RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* May 29, 2023
* NYSY 05. 29 .23
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):May 22, 2022 to May 29, 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 29 AT 2:00 p.m. (EDT)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#841: Monday May 29, 2023
Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of
May 22, 2022
Highlights
GLOSSY IBIS
CATTLE EGRET
UPLAND SANDPIPER
LEAST TERN
FORSTER’S TERN
COMMON NIGHTHAWK
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER
ORCHARD ORIOLE
PHILADELPHIA VIREO
SEDGE WREN
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
CERULEAN WARBLER
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH
ORCHARD ORIOLE
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma and Montezuma
Wetlands Complex
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5/23: A SECGE WREN was found at Morgan Road. A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was at
the forested area of Armitage Road.
5/26: 3 GLOSSY IBIS were seen at the Visitor’s Center.
5/28: A CERULEAN WARBLER was seen at the Visitor’s Center.
Cayuga County
5/23: A PRAIRIE WARBLER and a LINCOLN’S SPARROW were found at West Barrier
Bar Park in Fair Haven.
5/25A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and a FORSTER’S TERN were seen at West Barrier
Bar.
5/27: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Sterling Nature Center.
5/28: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER and a CERULEAN WARBLER were at the Sterling
Nature Center.
Oswego County
5/22: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen on Cowan Road in Hannibal.
5/23: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen at Sunset Bay Park in the town of
Scriba. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen on West Road in West Monroe.
5/26: 2 ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS were seen on Cownan Road near Hannibal. They
have been noted through today.
5/27: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen near Cleveland.
5/28: A LEAST TERN was found at the Sandy Pond Outlet on lake Ontario. A
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen in Constantio. A GRASSHOPPER was seen at Carley
Mills in Hastings.
Onondaga County
5/23: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen in Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse. A
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was found in a vacant lot on Water Street in Syracuse. it
has continued up to today.
5/25: An adult LAUGHING GULL was seen at the Inner Harbor near Destiny in
Syracuse.
5/27: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen in North Syracuse.
5/28: A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen from Ladd Road in Brewerton.
5/29: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen in Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse.
Madison County
5/27: An ORCHARD ORIOLE and a PHILADELPHIA VIREO were spotted at Ditchbank
Road north of Canastota. A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen in Poolville.
Oneida County
5/22: An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen at Spring Farms
Nature Sanctuary south of Clinton.
5/23: 2 UPLAND SANDPIPERS were seen on North Gage Road near Poland. An
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was seen on Sterling Road near
Verona Beach State Park. Farther south on 2 SEDGE WRENS were seen on the same
road.
5/28: A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen in New Hartford. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was
seen at Spring Farm Nature Sanctuary south of Clinton.
Herkimer County
5/23: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen on Gated Road in Frankfort.
5/25: A CATTLE EGRET was seen on Rt. 170A north of Little Falls.
5/28: A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen near Big Moose north of Inlet
in the Adirondaks.
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Region 5
Joseph Brin
Baldwinsville, NY
13027
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