RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* June 24, 2013
* NYSY 06. 24. 13
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
June 17, 2013 - June 24, 2013
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 24 AT 6:30 p.m. (EDT)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#360 -Monday June 24, 2013
Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of
June 17, 2013
Highlights:
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LEAST BITTERN
TRUMPETER SWAN
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
SANDHILL CRANE
UPLAND SANDPIPER
BLACK TERN
WHIP-POOR-WILL
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
SWAINSON’S THRUSH
PRAIRIE WARBLER
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
ORCHARD ORIOLE
EVENING GROSBEAK
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
6/23: A LEAST BITTERN was found at Tschache Pool. TRUMPETER SWAN and BLACK
TERN were seen at Towpath Road.
Madison County
6/22: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen on Ditchbank Road.
Herkimer County
6/18: 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on the Gray-Wilmurt Road.
6/19: An UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen on Parkhurst Road in the Town of
Fairfield.
6/21: A SWAINSON’S THRUSH was found at the Shawangunk Nature Preserve
south of Hinkley Reservoir. A WHIP-POOR-WILL was found near the intersection of
the Military Road and Rt.29 in the Town of Salisbury.
Oswego County
6/19: 2 adult and 4 young TRUMPETER SWANS continue at the Rt. 6 wetland
north of Rt.3.
6/23: 3 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were again seen at the south end of Main
Street in Richland. A PRAIRIE WARBLER continues at Churchill Road north of
Rt.69 in Happy Valley.
Oneida County
6/21: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen in Verona Beach State Park.
6/24: 2 CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were found at the Spring Farm Nature
Sanctuary south of Clinton.
Onondaga County
6/18: 4 ORCHARD ORIOLES were seen at Green Lakes State Park on the Blue
Trail.
6/20: A WHIP-POOR-WILL continues tobe heard on 60 Road in the Three Rivers
WMA north of Baldwinsville.
6/22: ORCHARD ORIOLES were again seen at Green Lakes State Park.
Cayuga County
6/22: A pair of BLUE-WING TEAL with young are being seen on Dragonfly Pond
at the Sterling Nature Center.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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