RBA * New York * Syracuse * June 13, 2011 * NYSY 0613.11 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): June 06, 2010 - June 13, 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:June 13 AT 6:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #258 -Monday June 13, 2011 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of June 06 , 2010 Highlights: ----------- WHITE PELICAN WILLET YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO WHIP-POOR-WILL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER ACADIAN FLYCATCHER SEDGE WREN CERULEAN WARBLER PROTHONOTARY WARBLER ORCHARD ORIOLE
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 6/7: Two PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS continue at Armitage Road just west of the canal bridge. Also found here were 2 CERULEAN WARBLERS, 2 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS, and an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER. Lingering shorebirds at Tschache Pool were one GREATER YELLOWLEGS and 5 SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPERS. 6/9: 2 PROTNONOTARY WARBLERS and 2 CERULEAN WARBLERS were still being heard at Armitage Road. Oswego County ------------ 6/6: The WHITE PELICAN was seen on Wantry Island from Constantia onOneida Lake and was seen as recently as yesterday (6/12). A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard just at dusk on Roosevelt Road north of Oneida Lake. Onondaga County ------------ 6/11: 10 species of Warbler including 11 MOURNINGS were found in Whiskey Hollow west of Baldwinsville. A female ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was also found. On Perry road at the west end of Whiskey Hollow Road VESPER SPARROW and ORCHARD ORIOLE were seen. On Fenner Road off of Rt. 370 near Beaver Lake Nature Center a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen. Jefferson County ------------ 6/6: A WILLET was found in a wet area at the intersection Of Rts. 3 and 193 near Southwick Beach State Park. A late report from 6/3 lists a SEDGE WREN on South Sandy Creek Trail about 2 miles north of the Oswego/Jefferson County line. The bird was near the two benches. --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 http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --