RBA * New York * Syracuse * June 03, 2013 * NYSY 06. 03. 13 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
May 27, 2013 - June 03, 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:June 03 AT 6:30 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #357 -Monday June 03, 2013 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 27, 2013 Highlights: ----------- BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON GLOSSY IBIS BLACK VULTURE SANDHILL CRANE BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER WHIMBREL SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER RUDDY TURNSTONE WILSON’S PHALAROPE COMMON NIGHTHAWK RED-HEADED WOODPECKER ACADIAN FLYCATCHER ORCHARD ORIOLE EVENING GROSBEAK PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 5/27: SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and RUDDY TURNSTONE were found on the Main Pool.A WILSON’S PHALAROPE was seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh.100+ BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS were seen flying over Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 1,300 DUNLIN, 600 SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPERS, 250 LEAST SANDPIPERS and 270 SEMI-PALMATED PLOVERS were seen at the Main Pool and Kipp Island. 10 BLACK TERNS were seen at Tschache Pool. 5/28: 2 adult and 2 young SANDHILL CRANES contunue at Carncross Road. 5/29: 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW were seen near the Audubon Center north of Savannah. 5/31: A GLOSSY IBIS was found at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. It was relocated the next day. 6/1: 2 first summer SANDHILL CRANES were seen at VanDyne Spoor road in the marsh. Derby Hill ------------ 1,459 raptors were counted on this last official week of the Count at Derby. A BLACK VULTURE ON 6/1 was the raptor highlight. A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen on 5/30. RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on 5/31. The main attraction this week was COMMON NIGHTHAWK with 15 on 5/27, 19 on 5/29 and 131 on 5/31. Onondaga County ------------ 5/28: 2 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen migrating over Dead Creek at the Town of Van Buren Transportation Dept . west of Baldwinsville. 5/30: 3 recently fledged BARRED OWLS were seen in Whiskey Hollow. An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was heard in back of the Town of Van Buren Tansportation Dept. It has not been relocated. 5/31: A first summer male ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen at Ceder Bay Park in Fayetteville. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found on Meeker Hill Road in Tully. 6/1: The Onondaga Audubon Field Trip to Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville found 53 species. Highlights were a WILSON’S WARBLER and yet another ACADIAN FLYCATCHER away from Whiskey Hollow. This bird was heard again on 6/2. Madison County ------------ 5/28: EVENING GROSBEAKS and PINE SISKINS continue to come to a feeder on Carpenter Road near Shedds. Oneida County ------------ 5/28: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen at the Turning Stone RV Park in Verona. Oswego County ------------ 6/1: A WHIMBREL was seen on a rock outcropping near the Tern Island on Oneida Lake from Constantia. -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
