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* New York * Syracuse * June 29, 2020 * NYSY 06. 29. 20 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): June 22 2020 to June 29, 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: June 29 AT 3:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #709 Monday June 29, 2020 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of June 22, 2020 Highlights: ----------- LEAST BITTERN BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON RUDDY DUCK PEREGRINE FALCON RED-SHOULDERED HAWK SANDHILL CRANE PIPING PLOVER UPLAND SANDPIPER BLACK TERN RED-HEADED WOODPECKER FISH CROW ACADIAN FLYCATCHER GRASSHOPPER SPARROW CERULEAN WARBLER RED CROSSBILL ORCHARD ORIOLE Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 6/22: 15 BLACK TERNS, 1 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON and 1 CERULEAN WARBLER were seen along the Wildlife Drive. 6/24: 2 CERULEAN WARBLERS were found on Howland Island. 6/25: 2 LEAST BITTERNS and 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES were seen at Guy Baldassarre Marsh. 6/26: 2 CERULEAN WARBLERS and 2 SANDHILL CRANES were found at Howland Island. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen along the Wildlife Drive. 6/27: 40 BLACK TERNS and 4 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen along the Wildlife Drive. 2 LEAST BITTERNS were seen at Tschache Pool. 6/28: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was found at the Visitor’s Center. 2 SANDHILL CRANES and 3 BLACK TERNS were seen from VanDyne Spoor Road. Cayuga County ------------ 6/26: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Fair Haven State Park. 6/28: A CERULEAN WARBLER was found near the intersection of Rts. 104a and 3 near Fair Haven. Onondaga county ------------ 6/22: A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was found in the Elbridge Swamp area south of Peru Road. 6/24: 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES were found at Green Lakes State Park. A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen in Downtown Syracuse on Washington Street. 6/26: 4 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen under the Hiawatha Boulevard Bridge on the Onondaga Creek Creekwalk. At least one was seen up to the 28th. 6/28; An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER continues at Whiskey Hollow Nature Preserve west of Baldwinsville. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was heard near the Skaneateles Aerodrome off of Rt. 41a south of Skaneateles. Oswego County ------------ 6/22: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found on Pulaski Street in Altmar. 6/24: An Acadian Flycatcher was found on Searles Road south of Rt. 104 in Parish. 6/25: A RUDDY DUCK was seen on Lake Neahtawanta in Fulton. 5 PIPING PLOVERS AND A BONAPARTE’S GULL were seen at Sandy Island State Park on Lake Ontario. 6/26: 2 LEAST BITTERNS were seen in the vegetation in the Salmon River from the Rt. 3 bridge. Oneida County ------------ 6/23: A FISH CROW was heard in Oneida. 6/26: 3 LEAST BITTERNS were seen in the Utica Marsh. 6/27: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at Griffiss International Airport in Rome. 6/28: 3 UPLAND SANDPIPERS were seen on North Gage road in Deerfield. Herkimer County --------------- 6/29: A RED CROSSBILL was seen and heard in flight on North Road north of Old Forge. ---- 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/ --