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* New York * Syracuse * June 22, 2020 * NYSY 06. 22. 20 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): June 15 2020 to June 22, 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 22 AT 2:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #708 Monday June 22, 2020 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of June 15, 2020 Highlights: ----------- AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN GREAT EGRET LEAST BITTERN BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON SNOW GOOSE RED-BREASTED MERGANSER MERLIN PEREGRINE FALCON PIPING PLOVER FRANKLIN’S GULL BLACK TERN SAW-WHET OWL WHIP-POOR-WILL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER PHILADELPHIA VIREO YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER FISH CROW GRASSHOPPER SPARROW LINCOLN’S SPARROW PROTHONOTARY WARBLER CERULEAN WARBLER PALM WARBLER BLACKPOLL PRAIRIE WARBLER ORCHARD ORIOLE Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 6/15: BLACK TERN, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON and LEAST BITTERN were all noted along the Wildlife Drive. 6/17: An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was seen at VanDyne Spoor Road. Also seen there were BLACK TERNS and a LEAST BITTERN. 6/18: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER continues at the forested area of Armitage Road. 6/20: 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES were seen on the Wildlife Drive. 40 BLACK TERNS and a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON were seen at Tschache Pool. An ORCHARE ORIOLE was seen at VanDyne Spoor Road. 6/21: A GREAT EGRET, a CERULEAN WARBLER and an ORCHARD ORIOLE were seen on Howland Island. Cayuga County ------------ A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at Fair Haven State Park. Onondaga County ------------ 6/16: A pair of RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS were seen in the Seneca River in Baldwinsville. 6/20: 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES were seen at Green Lakes State Park. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at Cedar Bay Park in Fayetteville. 6/21: A PRAIRIE WARBLER continues at Green Lakes State Park. Oswego County ------------ 6/15: A BLACK VULTURE was seen and photographed from Hinman Road north of Pulaski. 6/16: A LEAST BITTERN was found at Selkirk Shores State Park. 2 SNOW GEESE were found at Markowitz Road in Parish. 6/19: A WHIP-POOR-WILL was again heard from Martin Road north of Oneida Lake. 6/20: A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen from Kibbe Lake Road north of Constantia. 6/21: 5 PIPING PLOVERS were seen at the outlet of Sandy Pond on Lake Ontario. Madison County ------------ 6/16: The FRANKLIN’S GULL found last week at Ditchbank Road north of Canastota was seen briefly early in the day but has not been seen since. Also seen there were a FISH CROW, a CERULEAN WARBLER and an ORCHARD ORIOLE. Oneida County ------------ 6/16: A SAW-WHET OWL was heard on Brandy Lake Trail near Otter Lake. 6/20: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was again noted on Lakeshore Road at the northeast end of Oneida Lake. 6/22: A MERLIN was found in Camden. Herkimer County ------------ 6/15: A PEREGRINE FALCON was again seen from West Casler Street in Little Falls. 6/17: A PALM WARBLER, a SWAINSON’S THRUSH, a PHILADELPHIA VIREO and a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER were all found at Palm Warbler Bog near Stillwater in the Adirondacks. 6/18: A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen at Beaver River in the Adironcacks. 6/19: A BLACKPOLL, possibly 2 , was seen near Mount Colden in the Adirondacks. ---- 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/ --
