RBA * New York * Syracuse * June 17, 2013 * NYSY 06. 17. 13 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
June 10, 2013 - June 17, 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:June 17 AT 6:30 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #359 -Monday June 17, 2013 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of June 10, 2013 Highlights: ----------- LEAST BITTERN WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER BLACK TERN RED-HEADED WOODPECKER LAWRENCES WARBLER(Hybrid) PRAIRIE WARBLER CERULEAN WARBLER GRASSHOPPER SPARROW ORCHARD ORIOLE EVENING GROSBEAK Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 5/16: 5 BLACK TERNS and 1 LEAST BITTERN were found at Tschache Pool. Onondaga County ------------ 6/11: An adult male ORCHARD ORIOLE was found on Conners Road at Dead Creek west of Baldwinsville. It was seen again on 6/14 but not since. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at Ceder Bay Park in Fayetteville. 6/14: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER continues at Whiskey Hollow off of West Dead Creek Road west of Baldwinsville. 6/15: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER has returned to a swamp on Fenner Road north of Rt. 370 and west of Baldwinsville. It was observed again today. A walk at Green Lakes State Park yielded 46 species highlighted by an ORCHARD ORIOLE. Oswego County ------------ 6/11: A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was seen at the end of the outlet at Sandy Pond. A LEAST BITTERN was again heard at the Rt.6 wetlands north of Rt.3 in Volnay. 6/14: At least 3 CERULEAN WARBLERS were found on Darrow Road south of Mexico. A PRAIRIE WARBLER continues to be seen in Happy Valley on Churchill Road north of Rt. 69. 6/15: The hybrid LAWRENCE’S WARBLER was again found at Great Bear Recreation Area off of Rt. 57 north of Phoenix. Oneida County ------------ 6/13: 2 adult male EVENING GROSBEAKS were reported at a resicence on Sulphur Springs Road northwest of Delta Lake. Madison County ------------ 6/12: 2 BLACK TERNS were seen at Woodman Pond north of Hamilton. -- 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/ --
