RBA * New York * Syracuse * June 01, 2021 * NYSY 06. 01. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): May 25 to June 01, 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: June 01 AT 5:00 p.m. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #755 Tuesday June 01, 2021 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 25, 2021 Highlights: -----------
LEAST BITTERN GLOSSY IBIS BRANT RED KNOT BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER RUDDY TURNSTONE WHIMBREL WILLET MARBLED GODWIT COMMON NIGHTHAWK WHIP-POOR-WILL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER ACADIAN FLYCATCHER OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER SWAINSON’S THRUSH GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH SEDGE WREN PROTHONOTARY WARBLER GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER LAWRENCE’S WARBLER (Hybrid) YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT GRASSHOPPER SPARROW CLAY-COLORED SPARROW ORCHARD ORIOLE RED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ The YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen throughout the week on the South Spring Pool trail. 5/27: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER and an ORCHARD ORIOLE were seen on Carncross Road. 5/29: Seen on the Wildlife Drive: 20 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 3 RED KNOTS, 1 GLOSSY IBIS, 1WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER. A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER continues in the forested area of Armitage Road. 5/30: Seen on the Wildlife Drive: 6 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 3 SEMI-PALMATED PLOVERS, 3 RUDDY TURNSTONES, 1 RED KNOT which was seen crossing the Seneca River into Cayuga County. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen on Howland Island. A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen on VanDyne Spoor Road. 6/1: A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was seen in the Main Pool. Onondaga County ------------ Up to 5 LEAST BITTERNS are being heard at the Ladd Road Marsh near Oneida Shores Park. A SEDGE WREN was heard and seen at two locations in the big fields area of Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville.5/25: 80 RED KNOTS, 345 WHIMBRELS and 20 BRANT were counted from Muskrat Bay on Oneida Lake.4 RUDY TURNSTONES were seen from the West Shore Trail of Onondaga lake. 5/26: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was found in Whiskey Hollow west of Baldwinsville. A SWAINSON’S THRUSH was found at Woodchuck Preserve near Fayetteville. 5/27: An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was herd in Whiskey Hollow. 5/28: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at Cedar Bay Parkin Fayetteville. 5/29: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen at the Jamesville Reservoir fishing area. Derby Hill Bird Observatory ------------ This was the last week of official Hawk counting at Derby Hill. Only 773 hawks were tallied. A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen on 5/30. Oswego County ------------ A MARBLED GODWIT was seen on Carl Island from Green Point from 5/27 to 5/31. An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was seen fro 5/27 to 5/30 on Searles Road in Parish. A WILLET was seen at the outlet to Sandy Pond from 5/27 to today. 5/26: A SEDGE WREN was found on Hellinger Road in West Monroe. A WHIP-POOR-WILL was again heard at the Roosevelt Road sand pits north of Oneida Lake. 5/27: 8 WHIMBREL, 8 RUDDY TURNSTONES and 2 RED KNOTS were seen from Mill Street in Constantia on Oneida Lake. 5/28: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER were found at Sunset Bay Park on Lake Ontario. 5/30: A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was again seen at Freat Bear Recreation Area north of Phoenix. 5/31: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was seen on Gray Road off of Rt. 48 south of Oswego. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at the Oswego County Airport . 6/1: A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER and the rare hybrid LAWRENCE’S WARBLER were seen on Johnson Road south of Mexico. Madison County ------------ 5/29: 20 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at the corner of Damon and Holmes Roads near New Woodstock. 5/31: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen on Co. Rt. 20 near Perryville. A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was see at woodman Pond north of Hamilton. Oneida County ------------ 5/25: A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard on Preston Hill Road north of Oneida Lake. A SWAINSON’S THRUSH was seen at Forest Park in Camden. 5/26: An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen on Rt.40 west of Lauther Road west of Rome. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen at Spring Farms nature Sanctuary south of Clinton.A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen on State Rt. 8 south of Poland. 5/28: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Rt. 49 east of Cleveland on Oneida Lake. 5/29: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Lock 21 on the Erie Canal east of Verona Beach 5/30: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Lakeshore Road at the northeast end of Oneida Lake. another was again present at verona Beach State Park. Herkimer County ------------ 5/26: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen on Ritter Road north of Little Falls With great sadness I announce the passing of Larry Hall of Dolgeville on May 19. Larry was a friend and one of the original birders in Herkimer County going back to the 50’s. He will be greatly missed an that area of our region. -----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/ --
