RBA * New York * Syracuse * May 17, 2010 * NYSY 1705.10 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): May 10, 2009 - May 17, 2010 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 17 AT 2:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #205 -Monday May 17, 2010 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 10 , 2010 Highlights: -----------
LEAST BITTERN GREAT EGRET BRANT SANDHILL CRANE WILSON’S PHALAROPE BLACK TERN FORSTER’S TERN PARASITIC JAEGER SAW-WHET OWL WHIP-POOR WILL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER SEDGE WREN SWAINSON’S THRUSH CAPE MAY WARBLER PRAIRIE WARBLER PROTHONATORY WARBLER LINCOLN’S SPARROW Migrants this week: -------------- EASTERN PEE WEE ACADIAN FLYCATCHER RED-EYED VIREO SEDGE WREN PRAIRIE WARBLER BAY-BREASTED WARBLER WILSON’S WARBLER Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 5/10: 2 LEAST BITTERNS, 1 AMERICAN BITTERN, 3 SORAS, AND 2 VIRGINIA RAILS were all found at Railroad road. A SANDHILL CRANE was also heard. 5/15: 125+ LEAST SANDPIPERS and numbers of DUNLIN, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were all seen at the Visitor’s Center. At Tschache Pool 5 FORSTER;S TERNS and 5 GREAT EGRETS were seen. At VanDyne Spoor Road 27 BLACK TERNS were found. Derby Hill ------------ The beginning of the end? Only 146 Hawks counted this week. Phillips Point (Oneida Lake) lakewatch. ------------ Still Good numbers of WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS. No BRANT on the 15th. (Birdathon) but today 2035 flew by. However, the real highlight was a rare spring PARASITIC JAEGER close in to shore. Oswego County ------------ 5/13: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Co. Rt. 1 near Nine Mile Point Road. BLACK TERNS were seen at Port Ontario. A PRAIRIE WARBLER was heard at Great Bear Recreational Area. 5/14: 20 species of Warbler including 8 CAPE MAYS were found along the lakeshore at Sunset Bay Park and Noyes Sanctuary. At least 40 BRANT were seen flying in Granby on Phinney Road. 5/15: 2 SEDGE WRENS have returned after a years absence to McCloud Road off of 3 Mile Bay Road.SAW-WHET OWL and WHIP-POOR WILL were heard near Constantia. 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen at the end of Nine Mile Point Road near Noyes Sanctuary. Today (5/17) 3 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen in the same place. Onondaga County ------------ 5/12: 3 BLACK TERNS were seen at the Liverpool Marina on Onondaga Lake. --end transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --