RBA * New York * Syracuse * May 26, 2014 * NYSY 05. 26. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
May 19, 2013 - May 26, 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 26 AT 4:30 a.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #394 Monday May 26, 2014 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 19, 2014 Highlights: ----------- RED-SHOULDERED HAWK BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER UPLAND SANDPIPER RUDDY TURNSTONE SANDERLING RED KNOT DUNLIN WHIMBREL COMMON NIGHTHAWK WHIP-POOR-WILL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER ORCHARD ORIOLE Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 5/25: 9 species of Shorebirds including a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER were seen on a Armitage Road just before the forested area. Derby Hill ------------ A very slow week Hawk wise with only 372 birds tallied. On 5/20 an ORCHARD ORIOLE and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER were seen Oswego County ------------ 5/21: 71 WHIMBRELS were seen flying past Phillips Point on Oneida Lake. 23 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were counted at Derby Hill. A LEAST BITTERN continues to call at Sage Creek Marsh. 5/22: 1920 BRANT were counted flying past Phillips Point. 5/23: 15 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen at Derby Hill. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was also present. 5/24: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was found at Sunset Bay Park. 6 more COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were counted at Derby Hill. 5/25: 2 WHIP-POOR-WILLS were heard on Lilly Marsh road near Co. Rt. 51 south of Rt. 104. 5/26: A large flight of Shorebirds was ween from Mill Street in Constantia looking south at Oneida Lake. RUDY TURNSTONE, RED KNOT, DUNLIN, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and SANDERLING were indentified. Onondaga County ------------ 5/20: 3 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. another was see on E. Dead Creek Road west of Balswinsville. 5/25: 2 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen from the overlook at Beaver Lake Nature Center west of Baldwinsville. A SNOWY OWL was seen on Rt. 31 just east of Moyer’s Corners. 5/26: Another SNOWY OWL was seen, this time on Rt. 690 at the intersection of Van Buren Road in Baldwinsville. Oneida County ------------ 5/24: A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was seen at Verona Beach State Park. 5/26: A pair of ORCHARD ORIOLES was seen near Augusta Center. Herkimer County ------------ An UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen on Harris Road near Poland. Jefferson County ------------ Word has come that the WILLOW PTARMIGAN was found deceased this week. -- 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/ --
