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* New York * Syracuse * May 30, 2022 * NYSY 05. 30. 22 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): May 23, 2022 to May 30, 2022 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: May 30 AT 5:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #804: Monday May 30, 2022 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 23 2022 Highlights: ----------- GLOSSY IBIS LEAST BITTERN SNOW GOOSE TRUMPETER SWAN BLACK VULTURE PIPING PLOVER AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER STILT SANDPIPER WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER WHIMBREL RUDDY TURNSTONE WHIP-POOR-WILL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER PHILADELPHIA VIREO SEDGE WREN YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER ACADIAN FLYCATCHER SWAINSON’S THRUSH GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH PROTHONOTARY WARBLER CAPE MAY WARBLER CERULEAN WARBLER LAWRENCE’S WARBLER HENSLOW’S SPARROW LINCOLN’S SPARROW ORCHARD ORIOLE RUSTY BLACKBIRD RED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 5/25: A SWAINSON’S THRUSH was found at Howland Island. 5/26: A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard at Knox Marsellus marsh. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen along the Wildlife Drive. 5/27: 2 AMERICAN PLOVERS were seen in the Main Pool.along with 27 WHIMBRELS and a RUDDY TURNSTONE. 5/29: A STILT SANDPIPER, a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER were all spotted at the Visitor’s Center. PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and CERULEAN WARBLER continue in the forested area of Armitage Road. Cayuga County ------------ 5/25: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at West Barrier Bar County Park. 5/27: 10 species of Shorebirds including WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER were seen at West barrier Bar Park. Also seen there was a CAPE-MAY WARBLER. 5/29: A CERULEAN WARBLER was found at Sterling Nature Center. Derby Hill Bird Observatory ------------ Derby Hill’s season officially ends tomorrow. 1,029 Hawks were counted this week. Highlights were BLACK VULTURE, SLOSSY IBIS, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, 26 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS and 2,000 BRANT. See you next year. Oswego County ------------ 4 PIPING PLOVERS continue at the Sandy Pond Outlet area on Lake Ontario. ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, once only found at Whiskey Hollow in Onondaga County, is now found in Various locations on Oswego County. They were reported at Gray Road near Oswego, the Oswego Middle School, Pellet and Cowan Roads in Hannibal, and Searles Road in Parish. 5/25: A WHIMBREL was seen in Oswego Harbor. CERULEAN WARBLERS were heard on Pellet Road and Cowan Road in Hannibal along side the Acadian flycatchers. 5/26: A BLACK VULTURE was seen on Hinman Road north of Pulaski. 5/27: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen at Noyes Sanctuary on Lake Ontario. LINCOLN’S SPARROW and SWAINSON’S THRUSH were seen at Sunset Bay Park on Lake Ontario. 5/29: A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was found on Gray Road south of Oswego.A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen at Deer Creek Marsh north of Port Ontario. Onondaga County ------------ A SEDGE WREN and a HENSLOW’S SPARROW continue to be found in the Big Fields area of Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 5/25: A single SNOW GOOSE is still being seen at Van Buren Park in Baldwinsville. A SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER was seen at the Marshy Spits area on the west Side of Onondaga Lake south of the Honeywell Visitor’s Center. A LAWRENCE’S WARBLER was seen at Green Lakes State Park in Fayetteville. A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was found in the LeMoyne College Woods. 5/26: A SWAINSON’S THRUSH was found at Whiskey Hollow Nature Sanctuary west of Baldwinsville. 5/27: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen at a private residence on East Dead Creek Road west of Baldwinsville. 5/28: A LEAST BITTERN was seen at Hamlin Marsh on Wetzel Road. 5/29: 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES were found at Three rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. Madison County ------------ 5/23: 2RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were found near Nicholls Pond south of Canastota. 5/27: 50 RED CROSBILLS were seen at the Earlville State Forest. 5/28: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was found on the Craine Lake Trail south of Hamilton. A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen in Chittenango. Oneida County ------------ 5/26: A TRUMPETER SWAN was seen on Oneida Lake at South Bay. A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard at the Preston Hill Sand Pits north of Oneida Lake. 5/27: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Verona Beach State Parl. 5/29: PHILADELPHIA VIREOS were found at VERONA BEACH and Remson. A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen on Pennystreet Road in Rome. Herkimer County ------------ 5/23: A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard in Salisbury. 5/24: A BLACK VULTURE was seen from River Road east of Little Falls. another was seen the next day in the Village of Little Falls. 5/25: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen on the Erie Canal Trail east of Herkimer. 5/30: 13 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Buck Pond near Big Moose in the Adirondacks. ---end report Region 5 Joseph Brin Baldwinsville, NY 13027 -- 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
