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*New York - Syracuse - June 11, 2018 - NYSY 06.11.18 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert Dates: June 04 - June 11 To report by email: brinjoseph AT yahoo DOT com Reporting upstate counties: Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Oneida, Herkimer, Cayuga, Montezuma Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands complex compiled: June 04 AT 2:30 p.m. EDT compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondgaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week on June 04, 2018 Highlights: SNOWY EGRET BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON LEAST BITTERN SANDHILL CRANE PEREGRINE FALCON WILSON’S PHALAROPE UPLAND SANDPIPER AMERICAN AVOCET LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH PROTHONOTARY WARBLER GRASSHOPPER SPARROW ORCHARD ORIOLE Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 6/5: A (the) AMERICAN AVOCET was seen in Knox-Marsellus Marsh. A LEAST BITTERN was seen at VanDyne Spoor Marsh. 6/8: A SNOWY EGRET was seen at Tschache Pool. A WILSON’S PHALAROPE was seenKnox-Marsellus Marsh. 6/9: PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS continue at the forested area of Armitage Road. They were also seen at the north end of Howland Island by boat. 6/10: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at VanDyne Spoor Road and along the Wildlife Drive. Onondaga County ------------ 6/7: A LEAST BITTERN was found at the Dewitt Marsh of off Fisher Road. 6/8: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW and an ORCHARD ORIOLE continue at Three Rivers WMA. 6/9: A LEAST BITTERN continues at Three Rivers WMA. 6/10: A SANDHILL CRANE was found at Three Rivers WMA. Oswego County ------------ 6/6: A LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH was again found at Salmon River Falls. Oneida County ------------ 6/5: 3 CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were seen at Spring Farms Nature Sanctuary south of Clinton. One was again observed on the 10th. 6/6: A breeding pair of PEREGRINE FALCONS continue in downtown Utica. 6/8: An UPLAND SANDPIPER was again observed at the Deerfield Grasslands south of Poland. A LEAST BITTERN was found at the Utaca Marsh. 6/10: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was found at Lake Delta State Park. -end transcript Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 USA -- 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/ --
