RBA * New York * Syracuse * June 02, 2014 * NYSY 06. 02. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
May 26, 2013 - June 02, 2014 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 02 AT 6:30 a.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #395 Monday June 02, 2014 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 26, 2014 Highlights: ----------- GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE EURASIAN WIGEON BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER RUDDY TURNSTONE SANDERLING RED KNOT RED-NECKED PHALAROPE COMMON NIGHTHAWK WHIP-POOR-WILL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER KIRTLAND’S WARBLER CLAY-COLORED SPARROW LARK SPARROW ORCHARD ORIOLE Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 5/26: 400 DUNLIN, 45 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 19 RUDDY TURNSTONES, a SANDERLING, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS and a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER were all seen at Carncross Road. The RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue on Mays Point Road. 5/27: A RED KNOT was added to yesterday’s mix at Carncross Road. 5/28: A LARK SPARROW was seen along the Wildlife Drive. At Carncross Road a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, a RED-NECKED GREBE, a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS were seen. 5/30: 5 RED KNOTS, 40 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and a GREATED WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE were all found at Carncross Road. 6/2: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen atTschache Pool. Oswego County ------------ The HAWKWATCH at Derby Hill is officially over . Check the site for final numbers. Once again Steve Kolbe did a fabulous job, not only counting Hawks but also helping everyone both through his class on Hawk ID and fielding any and all questions BIRD for birders on all levels. Congratulations Steve on a job WELL DONE. 5/26: COMMON NIGHTHAWKS are still being counted at Derby Hill and have been seen through 6/1. 6/1: An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was found on Kibbe Lake Road in Constantia. WHIP-POOR-WILLS are still being heard on Roosevelt Road north of Oneida Lake. Madison County ------------ 2 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS were found onMills Road in Durhamville. Onondaga County ------------ COMMON NIGHTHAWKS have also been seen at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville most evenings this week. 6/1: A pair of ORCHARD ORIOLES were see on Tacoma Road on the Erie Canal in Warners. A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW continues to be seen at Green Lakes State Park. Oneida County ------------ 5/27: CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, probably breeding, is still being seen at Spring Farm Nature Center in Clinton. 5/30: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was found near Cassville. Extralimital ------------ 6/1: An impossibily rare male KIRTLANDS WARBLER was found and seen and photographed at Hamlin Beach State Park west of Rochester. Unfortunately there have been no positive reports today. -- 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/ --
