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* New York * Syracuse * June 20, 2022 * NYSY 06. 20. 22 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): June 13, 2022 to June 20, 2022 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 20 AT 11:00 a.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #807: Monday June 20, 2022 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of June 13 2022 Highlights: ----------- COMMON LOON AMERICAN BITTERN LEAST BITTERN GREAT EGRET REDHEAD RED-SHOULDERED HAWK MISSISSIPPI KITE (Extralimital) DUNLIN SANDERLING PIPING PLOVER UPLAND SANDPIPER WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER RED-HEADED WOODPECKER ACADIAN FLYCATCHER YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER SWAINSON’S THRUSH CERULEAN WARBLER KENTUCKY WARBLER (Extralimital) GRASSHOPPER SPARROW LINCOLN’S SPARROW RUSTY BLACKBIRD ORCHARD ORIOLE RED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 6/13: A CERULEAN WARBLER continues at the forested area of Armitage Road. 1 LEAST BITTERN and 8 GREAT EGRETS were spotted at VanDyne Spoor Road. 6/14: 2 DUNLIN were at the Visitor’s Center. 6/18: A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was seen in the Main Pool along with Semi-palmeted Sandpipers and Semi-palmated Plovers. Cayuga County ------------ 6/19: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was again found at Sterling Nature Center. Oswego County ------------ 6/13: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen from North 1st. Street in Fulton. 6/14: 9 PIPING PLOVERS in 2 family groups are still being seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet of Lake Ontario. 6/15: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues near Noyes Sanctuary at the end of Nine Mile Point Road in the Town of Scriba. 6/18: A LEAST BITTERN was found at Peter Scott Swamp east of Phoenix. 6/19: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found on Nellis Drive in Lacona. Onondaga County ------------ 6/13: A REDHEAD continues in Skaneateles Lake near the Village. Madison County ------------ 6/14: 25 RED CROSSBILLS were found in Earlville State Forest. 10 were counted on 6/17. 6/15: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. Oneida County ------------ 6/14: An AMERICAN BITTERN and a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW were found on Buck Hill Road north of Rome. 6/15: A COMMON LOON was seen on Oneida Lake near North Bay. 6/16: A COMMON LOON was seen on Otter Lake south of McKeever. 6/17: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on the Adyuno golf course in Verona. Herkimer County ------------ 6/14: A family group of 6 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS was found at Woods lake north of Big Moose in the Adirondacks. 2 LINCOLN’S SPARROWS. 2 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS and a SWAINSON’S THRUSH were found near the same location. 6/15: 2 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS were found on Big Moose Road north of Inlet. 6/16: 2 UPLAND SANDPIPERS and a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW were seen on Davis Road north of Little Falls. Extralimital ------------ Chenango County - A KENTUCKY WARBLER has been found in the Beaver Meadow State Forest north of Earlville. It has been heard and seen near the corner of Stowell Road and GibsonTaylor Road. Saratoga County - A pair of MISSISSIPPI KITES have been found apparently nesting in the Country Knolls neighborhood of Jonesville south of Balston Spa. ---end report Region 5 Joseph Brin Baldwinsville, NY 13027 -- 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/ --
