RBA * New York * Syracuse * May 10, 2021 * NYSY 05. 17. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): May 10 to May 17, 2021 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 17 AT 4:00 p.m. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #752 Monday May 17, 2021 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 10, 2021 Highlights: -----------
RED-NECKED GREBE LEAST BITTERN BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON GLOSSY IBIS WHITE-FACED IBIS WHITE-WINGED SCOTER BLACK VULTURE GOLDEN EAGLE LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER HUDSONIAN GODWIT RUDDY TURNSTONE LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL LAUGHING GULL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER PHILADELPHIA VIREO SWAINSON’S THRUSH PROTHONOTARY WARBLER GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER GRASSHOPPER SPARROW LINCOLN’S SPARROW CLAY-COLORED SPARROW ORCHARD ORIOLE EVENING GROSBEAK RED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 5/12: Found along the Wildlife Drive: LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, LEAST BITTERN, GLOSSY IBIS (only one), LINCOLN’S SPARROW. 8 Shorebird species including SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER were seen on the west side of Howland Island. 5/15: A WHITE-FACED IBIS was seen with the remaining GLOSSY IBIS in the Wildlife trail. 2 PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS were seen from kayaks on the west side of Howland Island. 5/16: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was seen in the wooded area of Armitage Road.An ORCHARD ORIOLE and a LINCOLN’S SPARROW were seen on the Wildlife Drive. 9 Shorebird species including SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER were seen from Carncross Road. Onondaga County ------------ 5/11: A WHITE-WINGED SCOTER was seen on the West Shore trail of Onondaga Lake and was seen through the 16th. 5/12: A LEAST BITTERN was heard at DewittMarsh. A BLACK VULTURE was seen at Jamesville Beach. 5/13: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen at Highland Forest County Park. 5/14: Last sighting of the RED-NECKED GREBE on the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. 5/15: A BLACK TERN was seen at the Honeywell Center on Onondaga Lake. An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen at Highland Forest Park.A RED CROSSBILL and a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER were found on Woodmancy Road north of Vesper. 5/16: 2 RED CROSSBILLS were found on Shakham Road in the Morgan Hill State forest. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen at Green Lakes State Park. 5/17: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen at the LeMoyne College Woods. Derby Hill Bird Observatory ------------- Only 771 Hawks were counted at Derby this week. One GOLDEN EAGLE was seen. 12 EVENING GROSBEAKS and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER were counted also. Oswego County ------------ 5/11: An EVENING GROSBEAK was seen on Skyline Drive in Oswego. 5/12: A RUDY TURNSTONE was seen at Biddlecum Road Marsh north of Phoenix. A LEAST BITTERN was heard on Depot Road in West Monroe. 5/13: A LAUGHING GULL was again seen at the sandy Pond Outlet on Lake Ontario.At sunset Bay park on Lake Ontario the following were seen: LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, SWAINSON’S THRUSH, EVENING GROSBEAK and LINCOLN’S SPARROW. 5/15: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen at Nine Mile Point Road near Noyes Sanctuary on Lake Ontario. A PHILADELPHIA VIREO and an ORCHARD ORIOLE were seen at Sunset Bay Park.A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was seen at Biddlecum Pond. A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was seen the Sandy Pond Outlet. 5/16: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen at Sunset Bay park. 5/17: A LINCOLN’S SPARROW, an ORCHARD ORIOLE and an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER were seen at Sunset Bay Park. Madison County -------------- 5/12: An EVENING GROSBEAK was seen on Eden Hollow Road. 5/14: 6 EVENIN GROSBEAKS continue near Eaton Reservoir. 5/15: 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were seen at the Madison Street Impoundment north of Hamilton. 5/17: 2 PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS were seen at Woodman Pond north of Hamilton. Oneida County ------------ 5/12: 5/12: 2 BLACK VULTURES were seen from the Mohawk River Walk in Rome. 5/13: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Verona Beach State Park on Oneida Lake. 5/15: 1 RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Lakeshore Drive at the east ene of Oneida Lake. 5/16: An EVENING GROSBEAK was seen at Coleman Mills Road near the Oneida County Airport. A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen at the Lake Julia Preserve. A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen on Brown Tract Road in Remsen. Herkimer County ------------ 5/11: An EVEN GROSBEAK was seen in Cold Brook. 5/13: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at the corner of Albany and Soncody Roads south of West Winfield. 5/16: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen at Salisbury Corners. -----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/ --
