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* New York * Syracuse * June 15, 2020 * NYSY 06. 15. 20 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): June 08 2020 to June 15, 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 15 AT 2:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #707 Monday June 15, 2020 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of June 08, 2020 Highlights: ----------- COMMON LOON AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON BARNACLE GOOSE PEREGRINE FALCON SANDHILL CRANE RUDDY TURNSTONE PIPING PLOVER WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER BLACK TERN SAW-WHET OWL WHIP-POOR-WILL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER fish crow ACADIAN FLYCATCHER GRASSHOPPER SPARROW PROTHONOTARY WARBLER PRAIRIE WARBLER RED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 6/9: 9 Shorebird species including BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER were seen along the Wildlife Trail. 6/10: An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was seen from East Road. 6/11: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was again seen in the forested area of Armitage Road. 6/13: A COMMON LOON and 2 RUDDY TURNSTONES were seen along the Wildlife Drive. A (the) AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was seen at VanDyne Spoor Road and was present through the 15th. A CERULEAN WARBLER was seen on Howland Island. 6/14: 3 BLACK TERNS, a SANDHILL CRANE and a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON were seen from East Road. A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at the Guy Baldassarre Marsh. 2 SANDHILL CRANES and 10 BLACK TERNS were seen at VanDyne Spoor Marsh. Cayuga County ------------ 6/12: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was again seen along the Seneca River west of Bonta Bridge Road. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was again present at Fair Haven State Park. Onondaga County ------------ 6/8: A SAW-WHET OWL was heard in the Morgan Hill State forest. It has been heard through the 14th. 6/9: A PRAIRIE WARBLER was again found at Green Lakes State Park and was found through the 14th. A CERULEAN WARBLER was found on Riverside Drive in Clay. 6/10: A BARNACLE GOOSE was seen and photographed at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 6/11: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was heard and recorded in Three Rivers WMA. 2 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were found at Cedar Bay Park in Fayetteville. 6/12: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at the Seneca River Preserve near Timber Banks Golf Course. 6/14: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen at Green Lakes State Park. 6/15: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER continues at Whiskey Hollow Nature Preserve west of Baldwinsville. Oswego County ------------ 6/8: A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard near Cleveland on Rt. 49. 6/12: 2 PIPING PLOVERS were again found at Sandy Island Beach State Park. Madison County ------------ 6/13: A FRANKLIN’S GULL was found in with nearly 800 Ring-billed Gulls on Ditch Bank Road north of Canastota. It has continued to be seen through today. 6/14: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was found on Ditchbank Road. 6/15: 2 FISH CROWS were heard on Ditchbank Road. Oneida County ------------ 6/9: RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were again found on lakeshore Road and Verona Beach State Paor at the east end of Oneida Lake. Herkimer County ------------ 6/9: 5 RED CROSSBILLS were found at Bald Mountain south of Inlet. 6/10: 2 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were found on VanValkenburg Road east of Richfield Springs. 6/12: A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was heard on the Third Lake Trail near Old Forge. ---- 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/ --
