[cayugabirds-l] Warbler flocks--SSW and Dryden trail
At 3:30 today I walked the trails on the east side of the road and came across a nice warbler flock between the two little ponds. They were mostly too high to see, but I did manage to get good looks at a Magnolia Warbler, a Bay-breasted Warbler, and a Black-throated Blue Warbler. Yesterday afternoon, Tim and I walked the portion of the Dryden rail trail from near the end of Purvis Road to the edge of the lake. Near where the trail crosses a bridge over some water, well before crossing the street to the lake portion of the trail, we found a mixed flock. There were several warblers I couldn't see well enough to identify. One was probably a Black-throated Green. There were also Cedar Waxwings, both a White-breasted and a Red-breasted Nuthatch, Song Sparrows, and a female-type Indigo Bunting. Closer to the Purvis Road end of the trail, a Green Heron perched on a log in the open mudflat, undisturbed by us passing by. A Belted Kingfisher was also in the area. And near the lake, we flushed a Sharp-shinned Hawk from right along the trail. The lake itself looked empty from that vantage point. Anne Marie Johnson -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --
[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * September 24, 2012 * NYSY 09.24.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): September 17, 2012 - September 24, 2012 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:September 24 AT 6:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #321 -Monday September 24, 2012 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of September 17 , 2012 Highlights: --- BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER AMERICAN AVOCET HUDSONIAN GODWIT SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER (Extralimital) WESTERN SANDPIPER RED-NECKED PHALAROPE LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL BLACK-HEADED GULL (Extralimital) FORSTER’S TERN PEREGRINE FALCON RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 9/17: An AMERICAN AVOCET and 4 HUDSONIAN GODWITS continue at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 9/19: A WESTERN SANDPIPER was reported at La Rue’s Lagoon. 9/20: The AMERICAN AVOCET and 4 HUDSONIAN GODWITS were again seen at Knox Marcellus Marsh. In all 15 species of shorebirds were seen. 9/21: The AMERICAN AVOCET was again at Knox-Marsellus Marsh but the 4 HUDSONIAN GODWITS had moved to the Visitor’s Center. 9/22: A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER were seen at La Rue’s Lagoon along the Wildlife Drive. Onondaga County 9/17: A male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was seen coming to a feeder at a private residence in Phoenix. The last positive report was from 9/22. 9/22: A PEREGRIN FALCON was seen below the dam in Baldwinsville. Oswego County 9/21: AMERICAN BITTERN, VIRGINIA RAIL and COMMON GALLINULE are still being seen at the Rt. wetland north of Rt. 3. 9/22: A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was seen flying around the breakwall in Oswego Harbor. 9/23: 11 species of Warblers were seen along a trail on the north shore of Lake Neatahwanta. A FORSTER’S TERN and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were seen at Derby Hill. Extralimital 9/23: A SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER and a BLACK-HEADED GULL were spotted at the south end of Irondequoit Bay in Monroe County. The BLACK-HEADED GULL was relocated today but the SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER was not. This area is on Rt. 404 west of Webster. -- end report Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] CBC Field Trip Sunday
Four folks joined me for a morning-long trip on Sunday. We began at Myers Town Park but soon left because of the traffic on the spit! Salt Point proved to be a gold mine, with great looks at a juvenile Cooper's Hawk chasing a Flicker and other birds, unsuccessfully, before flying across the creek. We ran into a feeding flock comprised of Blue-headed and Red-eyed Vireo, Wilson's Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, and Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Also around were resident Eastern Pheobe, Carolina Wren and, of course, Robins, Catbirds, and Song Sparrows. Our next stop was the Edwards Cliff Preserve at the end of Teeter Road. Right out of the cars we encountered both Northern Mockingbird and Eastern Towhee and, farther in, more Carolina Wrens,Towhees, Catbirds, an Ovenbird, Magnolia Warbler, and a Blackpoll Warbler. We ended the morning at the Freese Road Gardens with 3 Common Yellowthroats, 2 Indigo Buntings (SW, in the corn), 8 Savannah Sparrows, 1 Field Sparrow, and some 20 Song Sparrows. Our main target was Lincoln's Sparrow and, though we may have seen one, we were not able to confirm it. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Freese Rd Gardens Monday
I spent a bit over an hour this morning around the gardens on Freese Road. There appeared to be fewer birds than even yesterday. Highlights were a young male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK perched atop a tomato cage (just a little red beginning to show on its breast), a clean, fresh- looking LINCOLN'S SPARROW (NE portion of the garden plots), and an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER (just inside the tall fence, NW corner). In addition there were at least as many Savannah Sparrows as Song Sparrows (about 20 of each), three Common Yellowthroats (all calling/ none seen), a single Field Sparrow, several dozen Goldfinches, 12 House Finches, and a small flock of House Sparrows. A large flock of black birds (Red-wings, with many Common Grackles) took flight from the nearby corn field and woods and streamed south. As I was leaving, a Pileated Woodpecker called several times from the gorge edge. Jay McGowan was there for part of the time. He may have additional birds to add. I did NOT run across any of the Indigo Buntings that our bird club trip saw there yesterday. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
