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* New York * Syracuse * May 18, 2020 * NYSY 05. 18. 20 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): May 11 2020 to May 18, 2020 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: May 18 AT 6:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #702 Monday May 18, 2020 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 11, 2020 Highlights: ----------- WESTERN GREBE (Extralimital) LEAST BITTERN BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON GLOSSY IBIS BRANT GREATER SCAUP LESSER SCAUP SANDHILL CRANE BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER UPLAND SANDPIPER WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER GULL-BILLED TERN (Extralimital) WHIP-POOR-WILL COMMON NIGHTHAWK RED-HEADED WOODPECKER OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER ACADIAN FLYCATCHER PHILADELPHIA VIREO SEDGE WREN GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER CONNECTICUT WARBLER PROTHONOTARY WARBLER CERULEAN WARBLER PRAIRIE WARBLER GRASSHOPPER SPARROW LARK SPARROW CLAY-COLORED SPARROW ORCHARD ORIOLE Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 5/20: A GLOSSY IBIS was found on the Wildlife Drive. It continues thru the 22nd. A SEDGE WREN was reported from the Wildlife drive. 5/22: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER were spotted at Howland Island. 5/23: A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was seen at the Visitor’s Center. 5/24: Late GREATER and LESSER SCAUP were seen at VanDyne Spoor Road. CERULEAN and PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS were reported from Howland Island. 4 SANDHILL CRANES were spotted at the Morgan Road Marshes. 5/25: An ORCHARD ORIOLE and 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen along the Wildlife Trail. A CERULEAN WARBLER was seen at VanDyne Spoor Road. A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was again present at the Wooded area of Armitage Road. Cayuga County ------------ 5/18: 17 species of Warblers including GOLDEN-WINGED were found at theSterling Nature Center. 5/20: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen at West Barrier Bar Park in Fair Haven. 5/21: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at Fair Haven State Park. 12 species of Warblers including a PRAIRIE WARBLER were seen at West Barrier Bar Park. 5/22: A LARK SPARROW was found at West Barrier Park. 5/24: A LEAST BITTERN, a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER and a very rare for our area CONNECTICUT WARBLER were reported from West Barrier Bar Park. A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen at Sterling Nature Center. 5/25: A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, a PHILADELPHIA VIREO and 16 species of Warblers were reported from West Barrier Bar Park. An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was found at the Sterling Nature Center. Onondaga County ------------ 5/20: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at the Gerber Topsoil Farm in Kirkville and were present thru the 25th. A LEAST BITTERN was heard at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville and was heard thru the 25th. A female GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was seen at Three Rivers WMA. A PRAIRIE WARBLER was found at Green Lakes State Park. It had continued through today. 5/23: Up to 2 ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS have returned to Whiskey Hollow Nature Preserve west of Baldwinsville and have been found thru today. 5/25: An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen at Labrador Hollow Unique Area. Derby Hill Bird Observatory ------------ A total of 5,681 hawks were counted at Derby Hill this week. 5/25 was the best day with a total of 3,041 hawks counted 2,589 of which were BROAD-WINGED HAWKS. It was also a record day for BALD EAGLES with 152 counted. Other notables were a resident RED-HEADED WOODPECKER(S) on 5/19 and a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON on 5/21. Oswego County ------------ 5/20: 18 BRANT and 2 SNOW GEESE were seen on Oneida Lake form Mill Street in Constantia. 5/21: WHIP-POOR-WILLS were heard from Martin Road and the Roosevelt Gravel Pits north of Oneida Lake. A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen by many at Sunset Bay Park on Lake Ontario in Scriba. 5/22: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen at Three Mile Bay on Oneida Lake. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen on Hinman Road north of Pulaski. 5/23: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Deer Creek Marsh on Lake Ontario.A LEAST BITTERN was heard at the Phoenix Water Wells north of County Rt. 12. 5/24: GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES were found at the Sithe Energy Trail on LakeOntario and at Deer Creek Marsh on Lake Ontario. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Sunset Bay Park on Lake Ontario. 5/25: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO and a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER were seen at Sunset Bay Park. Madison County ------------ 5/22: 5 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen at Woodman Pond south of Hamilton. 5/25: An UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen at Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. Oneida County ------------ 5/20: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found on Miller’s woods Road near Boonville. 5/24: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen in Waterville. Herkimer county ------------ 5/18: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found near Salisbury Corners. 5/22: A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was found on Big Otter Lake Trail north of Thendara. Extralimital ------------ 5/23: A WESTERN GREBE was spotted on Seneca Lake from Seneca Lake State Park in Geneva. It was relocated on 5/24 but not since. 5/25: A first for upstate GULL-BILLED TERN was found on 5/25 at the Cayuga Overlook of the Iroquois NWR in Genesee County. A preliminary report from late in the day on the 24th. was verified early on the 25th. So far today it has not been relocated. ---- End Report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville NY Region 5 -- 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/ --
