[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse area RBA

2020-06-22 Thread Joseph Brin 

RBA

 

*  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:

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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


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[cayugabirds-l] Merlin

2020-06-22 Thread John Confer 
Merlin Update

Tompkins County is now regularly blessed with quite a few pair of Merlin 
beginning with the first documented pair in 2005 (T. Gallagher), a part of the 
explosive, southward advance in the last 30 years. I have been trying to 
document nest success rates for 5 years. After the first year, I have shared 
the location of only one nest. That was the nest opposite GIAC and in a tree 
within the fence around the public swimming pool. This year I have followed 10 
pairs in Tompkins County.

HELP WANTED FOR THREE PAIR THAT DISAPPEARED.

Currently successful

Between Dryden and Lake Dryden. Male brought in a catbird for his mate on nest 
a few days ago.

Along University Ave.

West of Catholic church toward Myer’s Point probably in nest built and 
successfully used by Fish Crow this year. (Thanks Jay and Connor)

Near Highland and Wyckoff

Downtown Trumansburg

Between Murial and Salem.

Lost track of:

Freeville: pair seen earlier in same location as last year’s nest, but left.

South Hill School: pair seen around old nest for two weeks, but left

Pair that drove crows off nest along Burleigh Dr., but still left.

Failed:

Pair seen incubating near Dryden Family Medicine, but failed.

If anyone has recently seen Merlin in the Lost Track Of locations or anywhere 
else, please contact confergoldw...@aol.com

Thanks for help with this fascinating species

John Confer


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