[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse area RBA

2020-06-29 Thread Joseph Brin 

RBA

 

*  New York

*  Syracuse

* June 29, 2020

*  NYSY  06. 29. 20

 

Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert

Dates(s):




June 22 2020 to June 29, 2020

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: June 29 AT 3:00 p.m. (EDT)

compiler: Joseph Brin

Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org

 

 

#709 Monday June 29, 2020

 

Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of 

June 22, 2020

 

Highlights:

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LEAST BITTERN

BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON

RUDDY DUCK

PEREGRINE FALCON

RED-SHOULDERED HAWK

SANDHILL CRANE

PIPING PLOVER

UPLAND SANDPIPER

BLACK TERN

RED-HEADED WOODPECKER

FISH CROW

ACADIAN FLYCATCHER

GRASSHOPPER SPARROW

CERULEAN WARBLER

RED CROSSBILL

ORCHARD ORIOLE







Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)






     6/22: 15 BLACK TERNS, 1 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON and 1 CERULEAN WARBLER 
were seen along the Wildlife Drive.

     6/24: 2 CERULEAN WARBLERS were found on Howland Island.

     6/25: 2 LEAST BITTERNS and 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES were seen at Guy Baldassarre 
Marsh.

     6/26: 2 CERULEAN WARBLERS and 2 SANDHILL CRANES were found at Howland 
Island. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen along the Wildlife Drive. 

     6/27: 40 BLACK TERNS and 4 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen along the 
Wildlife Drive. 2 LEAST BITTERNS were seen at Tschache Pool.

     6/28: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was found at the Visitor’s Center. 2 
SANDHILL CRANES and 3 BLACK TERNS were seen from VanDyne Spoor Road.







Cayuga County






     6/26: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Fair Haven State Park.

     6/28: A CERULEAN WARBLER was found near the intersection of Rts. 104a and 
3 near Fair Haven.







Onondaga county






     6/22: A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was found in the Elbridge Swamp area south of 
Peru Road.

     6/24: 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES were found at Green Lakes State Park. A PEREGRINE 
FALCON was seen in Downtown Syracuse on Washington Street.

     6/26: 4 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen under the Hiawatha Boulevard 
Bridge on the Onondaga Creek Creekwalk. At least one was seen up to the 28th.

     6/28; An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER continues at Whiskey Hollow Nature Preserve 
west of Baldwinsville. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was heard near the Skaneateles 
Aerodrome off of Rt. 41a south of Skaneateles.







Oswego County






     6/22: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found on Pulaski Street in Altmar.

     6/24: An Acadian Flycatcher was found on Searles Road south of Rt. 104 in 
Parish.

     6/25: A RUDDY DUCK was seen on Lake Neahtawanta in Fulton. 5 PIPING 
PLOVERS AND A BONAPARTE’S GULL were seen at Sandy Island State Park on Lake 
Ontario.

     6/26: 2 LEAST BITTERNS were seen in the vegetation in the Salmon River 
from the Rt. 3 bridge.







Oneida County






     6/23: A FISH CROW was heard in Oneida.

     6/26: 3 LEAST BITTERNS were seen in the Utica Marsh.

     6/27: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at Griffiss International Airport in 
Rome.

     6/28: 3 UPLAND SANDPIPERS were seen on North Gage road in Deerfield.







Herkimer County

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     6/29: A RED CROSSBILL was seen and heard in flight on North Road north of 
Old Forge.

     

     




                     

     

 End Report







Joseph Brin

Baldwinsville NY

Region 5



    
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[cayugabirds-l] Bobolinks

2020-06-29 Thread Susan Henne 
For almost 10 days, there has been a male Bobolink in a meadow in front of
my house.  I would assume there is a nest in the thick of the tall grass as
his vocalizations usually get a busy response.  I have yet to see or ID a
female or young.  The grass is tall and quite dense so maybe this will be
the secret to their successful brood.  Has anyone had experience observing
nestlings?  Can anyone suggest some good resources about their behavior?

Thanks
Sue Henne
Ellis Hollow

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Bobolinks

2020-06-29 Thread Wesley M. Hochachka 
I have a small amount of first-hand experience of searching for Bobolink nests 
during a study of the effects of habitat fragmentation on nesting success.  My 
impression is that Bobolink nests can be extremely difficult to find, and I 
would discourage attempts to find a Bobolink nest for the purpose of casual 
observation.  Adult Bobolinks have several behaviors that make nest finding 
difficult, including:

  *   Male activity is only loosely associated with nest locations.  A male can 
be activity singing in one area, actively foraging in another, and with their 
nest in yet another area entirely, within an overall area of several acres.
  *   Female Bobolinks can walk for tens of yards, both to and from their 
nests, making the location at which a female lands only a loose indicator of 
where her nest actually is.
  *   Localizing a nest is potentially best done by flushing a female from her 
nest (so that she has no time to walk away before taking flight).  Flushing 
birds of their nests is a standard methodology for grassland bird researchers, 
using a rope dragged through the grass between two people walking parallel 
lines.

In summary, just finding a Bobolink nest can take a substantial amount of time 
(hours), and cause major damage to habitat in the general vicinity of a nest 
(and potentially result in destruction of the nest).  Personally, I think that 
the potential costs to attempting to find a nest would on average outweigh any 
benefits.  Having written that, the nests of some individual birds are much 
easier to find than would be typical for a species, although I cannot think of 
any way to predict from birds’ behavior when a nest could be easily found 
(except maybe when the nestlings are so old and loud that they would be 
fledging imminently).

Wesley Hochachka




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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Bobolinks

For almost 10 days, there has been a male Bobolink in a meadow in front of my 
house.  I would assume there is a nest in the thick of the tall grass as his 
vocalizations usually get a busy response.  I have yet to see or ID a female or 
young.  The grass is tall and quite dense so maybe this will be the secret to 
their successful brood.  Has anyone had experience observing nestlings?  Can 
anyone suggest some good resources about their behavior?

Thanks
Sue Henne
Ellis Hollow

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[cayugabirds-l] RHWO at Long Point

2020-06-29 Thread Candace E. Cornell 
At 12:30 pm today I saw a RHWO Redheaded Woodpecker sitting on a fence post
and then flying. It was on Lake Rd about 0.5 mi north of Long Pt State Park
in Aurora. It was beautiful—crisp lack and white with a deep scarlet red
head.

Candace

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] RHWO at Long Point

2020-06-29 Thread Laura Stenzler 
Seen also a week ago in that area by my daughter.

Laura

Laura Stenzler
l...@cornell.edu

On Jun 29, 2020, at 6:52 PM, Candace E. Cornell  wrote:


At 12:30 pm today I saw a RHWO Redheaded Woodpecker sitting on a fence post and 
then flying. It was on Lake Rd about 0.5 mi north of Long Pt State Park in 
Aurora. It was beautiful—crisp lack and white with a deep scarlet red head.

Candace

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[cayugabirds-l] Terek Sandpiper

2020-06-29 Thread Carl Steckler 
Thinking about driving to RI to find Terek   Sandpiper
Either Wednesday or Thursday
Five hours drive. I have room for three .
Let me know if interested.
Carl

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