* New York* Syracuse - May 08 2017 * NYSY 05.08.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):May 01, 2017 - May 08, 2017to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortlandcompiled: May 08 AT 5 p.m. (EDT)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 01, 2017. Highlights--------------EURASIAN WIGEONSURF SCOTERGOLDEN EAGLENORTHERN GOSHAWKSANDHILL CRANERUDDY TURNSTONELONG-BILLED DOWITCHERUPLAND SANDPIPERLITTLE GULLBLACK TERNRED-HEADED WOODPECKERGRASSHOPPER SPARROWLAPLAND LONGSPURORCHARD ORIOLE
Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)------------ 11 species of Shorebirds were recorded at the complex this week. Highlight was a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER. 5/3: The above said LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was seen along the Wildlife Drive. 5/6: RUDDY TURNSTONE, LITTLE GULL and EURASIAN WIGEON were all seen in the Mucklands along Rt. 31 west of the Seneca River. 5/7: A late LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen in the Mucklands. Derby Hill------------ It was a slow week at Derby due mostly to adverse wind conditions. Only 1,425 raptors were counted this week. Highlights were an ORCHARD ORIOLE on 5/1, a SANDHILL CRANE on 5/3 and a NORTHERN GOSHAWK and a GOLDEN EAGLE on 5/4. Oswego County------------ 5/2: A late SURF SCOTER was seen from Phillips Point on Oneida Lake. An ICELAND GULL was found in Oswego Harbor. 5/4: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Sunset Bay Park on Lake Ontario. It was seen through 5/7. 5/7: An UPLAND SANDPIPER was again seen at the Oswego County Airfield on Howard Road. 5/8: 3 BLACK TERNS were seen from Phillips Point. Onondaga County------------ 5/2: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at the landfill at Cedar Bay Park in Fayetteville. 5/4: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen at the Gerber topsoil Farm on Oxbow Road in Kirkville 5/5: A GREAT EGRET was seen at Van Buren in Baldwinsville. Madison County------------ 5/3: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen on Ditchbank Road north of Chittenango. Migrants reported this week.------------------------------------- BRANTCERULEAN WARBLERBAY-BREASTED WARBLERCAPE MAY WARBLERGRASSHOPPER SPARROWTENNESSEE WARBLERMOURNING WARBLER -end report Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, NY 13027 U.S.A. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
