RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* June 21, 2010
* NYSY 2106.10
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
June 14, 2009 - June 21, 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:June 21 AT 4:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#210 -Monday June 21, 2010
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of June 14 ,
2010
Highlights:
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SANDHILL CRANE
BALD EAGLE
MISSISSIPPI KITE (Extralimital)
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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6/16: The SANDHILL CRANE Family, 2 adults and 2 young, were observed on
Carncross Road.
Oswego County
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6/18: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was found at the end of Toad Harbor Road
along the first small inlet.
6/16: Strong south winds produced a late raptor flight at Derby Hill.
Eight species were seen including an amazing 46 BALD EAGLES. Also seen was a
very rare for Region 5 YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT.
Madison County
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6/21: A SANDHILL CRANE was spotted landing in a field on Ditcbank Road
north of Chittenango.
Onondaga County
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6/15: A pair of LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHES was seen along Nine Mille Creek
north of Marcellus. A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW which had been found on 6/7 on
Kellog Road in the Three Rivers WMA was heard but has not been found since.
6/19: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues in a swamp on Fenner Road west of
Baldwinsville.
Herkimer County
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6/21: A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was found along Third Lake Creek Trail
near Old Forge along with many of the resident Warblers.
Extralimital
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As of 6/20 the pair of MISSISSIPPI KITES are still present near Donato and
Mapleton Roads in Montgomery County south of Canajoharie. On 6/19 both birds
were observed and on 6/20 one bird was photographed on a dead ash tree on
Mapleton Road.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html
3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
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