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* New York * Syracuse * May 16, 2022 * NYSY 05. 16. 22 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): May 09, 2022 to May 16, 2022 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 16 AT 5:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #802: Monday May 16, 2022 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 09 2022 Highlights: ----------- LEAST BITTERN GLOSSY IBIS BLACK VULTURE PIPING PLOVER BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER CURLEW SANDPIPER UPLAND SANDPIPER WHIP-POOR-WILL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER WHITE-EYED VIREO PHILADELPHIA VIREO SEDGE WREN YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER ACADIAN FLYCATCHER SWAINSON’S THRUSH GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH PROTHONOTARY WARBLER ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT GRASSHOPPER SPARROW HENSLOW’S SPARROW CLAY-COLORED SPARROW RED CROSSBILL WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 5/9: 6 GLOSSY IBIS were at the Main Pool and at least 1 was still present till the 15th. 512: A very rare for the area CURLEW SANDPIPER was found at the Visitor’s Center Pool. Fortunately it hung around till the 14th. and many birders were able to see the bird. 6 GLOSSY IBIS were also seen at the Visitor’s Center. 5 GLOSSY IBIS were seen at Tschache Pool. 5/14: A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was found at Tschache Pool area. 2 CERULEAN WARBLERS were seen at Howland Island. A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER continues at the forested area of armitage Road. A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was seen from East Road. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was found at VanDyne Spoor Road. 5/15: A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen at South spring Pool. 5/16: A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen from VanDyne Spoor Road. Cayuga County ------------ 5/12: A SANDHILL CRANE was found at the Sterling Nature Center. 5/13: A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was found at West Barrier Bar Park. 5/15: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Fair Haven State Park. Derby Hill Bird Sanctuary -------------------- 2,925 Raptors were counted at Derby this week signaling the end of the big flights of TURKEY VULTURES and BROAD-WINGED HAWKS. A RED HEADED WOODPECKER continues to be seen most days. On 5/15 the weeks only GOLDEN EAGLE was spotted and 19 Warbler species were seen.On 5/10 a PRAIRIE WARBLER was present. Also on the 10th. a possible FULVOUS WHISTLING DUCK was seen in flight over the marsh and a PRAIRIE WARBLER was at seen. On 5/14 A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was a great finding. On 5/16 a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was seen. Oswego County ------------ 5/11: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was at Deer Creek Marsh north of Port Ontario. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on the SUNY Oswego Campus. 5/12: An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet on Lake Ontario. 5/13: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Sunset Bay Park. 5/14: PIPING PLOVERS have returned to the beach north of Sandy Island State Park. A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen at Sunset Bay park. 5/15: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was found at Noyes Sanctuary on Lake Ontario. A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was found at Deer Creek Marsh. 5/16: An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was at the Sandy Pond Outlet. 3 ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS and 7 CERULEAN WARBLERS were found along Pellett Road south of Hannibal. Onondaga County ------------ A SEDGE WREN and a HENSLOW’S SPARROW continue to be found at the Bog Fields area af Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 5/10: A WHITE-EYED VIREO was seen at Green Lakes State Park. 5/11: A LEAST BITTERN was heard on Ladd Road in Brewerton. 5/12: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was found t Oneida Shores Park in Brewerton. 5/15/15: A BLACK VULTURE was seen at Onondaga Lake State Park near Willow Bay. 5/16: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was found onCovey Road on the east side of Skaneateles Lake. Madison County ------------ 5/11: A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was found on Muller Hill Road west of Georgetown. 5/14: A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen near Eaton. 5/15: A CERULEAN WARBLER was seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was see at the Ann Pickard Memorial Overlook north of Canastota. Oneida County ------------ Up to 4 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS are seen daily at Verona Beach State Park. 5/11: 5 RED CROSSBILLS and a SWAINSON’S THRUSH were seen on the Trenton Greenbelt Trail in Trenton. 5/12: 2 WHIP-POOR-WILLS were heard on Preston Hill road north of Oneida Lake. 5/14: An UPLAND SANDPIPER was found on Harris Road in the Town of Deerfield. 5/15: A GRASSHOPPER ROAD was seen on Townline Road in Rome. Herkimer County ------------ 5/11: A BLACK VULTURE was seen in Little Falls. 5/12: A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen near Tom Kettle Lake north of Poland. 5/14: A WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL was seen near Moss Lake north of Eagle Bay. ---end report Region 5 Joseph Brin Baldwinsville, NY 13027 -- 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/ --
