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* New York * Syracuse * May 15, 2023 * NYSY 05. 15 .23 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):May 08, 2022 to May 15, 2023 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 15 AT 2:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org | | | | Onondaga | | | #840: Monday May 15, 2023 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 08, 2022 Highlights ------------ BLACK VULTURE RUDDY TURNSTONE UPLAND SANDPIPER WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER WILSON’S PHALAROPE BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE COMMON NIGHTHAWK RED-HEADED WOODPECKER YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER ORCHARD ORIOLE EVENING GROSBEAK PHILADELPHIA VIREO CAPE MAY WARBLER PROTHONATARY WARBLER ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER SWAINSON’S THRUSH GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH ORCHARD ORIOLE LINCOLN’S SPARROW CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma and Montezuma Wetlands Complex ---------- 5/11: A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen on Carncross Road. 5/12: A WILSON’S PHALAROPE was seen on the Loop Road extension north of Rt. 31. 5/13: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO and a SWAINSON’S THRUSH were seen on Howland Island. 2 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen on the Wildlife Drive. A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was seen on Armitage Road. A WILSON’S PHALAROPE was seen at the Visitor’s Center.8 Shorebird species including a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER were seen from Carncross Road. 5/14: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was seen on Armitage Road. Cayuga County ------------ 5/12: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Acre Road in Sterling. A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen at the Sterling Nature Center. 5/13: A RUDDY TURNSTONE and a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER were seen at West Barrier Bar in Fair Haven. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Fair Haven State Park 5/14: A CAPE MAY WARBLER was seen at West Barrier Bar in Fair haven. Oswego County -------------- 5/8: A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard at Rainbow Shores Road on Lake Ontario. 5/9: A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard at the Roosevelt Road sand pits north of Oneida Lake. A BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE was seen from Derby Hill. 5/11: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Sunset Bay Park on Lake Ontario. 5/12: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen at Rainbow Shores Park. 5/13: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO, a LIINCOLN’S SPARROW and a BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE were all seen at Sunset Bay Park. A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen at Deer Creek marsh on Lake Ontario. 5/14: 3 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES were seen at Great Bear Recreational Area north of Phoenix. Onondaga County ------------ 5/11: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was found at the LeMoyne College Woods in Syracuse. 5/12: A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was seen at Green Lakes State Park and was found through the 13th. 5/13: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen at Oneida Shores County Park in Brewerton. 5/14: A BLACK VULTURE was seen on Jamesville Avenue in Syracuse. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen at Green Lakes State Park. Madison County ------------ 5/12: A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard on Bonney Hill Road east of Hammilton. 5/13: A RED CROSSBILL was seen in the Earleville State Forest. 5/15: 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS were found in the Earleville State Forest. Oneida County ------------ 5/10: A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard on Preston Hill Road north of Rt. 49. 2 more were heard on the 13th. 5/13: An UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen on North Gage Road south of Barneveld.An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was heard near Verona Beach State park. 5/11: 11 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen near Thendera. Herkimer County ----------- 5/10: 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS on the West Canada Creek overlook in Cold Brook. ---end report Region 5 Joseph Brin Baldwinsville, NY 13027 -- 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/ --
