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* New York * Syracuse * June 05, 2023 * NYSY 06. 05 .23 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):May 29, 2022 to June 05, 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: June 05 AT 2:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org | | | | Onondaga | | | #842: Monday June 05, 2023 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 23, 2023 Highlights ------------ RED KNOT BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER UPLAND SANDPIPER SAW-WHET OWL COMMON NIGHTHAWK WHIP-POOR-WILL BLACK VULTURE RED-HEADED WOODPECKER OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER PHILADELPHIA VIREO SEDGE WREN PROTHONOTARY WARBLER CERULEAN WARBLER CLAY-COLORED SPARROW GRASSHOPPER SPARROW SWAINSON’S THRUSH GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH ORCHARD ORIOLE Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma and Montezuma Wetlands Complex ---------- 5/29: A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was at the Visitor’s Center. 5/30: A CERULEAN WARBLER was seen on the Wildlife Drive. 6/2: A CERULEAN WARBLER was seen at Howland Island. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen from Carncross Road. 6/3: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was seen on Armitage Road. 6/4: A CERULEAN WARBLER was seen at the Audubon Center. Cayuga County ------------ 5/30: A RED KNOT was seen at West Barrier Bar Park at Fair Haven. 6/2: A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen at the Sterling Nature Center. Oswego County ------------ 5/30: A SWAINSON’S THRUSH was seen on North Division Street in Oswego. 6/2: A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard at the Roosevelt Road Sand Pits north of Oneida Lake. 6/3: A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was seen at the Sandy Pone Outlet on Lake Ontario. Onondaga County ------------ 5/31: An UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen at Hancock Airport. A BLACK VULTURE was seen from Rt.481 near Jamesville. 6/2: A GRASSHOPPER was seen at the Dewitt Marsh and Landfill. 6/3: 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES were found at the Old Erie Canal path in Fayetteville. 6/4: An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen at Labrador Hollow. 6 RED CROSSBILLS were found at Shackham Road in the Morgan Hill State Forest. Madison County ---------- 6/2: A CERULEAN WARBLER was seen at Ditch Bank Road north of Canastota. 6/3: A SWAINSON’S THRUSH was noted from Indian Lookout Road north of Cazenovia. Oneida County ------------ 5/30: 4 WHIP-POOR-WILLS and a COMMON NIGHTHAWK were found on River Road in Boonville. 6/1: A SAW-WHET OWL was heard in Waterville. 6/2: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen at Verona Beach State Park. 6/3: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen at Spring Farm Nature Sanctuary south of Clinton. 6/4: A SEDGE WREN was heard on Sterling Road in Durhamville. Herkimer County ------------ 6/1: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen on Ritter Road north of Little Falls. 6/3: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was heard on Berberick Road south of Ilion.A SAW-WHET OWL was seerd near McKeever south of Old Forge. ---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/ --
