RBA * New York * Syracuse * June 09, 2014 * NYSY 06. 09. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
June 02, 2013 - June 09, 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: June 02 AT 7:30 a.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #396 Monday June 09, 2014 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of June 02, 2014 Highlights: ----------- BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON LEAST BITTERN BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER UPLAND SANDPIPER WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER RUDDY TURNSTONE RED-NECKED PHALAROPE OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER SWAINSON’S THRUSH CLAY-COLORED SPARROW ORCHARD ORIOLE Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 6/3: A LEAST BITTERN was found at Mays Point Pond. 6/5: RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, WILSON’S PHALAROPE and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER were all seen at Knox Marsellus Marsh. 6/7: REN-NECKED PHALAROPE and RUDDY TURNSTONE were seen at Knox Marsellus Marsh. A GREAT EGRET was seen on VanDyne Spoor road in the marsh. 6/8: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen on East Road. Oswego County ------------ 6/3: A SWAINSON’S THRUSH was heard on Otto Mills Road. 2 WHIMBREL, RUDDY TURNSTONE and BLACK TERN were all seen on the islands from Mill Street in Constantia. Onondaga County ------------ 6/8: 2 CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS and an ORCHARD ORIOLE were found at Green Lakes State Park. Oneida County ------------ 6/4: 2 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen in Canden. 6/9: An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen at Labrador Hollow. Herkimer County ------------ 6/8: An UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen on Harris Road in Poland. -- 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/ --
