RBA * New York * Syracuse * July 05, 2021 * NYSY 07. 05. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): June 28 to July 05, 2021 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: July 05 AT 4:00 p.m. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #759 Monday July 05, 2021 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of June 28, 2021 Highlights: -----------
LEAST BITTERN BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON RING-NECKED DUCK RED-SHOULDERED HAWK SANDHILL CRANE SORA RED-HEADED WOODPECKER ACADIAN FLYCATCHER SEDGE WREN SWAINSON’S THRUSH PROTHONOTARY WARBLER CERULEAN WARBLER GRASSHOPPER SPARROW ORCHARD ORIOLE RED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ CERULEAN and PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS continue to be present at the forested area of Armitage Road west of Rt. 89. 7/2: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was found on Railroad Road off of VanDyne Spoor road. 7/3: A LEAST BITTERN was seen at Tschache Pool. 7/4: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON and 3 SANDHILL CRANES were seen on the Wildlife Drive. A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at Guy Baldessarre Marsh. Cayuga County ------------ 7/1: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on West Bay Road in Fair Haven. 7/2: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Fair Haven State Park. Onondaga County --------------- 6/29: A LEAST BITTERN was found at Hamlin Marsh off of Wetzel Road. 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen on Babcock Road west of Baldwinsville. They were seen again the next day. 2 GADWALL were seen from the Marshy Spits area on the west shore of Onondaga Lake. 7/2: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON and 2 RING-NECKED DUCKS were seen on the Seneca River ble=low the dam in Baldwinsville. 7/3: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was heard from Cashin Drive in Fayetteville. Oswego County ------------ 2 families of PIPING PLOVERS continue to be seen at the outlet of Sandy Pond on Lake Ontario. 6/29: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was found on the SUNY Oswego Campus. 6/30: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was found on Gray Road south of Oswego.A BONAPARTE’S GULL was seen at the outlet of Sandy Pond on Lake Ontario. A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was seen on Kibbe Lake Road north of Oneida Lake. 7/4: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was heard on the Sithe Energy Nature Trails on Lake Ontario. A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at Lock 2 on the Oswego River in Fulton. 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen on Shore Oaks Drive on Lake Ontario in the Town of Scriba. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at the Oswego County Airport. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Bernhard’s Bay on the north shore of Oneida Lake. Madison County ------------ 7/4: A SORA was seen at the Madison County Impoundment north of Hamilton. Oneida County ------------ RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Verona Beach State Park at the east end of Oneida Lake. 6/29: A SEDGE WREN was found south of Poppleton Road east of Oneida Lake. 7/3: 3 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS were seen in flight at Lock 21 of the Erie Canal east of Oneida Lake. Herkimer County ------------ SWAINSON’S THRUSHES continue to be found in the Big Moose area of the Adirondacks. 6/29: 2 RED CROSSBILLS were found at Little Moose Lake south of Old Forge. -----end report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville, New York 13027 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/ --
