RBA * New York * Syracuse * June 28, 2021 * NYSY 06. 28. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): June 21 to June 28, 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 28 AT 1:00 p.m. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #758 Monday June 28, 2021 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of June 14, 2021 Highlights: -----------
LEAST BITTERN PEREGRINE FALCON SANDHILL CRANE UPLAND SANDPIPER RED-HEADED WOODPECKER ACADIAN FLYCATCHER SWAINSON’S THRUSH PRAIRIE WARBLER PROTHONOTARY WARBLER CERULEAN WARBLER GRASSHOPPER SPARROW ORCHARD ORIOLE RED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 6/25: A LEAST BITTERN was seen in Tschache Pool. 6/27: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was heard on Carncross Road. Cayuga County ------------ 6/24: 4 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS, all adults, were seen at Fair Haven State Park. Onondaga County ------------ 6/22: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was spotted on the Erie Canal Trail near Green Lakes State Park. 6/23: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen near Lamson Road north of Baldwinsville. An UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen at Hancock Airport.A BLACK TERN was seen from Onondaga Lake Park west of Liverpool. 6/24: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was again seen near the south shore of Cross Lake. 6/28: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was heard on Gully Road north of Skaneateles. Oswego County ------------ 6/21: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at Oswego Harbor. 6/23: ACADIAN FLYCATCHER and PROTHONOTARY WARBLER continue on Gray Road between Rt. 48 and Co. Rt. 25 south of Oswego. 6/24: A PRAIRIE WARBLER was seen at Great Bear Recreation Area north of Phoenix. 6/27: A CERULEAN WARBLER was seen at 3Mile Bay on the north shore of Oneida Lake. A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was seen on Hinman Road north of Pulaski. Madison County ------------ 6/22: A LESSER YELLOWLEGS was seen at the Madison Street Impoundment north of Hamilton. Oneida County ------------ 6/27: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found on Potato Hill Road near Boonville. Herkimer County ------------ 6/25: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was found on Saltsman Road west of St. Johnsville. 6/26: A SWAINSON’S THRUSH was found on Unclemier Road north of Cold Brook. 6/27: A RED CROSSBILL was seen near Little Moose Lake near Old Forge. -----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/ --