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*New York - Syracuse - May 20, 2019 - NYSY 05. 20. 19 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert Dates: May 13 - May 20, 2019 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 06 AT 2:00 p.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 20, 2019 Highlights: RED-THROATED LOON RED-NECKED GREBE LEAST BITTERN NORTHERN GOSHAWK WHIMBREL RUDDY TURNSTONE STILT SANDPIPER LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER WILSON’S PHALAROPE BLACK TERN FORSTER’S TERN WHIP-POOR-WILL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER BOREAL CHICKADEE CERULEAN WARBLER PHILADELPHIA VIREO PROTHONOTARY WARBLER YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER CLAY-COLORED SPARROW GRASSHOPPER SPARROW LINCOLN’S SPARROW ORCHARD ORIOLE EVENING GROSBEAK Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 18 species of Shorebirds were seen in the complex this week. Highlights were WILSON’S PHALAROPE and WHIMBREL. 5/13: A RUDDY TURNSTONE was seen along the Wildlife Drive. 5/14: 11 species of shorebirds including WILSON’S PHALAROPE were seen along the Wildlife Drive. 5/16: PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS continue in the forested area on armitage Road. A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was seen on VanDyne Spoot Road. 3 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, a PHILADELPHIA VIREO and 8 CERULEAN WARBLERS were seen on Howland Island. 5/18: A LEAST BITTERN, a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, an ORCHARD ORIOLE and a LINCOLN’S SPARROW were seen on the Wildlife Drive. 28 BLACK TERNS were seen at Tschache Pool. A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen at VanDyne Spoor Road. 3 BLACK TERNS, a WILSON’S PHALAROPE and a COMMON NIGHTHAWK were seen on Carncross Road.A LEAST BITTERN was seen from Morgan Road. 5/19: A WHIMBREL was seen in the Main Pool. A LEAST BITTERN was seen at Kipp Island. 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES were seen along the Wildlife Drive. 5/20: A STILT SANDPIPER and a SANDERLING were seen along the Wildlife Drive. Cayuga County ------------ 5/17: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at the intersection of Hadcock and West Bay Roads in Fair Haven. Another was seen at West Barrier Beach Park nearby. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen at Sterling Nature Center. 5/19: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was again seen on Hadcock Road.12 species of Warblers, a PHILADELPHIA VIREO, a LINCOLN’S SPARROW and a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER were seen at West Barrier Beach Park. Derby Hill Bird Sanctuary -------------------- 2,729 Hawks were counted this week as daily flights start to slow down. A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen on 5/16 and 5/17. Also seen this week were RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, ORCHARD ORIOLE and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER. Oswego County ------------ 5/14: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue on Lake Street in Pulaski. 5/15: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Bayshore Drive on Lake Ontario. A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard at the Roosevelt Road Sand Pits north of Oneida Lake. A SANDERLING and a FORSTER’S TERN were seen at the Sandy Pond outlet.A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen at the Sithe Energy Trails on Lake Ontario. 5/16: An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen at the Great Bear Recreation Area north of Phoenix. It was relocated on 5/18. 5/17: 740 BRANT and 972 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were counted at Phillips Point on Oneida Lake. A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen on the Sithe Energy Trails. 5/18: SURF SCOTERS, RED-NECKED GREBE, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, BRANT and RED-THROATED LOON were all reported from Phillips Point on Oneida Lake. 5/20: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen on Hinman Road north of Pulaski. Onondaga County ------------ 5/14: 3 SHORT-BILLED and 1 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen at the Gerber Topsoil Farm south of Bridgeport. A RUDDY TURNSTONE was seen nearby on Ferstler Road. A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was seen at Three Rivers WMA norht of Baldwinsville. 5/15: A BLACK TERN was seen at Oneida Shores Park. 5/18: A LEAST BITTERN was seen in the Dewitt Marsh south of Bridge Street in East Syracuse. 5/19: 14 species of Warblers including 11 BAY-BREASTED were seen at Three Rivers WMA. Also heard was a LEAST BITTERN. Madison County ------------ 5/14: A WILSON’S PHALAROPE was seen at Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. It was seen again on the 15th. 11 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen on Ditchbank Road. They were last seen on the 16th. when only 2 remained. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was also seen on Ditchbank Road. A FORSTER’S TERN was seen at Woodman Pond near Hamilton. Oneida County ------------ 5/15: A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was seen at Spring Farms Nature Sanctuary south of Clinton. 5/17: A CERULEAN WARBLER was noted at Spring Farm Nature Sanctuary.. 5/18: 2 WHIP-POOR-WILS were heard at the Preston Hill Gfaver Pits north of Oneida Lake. A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was found at the Spring Farm Nature Sanctuary. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen on Sterling Road north of Verona Beach state Park. A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen on Dwyer Road north of Verona. Herkimer County ------------ EVENING GROSBEAKS continue at a residence north of Dolgeville on Military Road. 5/16: A BOREAL CHICKADEE was at a feeder on Thibado Road north of Eagle Bay. 5/17: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was at a feeder on Military Road north of Dolgeville. ---- End Transcript ---- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, NY, 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/[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/ --
