RBA * New York * Syracuse * May 19, 2014 * NYSY 05. 19. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
May 12, 2013 - May 19, 2014 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 05 AT 5:30 a.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #393 Monday May 19, 2014 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 12, 2014 Highlights: ----------- EURASIAN WIGEON SWALLOW-TAILED KITE PEREGRINE FALCON WILLOW PTARMIGAN BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER RUDDY TURNSTONE WILSON’S PHALAROPE COMMON NIGHTHAWK PHILADELPHIA VIREO RED-HEADED WOODPECKER GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER LAWRENCE’S WARBLER CLAY-COLORED SPARROW ORCHARD ORIOLE Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 6/15: An ORCHARD ORIOLE and a FORSTER’S TERN were seen along the Wildlife Trail. One of the RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS was seen on Mays Point Road. 6/16: A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was observed at the Audubon Center. 6/17: 2 Adult and 2 juvenile SANDHILL CRANES were spotted on Carncross Road along with BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER. An EURASIAN WIGEON was found on VanDyne Spoor Road in the marsh. 6/19: 2 WILSON’S PHALAROPES were reported at the Visitor’s Center. Derby Hill ------------ The HAWK flight has just come to an end but there was excitement this week. On the 14th. a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE was seen. Other good birds seen this week were ORCHARD ORIOLE, COMMON NIGHTHAWK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROW. Oswego County ------------ 6/12: A LAWRENCE’S WARBLER was found at Great Bear Recreation area north of Phoenix. 6/13: FOS BRANT were seen at Phillips Point on Oneida Lake. 6/17: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was found at Sunset Bay Park. Oneida County ------------ 6/13: The nesting PEREGRINE FALCONS in downtown Utica now have 4 eggs in the nest. Onondaga County ------------ 6/13: 2 PHILADELPHIA VIREOS were see at Green Lakes State Park in the Rolling Hills area. 6/14: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen at Green Lakes State Park along the road to Rolling Hills camping area. It was seen and heard through the 18th. 6/16: 3 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen on Van Rensselear Street in the Inner Harbor area. 6/17: A RUDDY TURNSTONE was seen at the same Van Rensselear location in a ball field. Jefferson County ------------ 6/16: The WILLOW PTARMIGAN is again being seen on South Shore Extension on Point Peninsula. It also retreats to private property where it is out of sight. -- end report 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/ --
