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* New York * Syracuse * May 15, 2023 * NYSY 05. 15 .23 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):May 08, 2022 to May 15, 2023 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 15 AT 2:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org | | | | Onondaga | | | #840: Monday May 15, 2023 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 08, 2022 Highlights ------------ GLOSSY IBIS CATTLE EGRET BLACK VULTURE RUDDY TURNSTONE RED KNOT UPLAND SANDPIPER BLACK TERN HEERMAN’S GULL (Extralimital) BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE COMMON NIGHTHAWK RED-HEADED WOODPECKER ACADIAN FLYCATCHER YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER ORCHARD ORIOLE EVENING GROSBEAK PHILADELPHIA VIREO SEDGE WREN PROTHONOTARY WARBLER ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER CERULEAN WARBLER GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH ORCHARD ORIOLE GRASSHOPPER SPARROW LINCOLN’S SPARROW CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma and Montezuma Wetlands Complex ---------- 5/15: 3 GLOSSY IBIS’S and a LINCOLN’S SPARROW were seen along the wildlife Drive. 5/19: A CERULEAN WARBLER was seen in the forested area of Armitage Road. 521: A CERULEAN WARBLER was seen on Howland Island. A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was seen on Armitage Road. 2 BLACK TERNS were seen from VanDyne Spoor Road. Cayuga County ------------ 5/19: A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen from West Barrier Park in Fair Haven. 5/20: A RED KNOT was seen at Faih Haven State Park. A RED-HEADER WOODPECKER, an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and a PHILADELPHIA VIREO were all found at West Barrier Bar in Fair Haven. 5/21: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was found at Fair Haven State Park. A BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE, a RUDDY TURNSTONE and a SWAINSON’S THRUSH were all found at West Barrier Bar Park. Oswego County ------------ 5/16: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was found on Gray Road south of Oswego. A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was seen at Sunset Bay park on Lake Ontario. 5/21: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen at Rice Creek Field Station south of Oswego.A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen from McCloud Road on Oneida Lake. A PHILADELPHIA VIREO and a SWAINSON’S THRUSH were seen at Sunset Bay park on Lake Ontario. 5/22: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at Derby Hill Bird Observatory on Lake Ontario. Onondaga County ------------ 5/18: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Lawrence Road near Marcellus. A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen in Green Lakes StatePark. A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen in Fayetteville. 5/19: A BLACK VULTURE was seen near the Dewitt Quarry 5/20: An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, a PHILADELPHIA VIREO and a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER were all found at Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse. An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was found at three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at Cedar Bay park in Fayetteville. 5/21: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen in Pleasant Valley Preserve east of Marcellus. A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen both at Crouse Ave and Water Street in Syracuse. A SWAINSON’S THRUSH continues in Whiskey Hollow Nature Preserve west of Baldwinsville. Madison County ------------ 5/16: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen at Chittenango Falls Park. 5/17: An EVENING GROSBEAK was seen on Bonney Hill Road east of Hamilton. Oneida County ------------ 5/17: A SEDGE WREN was found on Sterling Road in Durhamville. It was relocated the next day.. 5/18: A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard on Preston Hill Road north of Oneida lake. 5/20: A BLACK VULTURE was seen in Rome near the High School. 5/21: RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen both on Lakeshore Road south of Verona Beach State Park and on Pennystreet Road in Rome. A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen at Spring farm nature Sanctuary south of Clinton. Herkimer County ------------ 5/19: 2 BLACK VULTURES were seen in flight above Little Falls. 5/21: A CATTLE EGRET was seen from Rt. 170A north of Little Falls. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen from Seckner Road in Ilion Extralimital ------------ Sodus Point, Wayne County On 5/19 A first for New York HEERMAN’S GULL was spotted at Sodus Point on Lake Ontario. It was seen and photographed by many observers. It was seen briefly on the 20th. at the same spot and was seen later that day at Ontario Beach in Rochester. ---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/ --
