upper bend in Tomak Road: 
https://goo.gl/maps/oHW1VGSu9ADtyv7eA

Good luck and good birding!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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Cornell University, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850, USA
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