RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* May 09, 2011
* NYSY 0905.11
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
May 02, 2010 - May 09, 2011
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 09 AT 1:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#254 -Monday May 09, 2011
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 02 ,
2010
Highlights:
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RED-THROATED LOON
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
BRANT
SANDHILL CRANE
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
BLACK TERN
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
CERULEAN WARBLER
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
ORCHARD ORIOLE
COMMON REDPOLL
PINE SISKIN
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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Shorebirds noted in the complex this week were DUNLIN, SEMI-PALMATED
PLOVER, LEAST SANDPIPER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. The
Plover was seen from Carncross Road
5/4: SANDHILL CRANE continues to be spotted on Carncross Road on a
regular
basis.
5/6: A CERULEAN WARBLER was seen on Howland Island. A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
was spotted at May’s Point Pool. 2 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were reported on
ebird at Morgan Road.
5/7: The 2 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were relocated in Knox-Marsellus Marsh
along with a number of BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS. The Pelicans were not seen
since.
5/8: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen at Marten’s Tract. A hybrid NORTHERN
SHOVELER/BLUE-WINGED TEAL was seen and photographed at the visitor’s center.
5/9: 13 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen from Towpath Road. A flock of
BRANT was also seen flying over.
Derby Hill
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It was a much slower week at Derby with only 689 raptors being counted.
Other highlights were 10 species of Warbler on 5/2, 33 BALD EAGLES and 3 GOLDEN
EAGLES on 5/7, and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER on 5/8.
Phillips Point (Oneida Lake) Lake Watch
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Highlights for the week were SURF SCOTER, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER,
RED-THROATED
LOON, and BLACK TERN.
Onondaga County
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5/3: 12 COMMON TERNS and 6 BONAPARTE’S GULLS were seen at the Onondaga
Lake
Marina in Liverpool.
5/6: 10 species of Warbler were seen at St. Mary’s Cemetary including 14
NORTHERN PARULAS.
5/8: 2 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were seen at the landfill in Split Rock.
5/9: An ORCHARD ORIOLE has returned to Perry Road in the Town of Van Buren.
Madison County
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5/4: 5 species of Shorebirds including 23 LESSER YELLOWLEGS were seen on
Ditchbank road north of Chittenango.
5/6: 12 PINE SISKINS and a COMMON REDPOLL continue at a feeder on
Carpenter
Road in Sheds.
5/8: 6 species of Warbler and 2 COMMON RAVENS were seen on Muller Hill
Road. 6 species of Shorebirds were in the Ditchbank Road area. Also seen were a
pair of ORCHARD ORIOLES.
New Arrivals
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5/3 - INDIGO BUNTING - Pompey
5/3 - BLACK TERN - Phillips Point (Oneida Lake)
5/7 - MARSH WREN - Pennelville
5/7 - VEERY - Town of Sala
5/8 - RED-HEADED WOODPECKER - Derby Hill
5/8 - MAGNOLIA WARBLER - Muller Hill
5/9 - BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO - Beaver Lake Nature Center
5/9 - RED-EYED VIREO - Fenner Road, Town of Van Buren
5/9 - BRANT - Montezuma
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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