RBA * New York * Syracuse * June 21, 2021 * NYSY 06. 21. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): June 14 to June 21, 2021 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 21 AT 4:00 p.m. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #757 Monday June 21, 2021 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of June 14, 2021 Highlights: -----------
LEAST BITTERN BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON PEREGRINE FALCON SANDHILL CRANE SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER RED-HEADED WOODPECKER ACADIAN FLYCATCHER BLACKPOLL PRAIRIE WARBLER PROTHONOTARY WARBLER CERULEAN WARBLER GRASSHOPPER SPARROW ORCHARD ORIOLE Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 6/14: A SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER was seen on the Wildlife Trail. 6/16: A CERULEAN WARBLER was seen at Howland Island. A LEAST BITTERN was found at Tschache Pool. 6/17: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER continues at the forested area of Armitage Road. 6/19: A SNDHILL CRANE was seen on the Wildlife Trail. 6/20: 3 CERULEAN WARBLERS were seen at Howland Island. A CERULEAN WARBLER was seen on the Wildlife Trail. A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at Tschache Pond. 2 CERULEAN WARBLERS were seen at VanDyne Spoor Road. Cayuga County ------------ 6/16: A BLACKPOLL was heard at Sterling Nature Center. 6/17: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was found on Kent Road west of Hannibal. 6/20: A CERULEAN WARBLER was found on Pierce Road south of Hannibal. Onondaga County ------------- 6/17: A CERULEAN WARBLER was spotted on the Erie Canal Trail west of Warners. 6/18: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found at Cedar Bay Park in Fayetteville, 6/19: A PRAIRIE WARBLER was found at Labrador Hollow Unique Area. 6/20: 2 LEAST BITTERNS were heard at the Tully Conservation Area south of Tully. An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was found on Markham Hollow Road just west of Labrador Hollow. A PRAIRIE WARBLER was found on James Street in Fayetteville. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen at Green Lakes State Park. A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen from West Genesee Street in downtown Syracuse. Oswego County ------------ A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER continue to be found consistently on Gray Road south of Oswego off of Rt. 48. 6/15: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were spotted from Cusson Road near the Klondike State Forest north of Oneida Lake. 6/16: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on West Lake Road south of Oswego. 6/20: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was heard on Brackett Road south of Fulton. an ORCHARD ORIOLE was found on Hinman Road north of Pulaski. A CEERULEAN WARBLER was found Dam Road near Altmar. 6/21: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen near Oswego Harbor. Madison County ------------ 6/16: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen on Mason Hill east of Hamilton. Oneida County ------------ 6/16: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Verona Beach State Park. 6/20: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Sylvan Beach. Herkimer County ------------ 6/15: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found on Peck Road west of Dolgeville. 6/16: 2 PINE SISKINS continue to come to a feeder in Dolgeville. -----end report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville, New York 13027 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/ --
