RBA * New York * Syracuse * June 10, 2013 * NYSY 06. 10. 13 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
June 03, 2013 - June 10, 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 10 AT 6:30 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #358 -Monday June 10, 2013 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of June 03, 2013 Highlights: ----------- LEAST BITTERN RING-NECKED DUCK SANDHILL CRANE RUDDY TURNSTONE RED KNOT BLACK TERN EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER SWAINSON’S THRUSH PRAIRIE WARBLER GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER CERULEAN WARBLER GRASSHOPPER SPARROW EVENING GROSBEAK Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 6/6: 3 RED KNOTS were seen on the Wildlife Trail along with RUDDY TURNSTONE, PEEP and SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER. 6/8: 6 BLACK TERNS, a SANDHILL CRANE and TRUMPETER SWANS were seen in Tschache Pool. Oswego County ------------ 6/4: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were found at Sunset Bay Park in Scriba.A SWAINSON’S THRUSH, probably a breeding bird, was heard on Otto Mills Road north of Redfield. 2 SORA RAILS plus VIRGINIA RAILS and PIED-BILLED GREBES with young were seen in the County Rt.6 wetlands north of County Rt. 3. The TRUMPETER SWANS also have young in that location again this year. 6/6: A PRAIRIE WARBLER has returned to Happy Valley on Churchill Road north of Rt.69 in Parish after being absent for a number of years. Up to 3 BLACK TERNS were sighted on the common Tern island on Oneida Lake in Constantia. 6/7: A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was found on O’Conner Road in Scriba. 2 CERULEAN WARBLERS were found in pine ttrees on County Rt.51 in New Haven. 6/8: 5 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were found at the south end of Main Street in Richland. An EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL was seen at Roosevelt Road north of Constantia. 6/9: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen on Sage Creek Road near Derby Hill. A LEAST BITTERN was heard at the County Rt. 6 wetlands Madison County ------------ 6/6: A pair of EVENING GROSBEAKS continues to frequent a feeder on Carpenter Road near Shedds. Onondaga County ------------ 6/7: A possible early migrant RING-NECKED DUCK was seen on Crooked Lake near Tully. -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
