RBA * New York * Syracuse * May 28, 2012 * NYSY 05.28.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
May 21, 2012 - May 28, 2012 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 28 AT 5:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #306 -Monday May 28, 2012 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 14 , 2012 Highlights: ----------- AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN SANDHILL CRANE BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER HUDSONIAN GODWIT RUDDY TURNSTONE SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER WILSON’S PHALAROPE COMMON NIGHTHAWK ACADIAN FLYCATCHER SWAINSON’S THRUSH ORCHARD ORIOLE Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 5/22: One WILSON’S PHALAROPE and a group of BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS were at Puddler’s Marsh. 5/25: 5 adult and 2 young SANDHILL CRANES were seen from Carncross Road. 5/26: A female HUDSONIAN GODWIT was found at Puddler’s Marsh. A WILSON’S PHALAROPEand WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were at Shorebird Flats on the wildlife drive. 5/27: One of the best spring shorebird days ever at Montezuma. At Puddler’s Marsh there 13 species with some present in great numbers (Semi-plover, Semi-sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, and Dunlin). Here is the complete list. BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER SEMIPALMATED PLOVER KILLDEER SPOTTED SANDPIPER GREATER YELLOWLEGS LESSER YELLOWLEGS HUDSONIAN GODWIT RUDDY TURNSTONE SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER LEAST SANDPIPER WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER DUNLIN SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER An additional HUDSONIAN GODWIT was found at Benning Marsh. 5/28: A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was relocated at Benning Marsh. 8 species of shorebirds were at Shorebird flats on the wildlife drive. Jefferson County ------------ An ORCHARD ORIOLE has been found nesting at a residence in Mannsville. 5/26: 8 species of shorebirds including SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER were found at El Dorado Beach. also found were 8 species of Warblers. Derby HillBird Observatory ------------ This was the final week of counting Raptors at Derby Hill. 1,759 birds were counted this week. A GREAT EGRET was seen on 6/25. A complete summary of this season can be seen by clicking on the following link. http://onondagaaudubon.com/the-view-from-derby-hill-4/ Oneida County ------------ 5/22: 2 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were spotted on Oneida Lake’s east end at the Marion Manor Marina south of Verona Beach. By Wednesday the 23rd. they had moved north and were last seen from the lighthouse parking area north of the park in the morning. Efforts to see them in the afternoon were unsuccessful and they have not been reported at any part of the lake. Oswego County ------------ 5/26: 14 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and 3 DUNLIN were seen on the near island looking south from Constantia. A short while later 2 RUDDY TURNSTONES were seen also. 5/27: 3 BARRED OWLS and a COMMON NIGHTHAWK were heard at a residence in Constantia. Onondaga County ------------ 5/24: A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen flying over Baaldwinsville. 5/26: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER has returned to Whiskey Hollow. It seems to be wandering rather than settling in the traditional location. 5/27: A SWAINSON’S THRUSH was seen in Green Lakes State Park. -- 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 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/ --
