RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* June 08, 2020
* NYSY 06. 08. 20
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
June 01 2020 to June 08, 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 08 AT 4:00 p.m. (EDT)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#706 Monday June 08, 2020
Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of
June 01, 2020
Highlights:
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LEAST BITTERN
GREAT EGRET
BLACK VULTURE
PEREGRINE FALCON
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
SANDHILL CRANE
RUDDY TURNSTONE
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
WHIMBREL
PIPING PLOVER
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
UPLAND SANDPIPER
BLACK TERN
WHIP-POOR-WILL
COMMON NIGHTHAWK
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
RED CROSSBILL
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
6/2: 8 shorebird species including RED-NECKED PHALAROPE and WHIMBREL were
seen at the Wildlife Drive, mostly near the south end. A are for Montezuma
COMMON TERN was seen also. The Phalarope was seen through the 4th.
6/3: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen on VanDyne Spoor Road.
6/6: PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS continue at the forested area on Armitage Road.
6/7: 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES were seen on Howland Island. 5 BLACK TERNS were
seen at Tschache Pool.
Onondaga County
6/2: This was the last day the YELLOW BREASTED CHAT was seen at Labrador
Hollow Unique Area.
6/5: ACADIAN FLYCATCHER continues in Whiskey Hollow Nature Preserve west
of Baldwinsville.
6/6: Up to 50 SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPERS and a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER were
seen from the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. 2 PRAIRIE WARBLERS and 2
ORCHARD ORIOLES were seen at Green Lakes state Park. A CERULEAN WARBLER was
seen on Ferguson Road in the Cicero Swamp.
6/7: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found at Cedar Bar Park in Fayetteville. A
near albino Robin was seen and photographed in New Hartford.
Oswego County
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6/3: 2 PIPING PLOVERS continue at the Sandy Pond Outlet on Lake Ontario. A
RUDDY TURNSTONE was also seen. 2 late COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen on Hinman
Road north of Pulaski.
6/4: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS are still being seen at the north lookout of
Derby Hill.
6/6: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was seen at the second channel near the
fishing access site on Toad Harbor Road on Oneida Lake. They have been found
here in the past but have not been reported for a number of years.
6/7: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and the PROTHONOTARY WARBLER were seen at the
Toad Harbor site on Oneida Lake.
6/8: A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard on Sol Davis Road in Williamstown.
Cayuga County
6/3: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was again present at Fair Haven State Park.
6/5: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was again seen from the barge Canal near
Brutus.
Madison County
6/3: An ORCHARD ORIOLE and a CERULEAN WARBLER were seen on Ditch Bank Road
north of Canastota.
6/4: A FISH CROW continues on Ditchbank Road.
6/5: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen in a plowed field near the
Bridgeport-Kirkville Road.
6/8: 7 RED CROSSBILLS were seen on Muller Hill Road east of Georgetown.
Oneida County
6/2: A LEAST BITTERN was seen in the Utica Marsh. It was seen through the
7th.
6/3: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was again seen at Verona Beach State Park.
6/4: A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard at the Preston Hill Gravel Pit north of
Oneida Lake.
6/6: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Anderson Road in Clinton. A
PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at the Shenendoah Golf Course at Turningstone.
6/8: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Rt.49 east of Jewell on Oneida
Lake. 2 GREAT EGRETS were seen at Utica Marsh.
Herkimer County
6/1: A BLACK VULTURE was seen and photographed on Westgate Drive in the
Town of Schuyler.It was again present on the 3rd.
6/4: A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen on the Third lake Trail near
Inlet.
6/7: An UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen in a field west of Dolgeville.
End Report
Joseph Brin
Baldwinsville NY
Region 5
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