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* New York * Syracuse * June 01, 2020 * NYSY 06. 01. 20 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): May 25 2020 to June 01, 2020 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 01 AT 5:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #705 Monday June 01, 2020 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 25, 2020 Highlights: ----------- LEAST BITTERN BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON GLOSSY IBIS WHITE-WINGED SCOTER SANDHILL CRANE RUDDY TURNSTONE WILSON’S PHALAROPE PIPING PLOVER BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER DUNLIN WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER WHIP-POOR-WILL COMMON NIGHTHAWK RED-HEADED WOODPECKER OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER ACADIAN FLYCATCHER PROTHONOTARY WARBLER YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 5/27: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at Larue’s Lagoon on the Wildlife Trail. 5/28: A LEAST BITTERN and a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON were spotted at Guy Baldassarre Marsh. 5/29: A GLOSSY IBIS was seen at Guy Baldassarre Marsh. A WILSON’S PHALAROPE was seen at the Loop Road Unit north of Rt. 31. A LEAST BITTERN was found at Tschache Pool. 5/30: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at the Mays Point Dam. PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and ORCHARD ORIOLE were seen at Howland Island from boats. A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was seen at the Visitor’s Center. A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER(S) continues at the forested area of Armitage Road. 5/31: 6 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS were seen at the Loop Road Unit. 8 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and 14 RUDY TURNSTONES were seen at the beginning of the Main Pool. 2 BLACK TERNS were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. Onondaga county ------------ 5/26: An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER and a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER were seen at Labrador Hollow Unique Area. 5/27: ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS were found at Whiskey Hollow Nature Preserve west of Baldwinsville and Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. A PRAIRIE WARBLER continues at Green Lakes State Park. A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen from Jamesville Ave in Syracuse. 5/29: 2 DUNLIN were found in pools on Solar Street near Destiny is Syracuse. 5/30: A LEAST BITTERN was heard at the Dewitt Marsh on Fisher Road. A BLACK VULTURE was seen from Seneca Turnpike in Jamesville. 5/3: A rare for our area YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was found at Labrador Hollow Unique Area. Also seen was a SANDHILL CRANE. The YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT is being seen again today. 6/1: An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was found at Labrador Hollow Unique Area. Derby Hill Bird Observatory ------------ The official Hawk count at Derby Hill ended this past week. The grand total was 82,684 Hawks counted this season. A special thank you to our counter, Karl Bardon for another great season. Oswego County ------------ 5/26: A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard at the martin Road gravel pit north of Oneida Lake. 5/30: 2 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS a SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER and 2 PIPING PLOVERS were found at the Sandy Pone Outlet on Lake Ontario. Cayuga county ------------ 5/26: RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Fair Haven State Park. 5/27: 2 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS were seen at West Barrier Bar Park in Fair Haven. 5/28: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was found near the Seneca River west of the Bonta Bridge Road. 2 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and 2 RUDDY TURNSTONES were seen at West Barrier bar Park in Fair Haven. 5/29: A late WHITE-WINGED SCOTER was seen at Fair Haven State Park. An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was heard at Fair Haven State Park. Madison County ------------ 5/30: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen on Marsh Mill Road in Kirkville. 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES were seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. Oneida county ------------ 5/28: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER wa seen on Lakeshore Road near North Bay on Oneida Lake. 5/30: A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard on Preston Hill north of Oneida Lake. 5/31: 3 SANDHILL CRANES were seen in the Utica Marsh WMA. ---- End Report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville NY Region 5 -- 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/ --
