RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* July 26, 2010
* NYSY 2607.10
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
July 19, 2009 - July 26, 2010
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:July 26 AT 11:00 a.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#214 -Monday July 26, 2010
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 19 ,
2010
Highlights:
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BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
SANDHILL CRANE
MERLIN
VIRGINIA RAIL
STILT SANDPIPER
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
BONAPARTE’S GULL
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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7/19: Upwards of 2,000 shorebirds have convened on the mudflats at
Knox-Marsellus Marsh. They are viewsd best from Towpath Road. Species seen were
GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, LEAST SANDPIPER, SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER,
KILDEER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER,
SPOTTED
SANDPIPER, SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, STILT SANDPIPER, and WILSON’S PHALAROPE. Also
seen were 2 SANDHILL CRANES. Most if not all species have been seen through
Sunday (725).
7/21: 4 SANDHILL CRANES were seen from East road
7/22: 2 SANDHILL CRANES, and an adult BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON were seen
at Knox-Marsellus Marsh along with the large group of aforementioned shorebirds.
7/23: 4 SANDHILL CRANES were seen from Rt. 89 between East Road and Rt.31.
7/24: A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was added to the mix of shorebirds at
Knox-Marsellus Marsh. also seen was an adult plumaged BONAPARTE’S GULL.
7/25: Another positive sighting of the WILSON’S PHALAROPE along with the
shorebirds at Knox-Marsellus Marsh.
Oswego County
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7/22: A SANDHILL CRANE was spotted flying over Derby Hill.
7/26: A VIRGINIA RAIL was seen at the Rt. 6 wetland north of Rt.3.
Oneida County
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7/22: A family of 4 MERLINS was found in the Sangerfield area. One young
was lost to a car collision but the other 3 were still being observed over the
weekend.
Onondaga County
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7/22: 2 adult and 1 juvenile RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen in the swamp
along Fenner Road west of Baldwinsville.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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