RBA * New York * Syracuse * May 06, 2013 * NYSY 05. 06. 13 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
April 29, 2013 - May 06, 2013 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 06 AT 6:30 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #353 -Monday May 06, 2013 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 29, 2013 Highlights: ----------- TRI-COLORED HERON BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON GLOSSY IBIS BLACK VULTURE SANDHILL CRANE WILSON’S PHALAROPE WHIP-POOR-WILL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER LAWRENCE’S WARBLER CAPE MAY WARBLER CERULEAN WARBLER PRAIRIE WARBLER GRASSHOPPER SPARROW CLAY-COLORED SPARROW EVENING GROSBEAK LAPLAND LONGSPUR Migrants this week ------------ CERULEAN WARBLER SCARLET TANAGER PRAIRIE WARBLER BALTIMORE ORIOLE ORCHARD ORIOLE VEERY RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD BLUE-WINGED WARBLER GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER LEAST FLYCATCHER GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER INDIGO BUNTING OVENBIRD COMMON YELLOWTHROAT NORTHERN PARULA BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER RED-HEADED WOODPECKER EASTERN PEEWEE CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER YELLOW-THROATED VIREO CAPE MAY WARBLER Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 5/4: A Female WILSON’S PHALAROPE was found at Carncross Road. 5/5: A TRI-COLORED HERON was spotted in the reeds on VanDyne Spoor Road. 2 GLOSS IBIS were seen also flying over but did not land. Two adult and one young SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Carncross Road. There have been no reports of any of these birds today. Derby Hill ------------ The flight has slowed at Derby Hill The total for the week was 4,818 hawks and only one day went past one thousand. Other highlights were EVENING GROSBEAKS on 4/29 and 4/30, a BLACK VULTURE on 4/30 and a CAPE MAY WARBLER on 5/4. Onondaga County ------------ 5/2: 6 Warbler species including a PRAIRIE WARBLER were seen at Ceder Bay Park on the Erie Canal in Fayetteville. A WHIP-POOR-WILL has returned to the Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. It can be heard on 60 Road where the power lines cross the road. 5/3: An adult BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen on Marble Street Island in Baldwinsville. 5/5: EVENING GROSBEAKS were noted inPompey and at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. A CERULEAN WARBLER was seen at the Camillus Unique Forest Area along Thompson Road. Madison County ------------ 4/30: EVENING GROSBEAKS were again at a feeder on Carpenter Road in Sheds and have continued throughout the week. Oswego County ------------ 5/1: BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, SORA, AMERICAN BITTERN and VIRGINIA RAIL were all noted at the County Rt .6 wetland north of State Rt. 3. 5/4: GRASSHOPPER SPARROW has returned to the cemetary at Carley’s Mills near Hastings. 5/5: BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, LAWRENCE’S WARBLER (a hybrid of Blue-wing and Golden-winged Warblers) , HOODED WARBLER, PRAIRIE WARBLER and 2 CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were all found at the Great Bear Recreation Area norht of Phoenix. The Lawrence’s Warbler was seen again today by a number of birders. -- end report 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/ --
