RBA * New York * Syracuse * June 24, 2013 * NYSY 06. 24. 13 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
June 17, 2013 - June 24, 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 24 AT 6:30 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #360 -Monday June 24, 2013 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of June 17, 2013 Highlights: ----------- LEAST BITTERN TRUMPETER SWAN BLUE-WINGED TEAL SANDHILL CRANE UPLAND SANDPIPER BLACK TERN WHIP-POOR-WILL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER SWAINSON’S THRUSH PRAIRIE WARBLER CLAY-COLORED SPARROW GRASSHOPPER SPARROW ORCHARD ORIOLE EVENING GROSBEAK Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 6/23: A LEAST BITTERN was found at Tschache Pool. TRUMPETER SWAN and BLACK TERN were seen at Towpath Road. Madison County ------------ 6/22: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen on Ditchbank Road. Herkimer County ------------ 6/18: 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on the Gray-Wilmurt Road. 6/19: An UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen on Parkhurst Road in the Town of Fairfield. 6/21: A SWAINSON’S THRUSH was found at the Shawangunk Nature Preserve south of Hinkley Reservoir. A WHIP-POOR-WILL was found near the intersection of the Military Road and Rt.29 in the Town of Salisbury. Oswego County ------------ 6/19: 2 adult and 4 young TRUMPETER SWANS continue at the Rt. 6 wetland north of Rt.3. 6/23: 3 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were again seen at the south end of Main Street in Richland. A PRAIRIE WARBLER continues at Churchill Road north of Rt.69 in Happy Valley. Oneida County ------------ 6/21: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen in Verona Beach State Park. 6/24: 2 CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were found at the Spring Farm Nature Sanctuary south of Clinton. Onondaga County ------------ 6/18: 4 ORCHARD ORIOLES were seen at Green Lakes State Park on the Blue Trail. 6/20: A WHIP-POOR-WILL continues tobe heard on 60 Road in the Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 6/22: ORCHARD ORIOLES were again seen at Green Lakes State Park. Cayuga County ------------ 6/22: A pair of BLUE-WING TEAL with young are being seen on Dragonfly Pond at the Sterling Nature Center. -- 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/ --
