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* New York * Syracuse * May 29, 2023 * NYSY 05. 29 .23 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):May 22, 2022 to May 29, 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 29 AT 2:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #841: Monday May 29, 2023 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 22, 2022 Highlights ------------ GLOSSY IBIS CATTLE EGRET UPLAND SANDPIPER LEAST TERN FORSTER’S TERN COMMON NIGHTHAWK RED-HEADED WOODPECKER ACADIAN FLYCATCHER OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER ORCHARD ORIOLE PHILADELPHIA VIREO SEDGE WREN PROTHONOTARY WARBLER CERULEAN WARBLER GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH ORCHARD ORIOLE CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma and Montezuma Wetlands Complex ---------- 5/23: A SECGE WREN was found at Morgan Road. A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was at the forested area of Armitage Road. 5/26: 3 GLOSSY IBIS were seen at the Visitor’s Center. 5/28: A CERULEAN WARBLER was seen at the Visitor’s Center. Cayuga County ------------ 5/23: A PRAIRIE WARBLER and a LINCOLN’S SPARROW were found at West Barrier Bar Park in Fair Haven. 5/25A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and a FORSTER’S TERN were seen at West Barrier Bar. 5/27: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Sterling Nature Center. 5/28: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER and a CERULEAN WARBLER were at the Sterling Nature Center. Oswego County ------------ 5/22: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen on Cowan Road in Hannibal. 5/23: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen at Sunset Bay Park in the town of Scriba. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen on West Road in West Monroe. 5/26: 2 ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS were seen on Cownan Road near Hannibal. They have been noted through today. 5/27: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen near Cleveland. 5/28: A LEAST TERN was found at the Sandy Pond Outlet on lake Ontario. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen in Constantio. A GRASSHOPPER was seen at Carley Mills in Hastings. Onondaga County ------------ 5/23: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen in Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse. A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was found in a vacant lot on Water Street in Syracuse. it has continued up to today. 5/25: An adult LAUGHING GULL was seen at the Inner Harbor near Destiny in Syracuse. 5/27: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen in North Syracuse. 5/28: A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen from Ladd Road in Brewerton. 5/29: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen in Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse. Madison County ------------ 5/27: An ORCHARD ORIOLE and a PHILADELPHIA VIREO were spotted at Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen in Poolville. Oneida County ------------ 5/22: An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen at Spring Farms Nature Sanctuary south of Clinton. 5/23: 2 UPLAND SANDPIPERS were seen on North Gage Road near Poland. An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was seen on Sterling Road near Verona Beach State Park. Farther south on 2 SEDGE WRENS were seen on the same road. 5/28: A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen in New Hartford. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen at Spring Farm Nature Sanctuary south of Clinton. Herkimer County ------------ 5/23: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen on Gated Road in Frankfort. 5/25: A CATTLE EGRET was seen on Rt. 170A north of Little Falls. 5/28: A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen near Big Moose north of Inlet in the Adirondaks. ---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/ --
