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*New York - Syracuse - May 07, 2018 - NYSY 05. 07.18 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert Dates: April 30 - May 07 To report by email: brinjoseph AT yahoo DOT com Reporting upstate counties: Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Oneida, Herkimer, Cayuga, Montezuma Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands complex compiled: May 07 AT 3:30 p.m. EDT compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondgaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week on April 30, 2018 Highlights: AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN SNOWY EGRET ROSS’S GOOSE EURASIAN WIGEON BLACK VULTURE GOLDEN EAGLE NORTHERN GOSHAWK UPLAND SANDPIPER LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL BLACK TERN COMMON NIGHTHAWK RED-HEADED WOODPECKER PROTHONOTARY WARBLER CERULEAN WARBLER WESTERN MEADOWLARK GRASSHOPPER SPARROW ORCHARD ORIOLE This was the first big week for most migrants. All common Warblers except for Mourning, Canada and Blackpoll were reported. Willow and Alder Flycatcher were not reported either although this could change any day. Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ The AMERICAN WHITRE PELICAN has returned to the main Pool. The WESTERN MEADOWLARK has made it three weeks on Armitage road between Wiley Road and Olmstead Road. Also the RUFF was relocated at Benning Marsh on 5/6. 5/5: 2 PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS have returned to the forested area on Armitage Road on the west side of the bridge. An EURAGIAN WIGEON was seen at Tschache Pool. CERULEAN WARBLER, ORCHARD ORIOLE and BLACK TERN were all seen from VanDyne Spoor Road. 5/6: A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was ssee from Morgan Road. BLACK TERN and ORCHARD ORIOLE were found on the Wildlife Drive. A CERULEAN WARBLER was seen at the forested area on Armitage Road. Onondaga County ------------ 5/1: A GOLDEN EAGLE was reported from Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 5/4: A SWAINSONS THRUSH was reported from Three Rivers WMA. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at Ceder Bay along the Erie Canal in Fayetteville. 5/5: A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen at jamesville Beach State Park. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen on Valley Drive in Elbridge. 5/6: 2 SNOWY EGRETS were found at the outlet of Nine Mile Creek on Onondaga Lake. They eventually flew the the south-west end of the lake where they were relocated again today. Derby Hill Bird Observatory ------------ This was the big week at Derby Hill with 18,055 raptors being recorded. The big days were 4/30, 5/1 and 5/2. 5/1 had 9,628 hawks counted with BROAD-WINGED HAWKS numbering 9,008. 4/30 had a GOLDEN EAGLE. 5/1 also had a BLACK VULTURE and 2 GOLDEN EAGLES. 5/2 had a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER and a NORTHERN GOSHAWK. 5/5 had a GOLDEN EGLE and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. Oswego County ------------ 5/5: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen at the end of Nine Mile Point Road near Noyes Sanctuary. An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN and an EURASIAN WIGEON were seen on Oneida Lake from Mill Street in Constantia. An UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen at the Oswego county Airfield. 5/6: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at the Oswego County Airfield. A CERULEAN WARBLER was seen on McCloud Road on the north shore of Oneida Lake. 5/7: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Sunset Bay. Cayuga County ------------ 5/4: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Sterling nature center. 5/5: A ROSS’S GOOSE was seen on Loop Road north of the Hamlet of Montezuma. Oneida County ------------ A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and a GOLDEN EAGLE were seen near Verona Beach State Park. Herkimer County ------------ 5/3: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen in the vacinity of McCoons Road Pond north of Richfield Springs. --end transcript Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 USA -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
