RBA * New York * Syracuse * May 16, 2011 * NYSY 1605.11 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): May 09, 2010 - May 16, 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 16 AT 1:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #255 -Monday May 16, 2011 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 09 , 2010 Highlights: ----------- GREAT EGRET BRANT SANDHILL CRANE YELLOW RAIL PIPING PLOVER WHIMBREL BLACK TERN MERLIN BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO WHIP-POOR-WILL COMMON NIGHTHAWK RED-HEADED WOODPECKER SWAINSON’S THRUSH ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER CAPE MAY WARBLER CERULEAN WARBLER PROTHONOTARY WARBLER CONNECTICUT WARBLER GRASSHOPPER SPARROW ORCHARD ORIOLE PINE SISKIN
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 5/10: CERULEAN WARBLER was seen at the Visitor’s Center. GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, LEAST SANDPIPER, and SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER were seen at Tschache Pool. A BLACK TERN was seen at May’s Point Pool. 5/13: 25+ BLACK TERNS were found at the end of Railroad Road. CERULEAN WARBLERS are back on Howland Island and were seen by many observers this week. If you are not having luck finding this bird elsewhere I suggest you visit the island. Any area with high deciduous trees should have them. Derby Hill ---------- Action has slowed considerably this week. Only one day, 5/13, had over 1,000 raptors. Other highlights were: 5/11 - 13 species of warbler including CAPE MAY. Also an ORCHARD ORIOLE. 5/13 - The best day of the week. 1089 raptors and 14 species were counted. Highlights were 12 MERLIN, 3 SANDHILL CRANES, a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, 975 PINE SISKINS, and 15 species of warbler. 5/14 had another RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES, and an ORANGE CROWNED WARBLER. Only one other day broke 100 and the weeks total raptors was 1318. Phillips Point (Oneida Lake) Lakewatch ------------ On 5/9 the first BRANT were seen migrating along the lake. Also seen this week were GREAT EGRET, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, RED-NECKED GREBE, DUNLIN, and other more common waterfowl. Oswego County ------------ 5/10: A PIPING PLOVER was seen on the beach at Sandy Pond. 2 WHIP-POOR-WILLS were heard at Gayville, and CERULEAN WARBLERS were found at Phillips Point. 5/11: 18 species of warbler were found at Sunset Bay Park including 6 CAPE MAYS. 5/12: 3 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were found at Sunset Bay and 2 more were seen at the end of Nine Mile Point Road near Noyes Sanctuary. 5/13: A YELLOW RAIL was heard at Peter Scott Swamp but has not been heard again. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at the green house near Noyes Sanctuary. A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was found at the power lines on Rt. 29 south of Rt.104. 5/14: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER has returned to breed (hopefully) at the fisherman’s Access area on Shaw Road off of Toad Harbor Road on the north shore of Oneida Lake. 5/15: 8 WHIMBREL were spotted on the nearest rock island from shore in Constantia on Oneida Lake. The PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and a PHILADELPHIA VIREO were at the Shaw Road location. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at the Carley’s Mills Cemetery in Hastings. Onondaga County ------------ 5/10: A possible CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was heard on Gully Road north of Skaneateles. 5/11: 13 species of warbler were found along the Erie Canal in Fayateville. Also seen were LINCOLN’S SPARROW and MERLIN. A CAPE MAY WARBLER was found in Schiller Park in Syracuse 5/13: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was seen in Oakwood Cemetery. A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was found along Dead Creek in back of the Town of Van Buren Transportation Dept. west of Baldwinsville. 5/15: An Onondaga Audubon field trip the the Camillus Unique Forest Area found 10 species of Warbler. Also seen was a. BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO. A COMMON NIGHTHAWK and a CAPE MAY WARBLER were seen in Schiller Park in Syracuse. Madison County ------------ 5/10: A GREAT EGRET was seen at Chittenango Flats. --end transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --