RBA * New York * Syracuse * May 13, 2013 * NYSY 05. 13. 13 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
May 06, 2013 - May 13, 2013 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 13 AT 6:30 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #354 -Monday May 13, 2013 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 06, 2013 Highlights: ----------- TRI-COLORED HERON GLOSSY IBIS RUFF BLACK TERN GOLDEN WINGED WARBLER CERULEAN WARBLER PRAIRIE WARBLER BAY-BREASTED WARBLER PROTHONOTARY WARBLER LAWRENCE’S WARBLER CAPE MAY WARBLER CERULEAN WARBLER PRAIRIE WARBLER LAPLAND LONGSPUR ORCHARD ORIOLE Migrants this week ------------ BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER LEAST SANDPIPER DUNLIN STILT SANDPIPER SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO SWAINSON’S THRUSH BRANT BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER PROTHONOTARY WARBLER TENNESSEE WARBLER MOURNING WARBLER BAY-BREASTED WARBLER RED-EYED VIREO SWAINSON’S THRUSH ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 5/7: 2GLOSSI IBIS were seen from the end of Morgan Road. 5/8: A TRI-COLORED HERON was found near the Seneca Trail on the Wildlife Trail. It was seen the next two days in the same place. At least 100 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen on Carncross Road near the bridge to Howland Island. 5/9: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was found in the wooded area on VanDyne Spoor Road. 5/10: A breeding plumaged male RUFF and a GLOSSY IBIS were seen on the Kip’s Island fields southeast of the Thruway and west of State Rt.90.The RUFF was later seen at LaRue’s Lagoon along the Wildlife Trail. 5/12: The RUFF was relocated on Howland Island where it was seen again today. The bird was in Coot’s Pond which is accessed from Howland Island Road on Rt. 38 north of Port Byron. Cross the iron bridge and go left at the first intersection. The pond will be on your right. Shorebirds seen throughout the complex this week were BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, KILDEER, SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, RUFF, DUNLIN and STILT SANDPIPER. Derby Hill ------------ A very slow week at Derby. Only 783 Hawks were counted. Other highlights were PRAIRIE WARBLER, CAPE MAY WARBLER and ORCHARD ORIOLE on 5/11. Oswego County ------------ 5/7: A FOS CERULEAN WARBLER was found at Phillips Point on Oneida Lake near Constantia. 5/9: The LAWRENCE’S WARBLER and a BREWSTER’S WARBLER were seen at Great Bear Recreational Area north of Phoenix. A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was seen on Weller Road off of Co. Rt. 6 in Volnay. 5/10: 16 species of Warblers wer seen at Sunset Bay Park on Lake Ontario including GOLDEN-WINGED and BAY-BREASTED. FOS BRANT were seen at Phillips Point. 5/11: SWAINSON’S THRUSH and CAPE MAY warbler were found at Sunset Bay Park. BLACK TERNS were found at Selkirk State Park on Lake Ontario. Herkimer County ------------ 5/10 41 species of birds including a late FOX SPARROW were seen in the Cold Brook area north of Utica. Onondaga County ------------ 5/12: A GREAT EGRET, 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS and 5 LEAST SANDPIPERS were seen on the Pony(less) Farm on Lamson Road in Lysander. 5/13: PINE SISKINS were at a feeder in Liverpool. -- end report 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/ --
