RBA * New York * Syracuse * June 04, 2012 * NYSY 06.04.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
May 28, 2012 - June 04, 2012 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 04 AT 6:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #307 -Monday June 04, 2012 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 28 , 2012 Highlights: ----------- LEAST BITTERN BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON GREAT EGRET MERLIN RUDDY TURNSTONE WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL SWAINSON’S THRUSH PROTHONOTARY WARBLER ORCHARD ORIOLE Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 6/9: WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS and SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS were seen at Benning Marsh. A LEAST BITTERN was found at Tschache Pool. 190 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS plus WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, DUNLIN, RUDDY TURNSTONE, and SEMIPALMATED PLOVER were seen at Puddlers Marsh from Towpath Road. 5 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen at VanDyne Spoor Road. Madison County ------------ 6/9: 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES and 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were seen at Ditchbank Road. Oswego County ------------ 6/5: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was seen entering a nest hole in the second channel at the fisherman’s parking area on Shaw Road off of Toad Harbor Road on Oneida Lake. The bird was seen subsequent times later in the week. 6/9: The TRUMPETER SWANS in the Rt.6 wetland north of Rt.3 have hatched 6 young. 6/10: 2 SWAINSON’S THRUSHES wereheard at OttoMills Road north of Redfield. SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, DUNLIN, and MERLIN were seen at Sandy Pond.An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen at the Rose Creek Golf Course in Hastings. Onondaga County ------------ 6/7: A GREAT EGRET was seen on a small island from Marble Street in Baldwinsville. It was seen again on 6/10. Cayuga County ------------ 6/10: A LEAST BITTERN was found on Sterling Creek near Fairhaven. -- 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/ --
