RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* May 17, 2010
* NYSY 1705.10
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
May 10, 2009 - May 17, 2010
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 2:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#205 -Monday May 17, 2010
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 10 ,
2010
Highlights:
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LEAST BITTERN
GREAT EGRET
BRANT
SANDHILL CRANE
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
BLACK TERN
FORSTER’S TERN
PARASITIC JAEGER
SAW-WHET OWL
WHIP-POOR WILL
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
SEDGE WREN
SWAINSON’S THRUSH
CAPE MAY WARBLER
PRAIRIE WARBLER
PROTHONATORY WARBLER
LINCOLN’S SPARROW
Migrants this week:
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EASTERN PEE WEE
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER
RED-EYED VIREO
SEDGE WREN
PRAIRIE WARBLER
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER
WILSON’S WARBLER
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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5/10: 2 LEAST BITTERNS, 1 AMERICAN BITTERN, 3 SORAS, AND 2 VIRGINIA RAILS
were all found at Railroad road. A SANDHILL CRANE was also heard.
5/15: 125+ LEAST SANDPIPERS and numbers of DUNLIN, GREATER and LESSER
YELLOWLEGS and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were all seen at the Visitor’s Center. At
Tschache Pool 5 FORSTER;S TERNS and 5 GREAT EGRETS were seen. At VanDyne Spoor
Road 27 BLACK TERNS were found.
Derby Hill
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The beginning of the end? Only 146 Hawks counted this week.
Phillips Point (Oneida Lake) lakewatch.
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Still Good numbers of WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS. No BRANT on the 15th.
(Birdathon) but today 2035 flew by. However, the real highlight was a rare
spring PARASITIC JAEGER close in to shore.
Oswego County
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5/13: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Co. Rt. 1 near Nine Mile Point
Road. BLACK TERNS were seen at Port Ontario. A PRAIRIE WARBLER was heard at
Great Bear Recreational Area.
5/14: 20 species of Warbler including 8 CAPE MAYS were found along the
lakeshore at Sunset Bay Park and Noyes Sanctuary. At least 40 BRANT were seen
flying in Granby on Phinney Road.
5/15: 2 SEDGE WRENS have returned after a years absence to McCloud Road
off of 3 Mile Bay Road.SAW-WHET OWL and WHIP-POOR WILL were heard near
Constantia. 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen at the end of Nine Mile Point
Road near Noyes Sanctuary. Today (5/17) 3 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen in
the same place.
Onondaga County
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5/12: 3 BLACK TERNS were seen at the Liverpool Marina on Onondaga Lake.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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