RBA * New York * Syracuse * July 21, 2014 * NYSY 07. 21. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
July 14, 2013 - July 21, 2014 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 21 AT 1:30 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #402 Monday July 21, 2014 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 14, 2014 Highlights: ----------- GREAT SHEARWATER LEAST BITTERN GREAT EGRET MERLIN STILT SANDPIPER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER SNOWY OWL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER SEDGE WREN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 7/15: At least 4 LEAST BITTERNS are still being seen on the Wildlife Trail just beyond laRue’s lagoon. 7/17: The two young and two adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were again seen in the dead trees along May’s Point Road. 7/18: 2 LEAST BITTERNS were again seen near Larue’s Lagoon. 13 GREAT EGRETS were seen at Tschache Pool. SOLITARY SANDPIPER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER and LEAST SANDPIPER were all seen along the wildlife Trail. 15 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS and 6 STILT SANDPIPERS were found at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. Oswego County ------------ 7/18: An adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was found at Sunset Bay Park in Scriba. 7/20: A family of MERLINS was busy in Constantia chasing and feeding young. Onondaga County ------------ 7/15: A SNOWY OWL was seen in the Target Plaza area along Rt.31. This is the third time in recent years a Snowy Owl has seemed to stay for the summer in the Syracuse area. 7/18: A family group of MERLINS has been observed on Summit Avenue in Syracuse. Madison county ------------ 7/18: An improbable GREAT SHEARWATER was found in a wooded area near DeRuyter Resevoir. The bird was helped into the water where it seemed to be swimming normally but later it weakened and was taken to a wildlife rehabilitater where, unfortunately, it died. Jefferson County ------------ 7/19: A SEDGE WREN was heard singing from the observation tower at South Sandy Creek. Compiler’s Note: ------------ A sad farewell to Jerry Lazarczyk who passed away last week. Jerry was well known and liked in our area as he payed many visits to add to his county lists. -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
