RBA
* New York * Syracuse * May 18, 2020 * NYSY 05. 18. 20 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): May 11 2020 to May 18, 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: May 18 AT 6:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #702 Monday May 18, 2020 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 11, 2020 Highlights: ----------- LEAST BITTERN GREAT EGRET WHITE-WINGED SCOTER SURF SCOTER GOLDEN EAGLE RUDDY TURNSTONE SANDERLING WILSON’S PHALAROPE YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO WHIP-POOR-WILL COMMON NIGHTHAWK WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER RED-HEADED WOODPECKER YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER PHILADELPHIA VIREO SWAINSON’S THRUSH GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER PROTHONOTARY WARBLER CERULEAN WARBLER CAPE MAY WARBLER PRAIRIE WARBLER PAINTED BUNTING GRASSHOPPER SPARROW LINCOLN’S SPARROW BLUE GROSBEAK ORCHARD ORIOLE Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 5/16: A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER along with a number of CERULEAN WARBLERS were found on Howland Island. PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and CERULEAN WARBLER were seen on Armitage Road. 5/17: A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was seen on Esker Brook Trail. 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES were seen on the Wildlife Drive. 9 Shorebird species including 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS and 13 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen at the visitor’s Center. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen on VanDyne Spoor Road. 5/18: A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was seen on the Loop Road north of Rt. 31. Onondaga county ------------ 5/12: A BLACK TERN was seen at Oneida Shores State Park. 5/14: A very rare for the area PAINTED BUNTING (female) was seen at a residence on Lawrence Road in Marcellus. It was seen by many through the 16th. Much thanks to Kaye Fenlon for welcoming people to her property to see this special bird. A RUDDY TURNSTONE and 26 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were seen from Oneida Shores. 5/15: A BLACK TERN and a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER were seen at the Liverpool Marina on Onondaga Lake. 5/16: A LEAST BITTERN was heard on Potter Pond at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. A pair of SURF SCOTERS were seen on the east shore of Onondaga Lake. A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen at a residence on DeMong Drive in Syracuse. 5/17: A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen at Three rivers WMA. 2 CERULEAN WARBLERS were found at Green Lakes State Park. A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen from DeMong Drive in Syracuse. Derby Hill Bird Observatory ------------ 1,895 Hawks were counted at Derby this week. Only one GOLDEN EAGLE was counted this week. On 3/17 104 non raptor species were recorded. Other highlights were PRAIRIE WARBLER, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO and RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. Oswego County ------------ 5/13: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen near Cleveland. 5/14: A SURF SCOTER was seen at Phillips Point of Oneida Lake. 5/15: An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen at Sunset Beach Park on Lake Ontario. A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen at Phillips Point on Oneida Lake. 5/16: Amid the dearth of migrant Warblers seen at Sunset Beach Park were rarities such as WHIP-POOR-WILL, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen at the Sithe Energy Trails at Independence Way on Lake Ontario. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found at Carley’s Mills north of Central Square. 5/17: At Sunset Bay Park ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and PHILADELPHIA VIREO were the highlights as migrants continue. A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was seen on Dam Road in the Town of Richland. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen at a residence on Baum Road north of Central Square. Cayuga County ------------ 5/14: RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were again seen at Fair Haven State Park. 5/15: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO and a SANDERLING were seen at West Barrier Bar Park in Fair Haven. Madison County ------------ 5/11: A WILSON’S PHALAROPE was seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. 5/11: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen in Hamilton. A CERULEAN WARBLER was seen on Ditchbank Road. 5/16: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Chapman Road in Lakeport. 5/17: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Bailey Road in Chittenango. Oneida county ------------ 5/12: RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Verona Beach State Park. 5/15: A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard at the Preston Hill Gravel Pits north of Oneida Lake. 5/17: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was heard on Perimeter Road in Rome. Herkimer County ------------- 5/13: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was found on Partridge Hill Road in Trenton. 5/16: 2 GREAT EGRETS were seen on Shells Bush Road north of Little Falls.A SWAINSON’S THRUSH and a LINCOLN’S SPARROW were seen at Salisbury Corners north of Dolgeville. ---- End Report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville NY Region 5 -- 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/ --