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*New York - Syracuse - May 15, 2018 - NYSY 05. 15.18 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert Dates: May 07 - May 15 To report by email: brinjoseph AT yahoo DOT com Reporting upstate counties: Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Oneida, Herkimer, Cayuga, Montezuma Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands complex compiled: May 15 AT 10:30 a.m. EDT compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondgaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week on May 07, 2018 Highlights: AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN LEAST BITTERN CATTLE EGRET SNOWY EGRET BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON ROSS’S GOOSE BLACK SCOTER SURF SCOTER SWALLOW-TAILED KITE GOLDEN EAGLE SANDHILL CRANE UPLAND SANDPIPER ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL WHIP-POOR-WILL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER PHILADELPHIA VIREO PROTHONOTARY WARBLER CERULEAN WARBLER GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER PRAIRIE WARBLER CLAY-COLORED SPARROW WESTERN MEADOWLARK ORCHARD ORIOLE Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ The recent rarities are still around and being reported almost daily. ROSS’S GOOSE - Seen at Eaton Marsh on Wildlife Drive. AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN - Seen in the main pool on Wildlife Drive WESTERN MEADOWLARK - Seen and heard on Armitage Road just west of Rt.89. PROTHONOTARY WARBLER - Seen in the forested area on Armitage Road on west side of the bridge. 5/9: ORCHARD ORIOLES were seen on the Wildlife Drive and at the Audubon Center north of Savannah. 5/11: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen at Tschache Pool. 5/12: A CATTLE EGRET was seen from East Road. A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was seen at Tschache Pool. A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at the Morgan Road marshes. 5/14: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER has returned to mays Point Road. Cayuga County ------------ 5/12: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was spotted on West Barrier Bar in Fair Haven. Derby Hill Bird Observatory ------------ It was a slow week numbers wise at Derby Hill. Only 1,229 hawks were counted. The highlight of the week was a rare SWALLOW-TAILED KITE spotted on Saturday. On 5/9 a GOLDEN EAGLE was seen along with 3 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS. On 5/11 a SANDHILL CRANE was seen. Oswego County ------------ 5/8: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was found at Sunset Bay Park. 5/9: BLACK and SURF SCOTERS were seen from Phillips Point on Oneida Lake. A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard at Roosevelt Road on Co. Rt. 17 north of Constantia. A PRAIRIE WARBLER was found at Sunset Bay Park. 5/10: A pair of RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS are being seen at Sunset Bay Park. 5/12: LESSER BLACK-BACKED and ICELAND GULLS were seen from Sunset Bay Park. Onondaga County ------------ 5/7: A SNOWY EGRET was again seen at the south end of Onondaga Lake. 5/8: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen on the creek walk near Hiawatha Boulevard in Syracuse. A GOLDEN WARBLER was found on Gully Road north of Skaneateles. 5/9: LESSER BLACK-BACKED and ICELAND GULLS were seen at Onondaga Lake Park near Liverpool. A LEAST BITTERN was heard in the Dewitt Marsh at the end of Fisher Road. 5/11: A PRAIRIE WARBLER was found at Green Lakes State Park. It was relocated on 5/12 and 5/13. 5/15: A CATTLE EGRET was spotted at Hancock Airport near Terminal B Madison County ------------ 5/9: An ORCHARD ORIOLE and a PHILADELPHIA VIREO were seen at Ditchbank Road north of Chittenango. 5/13: A PRAIRIE WARBLER was seen on Muller Hill Road near Sheds. Oneida County ------------ 5/8: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen at Spring Farm Nature Sanctuary south of Clinton. 5/9: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was found at Spring Farm Nature Sanctuary south of Clinton. Herkimer County ------------ 5/9: A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard on private property in the town of Salisbury. 5/11: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen at a residence north of Dolgeville. --end transcript Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 USA -- 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/ --
