RBA * New York * Syracuse * June 18, 2012 * NYSY 06.18.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
June 11, 2012 - June 18, 2012 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 18 AT 6:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #308 -Monday June 18, 2012 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of June 11 , 2012 Highlights: ----------- NORTHERN GOSHAWK SWAINSON’S HAWK BALD EAGLE SANDHILL CRANE FISH CROW LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH ORCHARD ORIOLE Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ No reports this week. Onondaga County ------------ 6/11: 8 Warbler species including LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH were seen at Prat’s Falls County Park. 6/16: An OAS field trip to Green Lakes State Park yielded 47 spieces including 8 ORCHARD ORIOLES. All the Orioles were seen on the Blue Trail. A leucistic (nearly albino) RED-TAILED HAWK was found along railroad tracks between Lellog Road and Rt. 48 north of Baldwinsville. Oswego County ------------ 6/18: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen on Co. Rt. 54 between Gristmill and Winks Roads. Derby Hill ------------ It’s not over till it’s over! Good birds are still being seen at Derby. On 6/11 2 NORTHERN GOSHAWKS, 19 BALD EAGLES, and a FISH CROW and an ORCHARD ORIOLE were all seen. On 6/17 28 BALD EAGLES were counted. Today, 6/18 a light phase SWAINSON’S HAWK put on a spectacular show and hung around for at lest 2 hours. -- End Transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
