RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* May 16, 2011
* NYSY 1605.11
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
May 09, 2010 - May 16, 2011
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 16 AT 1:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#255 -Monday May 16, 2011
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 09 ,
2010
Highlights:
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GREAT EGRET
BRANT
SANDHILL CRANE
YELLOW RAIL
PIPING PLOVER
WHIMBREL
BLACK TERN
MERLIN
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO
WHIP-POOR-WILL
COMMON NIGHTHAWK
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
SWAINSON’S THRUSH
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
CAPE MAY WARBLER
CERULEAN WARBLER
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
ORCHARD ORIOLE
PINE SISKIN
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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5/10: CERULEAN WARBLER was seen at the Visitor’s Center. GREATER and
LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, LEAST SANDPIPER, and SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER were seen at Tschache
Pool. A BLACK TERN was seen at May’s Point Pool.
5/13: 25+ BLACK TERNS were found at the end of Railroad Road.
CERULEAN WARBLERS are back on Howland Island and were seen by many
observers this week. If you are not having luck finding this bird elsewhere I
suggest you visit the island. Any area with high deciduous trees should have
them.
Derby Hill
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Action has slowed considerably this week. Only one day, 5/13, had over
1,000 raptors. Other highlights were: 5/11 - 13 species of warbler including
CAPE MAY. Also an ORCHARD ORIOLE. 5/13 - The best day of the week. 1089 raptors
and 14 species were counted. Highlights were 12 MERLIN, 3 SANDHILL CRANES, a
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, 975 PINE SISKINS, and 15 species of warbler. 5/14 had
another RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES, and an ORANGE CROWNED
WARBLER. Only one other day broke 100 and the weeks total raptors was 1318.
Phillips Point (Oneida Lake) Lakewatch
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On 5/9 the first BRANT were seen migrating along the lake. Also seen this
week were GREAT EGRET, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, RED-NECKED GREBE, DUNLIN, and other
more common waterfowl.
Oswego County
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5/10: A PIPING PLOVER was seen on the beach at Sandy Pond. 2
WHIP-POOR-WILLS were heard at Gayville, and CERULEAN WARBLERS were found at
Phillips Point.
5/11: 18 species of warbler were found at Sunset Bay Park including 6 CAPE
MAYS.
5/12: 3 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were found at Sunset Bay and 2 more were
seen at the end of Nine Mile Point Road near Noyes Sanctuary.
5/13: A YELLOW RAIL was heard at Peter Scott Swamp but has not been heard
again. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at the green house near Noyes
Sanctuary.
A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was found at the power lines on Rt. 29 south of Rt.104.
5/14: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER has returned to breed (hopefully) at the
fisherman’s Access area on Shaw Road off of Toad Harbor Road on the north shore
of Oneida Lake.
5/15: 8 WHIMBREL were spotted on the nearest rock island from shore in
Constantia on Oneida Lake. The PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and a PHILADELPHIA VIREO
were at the Shaw Road location. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at the Carley’s
Mills Cemetery in Hastings.
Onondaga County
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5/10: A possible CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was heard on Gully Road north of
Skaneateles.
5/11: 13 species of warbler were found along the Erie Canal in
Fayateville.
Also seen were LINCOLN’S SPARROW and MERLIN. A CAPE MAY WARBLER was found in
Schiller Park in Syracuse
5/13: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was seen in Oakwood Cemetery. A CONNECTICUT
WARBLER was found along Dead Creek in back of the Town of Van Buren
Transportation Dept. west of Baldwinsville.
5/15: An Onondaga Audubon field trip the the Camillus Unique Forest Area
found 10 species of Warbler. Also seen was a. BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO. A COMMON
NIGHTHAWK and a CAPE MAY WARBLER were seen in Schiller Park in Syracuse.
Madison County
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5/10: A GREAT EGRET was seen at Chittenango Flats.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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