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* New York * Syracuse * May 11, 2020 * NYSY 05. 11. 20 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): May 04 2020 to May 11, 2020 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 11 AT 4:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #701 Monday May 11, 2020 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 04, 2020 Highlights: ----------- AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN LITTLE BLUE HERON GOLDEN EAGLE PIPING PLOVER SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER AMERICAN AVOCET WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER WILSON’S PHALAROPE LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL BLACK TERN RED-HEADED WOODPECKER PHILADELPHIA VIREO PROTHONOTARY WARBLER CERULEAN WARBLER CAPE MAY WARBLER PRAIRIE WARBLER GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER SWAINSON’S THRUSH GRASSHOPPER SPARROW LINCOLN’S SPARROW BLUE GROSBEAK ORCHARD ORIOLE CLAY-COLORED SPARROW ORCHARD ORIOLE PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 5/6: An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was seen at VanDyne Spoor Road. A CERULEAN WARBLER was found at Howland Island. 5/8: 3 AMERICAN AVOCETS were seen at the Visitor’s Center. 5/9: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at the Visitor’s Center. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen on east road. 10 Shorebird species including an early WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER were seen from Loop Road north of Rt. 31. A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was seen near the nest boxes on Armitage Road and has been seen almost daily since. 5/10: A CERULEAN WARBLER was seen on Howland Island. Onondaga County ------------ 5/5: The adult LITTLE BLUE HERON was again seen at Hamlin Marsh on OLD Wetzel Road. 4 SANDHILL CRANES were seen there also. 5/9: A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen in the LeMoyne college Woods in Syracuse.A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at the landfill from Cedar Bay Park in Fayetteville. 5/10: 10 Warbler species including PRAIRIE and WILSON’S were found on the Perimiter Trail at Green Lakes State Park . A SANDHILL CRANE was seen at Three rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. A SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER was seen at the Gerber Topsoil Farm in Manlius. 5/11: 17 WARBLER species including 4 CAPE MAYS were found at Three RiversWMA north of Baldwinsville. 11 species of Warblers including a GOLDEN-WINGED were seen at Hamlin Marsh on Old Wetzel Road. 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen also. Derby Hill Bird Observatory ------------ Cold weather and north winds made for a disappointing week at Derby. Only 642 raptors were counted. One GOLDEN EAGLE was seen. Oswego County ------------ 5/6: A PIPING PLOVER was again seen at the Sandy Pond outlet. 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen in flight at the intersection of Rt. 264 and Rt. 481 north of Phoenix 5/7: A BLACK TERN was seen with Common Terns at Phillips Point on Oneida Lake. 5/10: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was heard on Bishop Road north of Pulaski. 5/11: 11 species of Warblers including a PRAIRIE were seen at Sunset Bay Park on Lake Ontario in Scriba. An early WILLOW FLYCATCHER was seen at Phillips Point on Oneida Lake. Cayuga County ------------ 5/8: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at Fair Haven state park near the lower level camps. Madison County ------------ 5/6: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen at the Madison Street Impoundment north of Hamilton. 5/7: A rare for our area YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was seen and photographed on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. 5/8: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen on Ditchbank Road. 5/10: A WILSON’S PHALAROPE was seen on Ditchbank Road. Oneida county ------------ 5/6: A PINE SISKIN was seen at the Spring Farms Nature Sanctuary south of Clinton. Extralimital ------------ A very rare for upstate BLUE GROSBEAK has been seen numerous times this week at the Seneca Meadows Landfill in Seneca Falls. Special permission is needed to enter the facility. So far all who asked were granted entry and guided to the bird’s location. The facility deserves our thanks for their cooperation. ---- End Report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville NY Region 5 -- 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/ --
