RBA * New York * Syracuse * May 27, 2013 * NYSY 05. 27. 13 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
May 20, 2013 - May 27, 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 27 AT 7:30 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #356 -Monday May 27, 2013 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 20, 2013 Highlights: ----------- GLOSSY IBIS WHIMBREL RUDDY TURNSTONE RED KNOT WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER STILT SANDPIPER WILSON’S PHALAROPE RED-HEADED WOODPECKER ACADIAN FLYCATCHER PHILADELPHIA VIREO PROTHONOTARY WARBLER PRAIRIE WARBLER YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT ORCHARD ORIOLE WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 5/21: A COMMON LOON was seen on Tschache Pool. A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was heard at Benning Marsh. 5/24: DUNLIN and SEMI-PALMATED PLOVERS continue along the Wildlife Drive. A GLOSSY IBIS was seen at Benning Marsh. 5/25: DUNLIN, 16 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS and a WILSON’S PHALAROPE were seen at the Kipp Island area. A STILT SANDPIPER was seen along the Wildlife Drive. A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and a LEAST BITTERN were found at Benning Marsh. Derby Hill ---------- Derby staged a comeback this week, or at least on 5/22 when 2,402 hawks were counted. BROAD-WINGS made up 1868 of the birds. Other highlights of the week included RED-HEADED WOODPECKER on 5/21 and 5/23 and a WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL on 5/21. In all 3,814 hawks were counted. Cayuga County ------------ 5/20: 2RUDDY TURNSTONES, DUNLIN and LEAST SANDPIPERS were seen at Fairhaven State Park. 5/25: A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was reported just after noon at the intersection of Upton Road and Maiden Lane south of Red Creek. Unfortunately the bird was never relocated. Onondaga County ------------ 5/21: A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was heard singing in the pre-dawn in the university area. 5/22: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER has returned to Whiskey Hollow west of Baldwinsville. 5/23: A juvenile male ORCHARD ORIOLE was found on Marble Street Island in Baldwinsville and was relocated the nest two days. 5/24: 10 DUNLIN were seen in a wet area in Tully near the intersection of Banner Road and Rt. 11A. 5/25: The Onondaga Audubon Field Trip to Whiskey Hollow was attended by 20 avid birders plus thier fearless leaser. Although the Acadian Flycatcher was a no show we did find 43 species of probable breeding birds. 5/27: 2 PRAIRIE WARBLERS were found on Meeker Hill Road in Tully. 9 species of Warblers were found on Herlihy Road just west of Shakham Road east of Tully. Oswego County ------------ 5/20: A colony of CLIFF SWALLOWS was seen on an Amish barn in Willianston. 5/21: 3 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen hawking insects in Constantia. 5/22: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO and a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER were found on the Oswego County Rail Trail going east off of Barnard Road north of Phoenix. 5/24: 12 WHIMBREL were seen on the Tern Island in Oneida Lake from Constantia. 118 DUNLIN and 26 RED KNOTS in breeding plumage were seen flying by Phillips Point on Oneida Lake. 5/26: A late WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen on Kibby Road south of Mexico. -- 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/ --
