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*New York - Syracuse - May 06, 2019 - NYSY 05. 06. 19 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert Dates: April 29 - May 06, 2019 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 06 AT 2:00 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 29, 2019 Highlights: RED-THROATED LOON RED-NECKED GREBE LEAST BITTERN SNOWY EGRET BLACK SCOTER GOLDEN EAGLE SANDHILL CRANE PIPING PLOVER BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER STILT SANDPIPER UPLAND SANDPIPER WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER WILSON’S PHALAROPE LITTLE GULL BLACK TERN FORSTER’S TERN WHIP-POOR-WILL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER SWAINSON’S THRUSH CERULEAN WARBLER ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER FOX SPARROW CLAY-COLORED SPARROW GRASSHOPPER SPARROW ORCHARD ORIOLE EVENING GROSBEAK Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 5/6: PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS continue at the forested area of Armitage Road. They have been seen entering nest boxes with nesting material. 5/11: A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was see along the Wildlife Drive. A SNOWY EGERT was seen also along the Wildlife Drive. It was relocated on the 13th. 2 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS were seen from Towpath Road. 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Carncross Road. 6 Shorebird species including 2 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen at Carncross Road. 5/12: 3 BLACK TERNS were seen at Mays Point Pond. 12 were seen at North Spring Pond. 8 Warbler species including CERULEAN were seen at VanDyne Spoor Road. 5 BLACK TERNS were also seen. 5/13: A STILT SANDPIPER was seen along the Wildlife Drive. A WILSON’S PHALAROPE was found at the Visitor’s Center. Cauyga County ------------ 5/8: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen from Farden Road near Rair Haven 5/11: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen at the camping area at Fair Haven State Park. A RED-THROATED LOON was seen at West Barrier Bar Park. Derby Hill Bird Observatory ------------ Derby had a big day on 5/6 with 13,489 Hawks counted. 12,276 were BROAD-WINGED HAWKS. The rest of the week was rather dismal for Hawk counting with only three days with birds counted and a total of only 1,392 hawks recorded. Other highlights were 5 GOLDEN EAGLES, SANDHILL CRANE, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, EVENING GROSBEAK and WHIP-POOR-WILL. Oswego County ------------ 5/7: A LITTLE GULL was seen at the Phillips Point Lake watch on Oneida Lake. Also seen were a BLACK SCOTER and 13 RED-NECKED GREBES. 7 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at a feeder in Constantia. A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard at a traditional spot on Roosevelt Road north of Oneida Lake. 5/8: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW has returned to a traditional spot at Carley Mills south of Parrish. 5/10: A late FOX SPARROW was see at Sunset Bay Park on Lake Ontario. Also seen there were a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, a SWAINSON’S THRUSH and 14 species of Warbler. 5/11: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Lake Street in Pulaski. A CERULEAN WARBLER was found at Phillips Point on Oneida Lake. 5/13: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen on Lake Road near Sunset Bay Park on Lake Ontario. Onondaga county ------------ 5/6: 5 BLACK-TERNS were seen from the West Shore Trail on Onondaga Lake. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was see at Cedar Bay in Fayetteville. 5/7: A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was seen aat the Gerber Topsoil Farm south of Bridgeport. 5/10: A possible PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was heard on Bridge Street in East Syracuse. 5/11: A LEAST BITTERN was heard at Dewitt Marsh on Fisher Road. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Citation Way in Pompey. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen at St. Mary”s Cemetery in Syracuse. Madison County ------------ 5/11: A FORSTER’S TERN was seen and photographed on Woodman Pond north of Hamilton. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. Oneida county ------------ 5/9: A late FOX SPARROW was seen on Brown Tract Road near Forestport. 5/10: 15 species of Warblers and a SWAINSON’S THRUSH were found at Spring Farm Nature Sanctuary south of Clinton. Herkimer county ------------ EVENING GROSBEAKS are still hanging on at a residence on Military Road north of Dolgeville. 5/8: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen near Butler Lake north of Hinckley. Another, or possibly the same one was see in the same location of 5/12. ---- End Transcript ---- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, NY, 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/[email protected]/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/ --
