* New York* Syracuse - July 10, 2017 * NYSY 07.10.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):July 04, 2017 - July 10, 2017to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortlandcompiled: July 10 AT 4 p.m. (EDT)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 04, 2017. Highlights-------------- COOMON LOONAMERICAN WHITE PELICANblack-crowned night-heronEURASIAN WIGEONNORTHERN GOSHAWKSANDHILL CRANERUFFSTILT SANDPIPERPEREGRINE FALCONRED-HEADED WOODPECKERPEREGRINE FALCONACADIAN FLYCATCHERGRASSHOPPER SPARROWDICKCISSEL (Extralimital)ORCHARD ORIOLERED CROSSBILL
Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)------------ Look out, here they come, Shorebirds that is. A nice grouping of migrating shorebirds showed up at the complex this week highlighted, of course. by the beautiful black maned male RUFF. In all10 species were reported. 7/5: RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue on Mays Point Road on the south side of the road near the dead end at the lock. They were seen again today. ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was again singing on Carncross Road. 7/6: An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was seen along the Wildlife Drive and was reported through the 9th. 7/8: This was the initial date of the sighting of the RUFF and it was at Eaton Marsh on the Wildlife Drive. Since then it has also been seen at Kipp Island off of Co. Rt. 90 south of the Thruway where many people observed it today. It did return to Eaton Marsh from Kipp yesterday at dusk. Three SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Tschache Pool. An eclipse male EURASIAN WIGEON was seen along the Wildlife Drive. 7/9: An ORCHARD ORIOLE, a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON and a STILT SANDPIPER were all seen along the Wildlife Drive. 7/10: 4 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen from East Road. Onondaga County------------ 7/5: A PEREGRINE FALCON was spotted in Downtown Syracuse. 7/9: An early for our area COMMON LOON was seen on Onondaga Lake. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen at Green Lakes State Park. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at the Dewitt Landfill along the Erie Canal Trail. Oswego County------------ 7/10: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Derby Hill. Madison County------------ 7/5: A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was reported from Morrow Mountain State Forest south of Erieville. 7/6: 6 RED CROSSBILLS were found on Muller Hill Road south of Sheds. 7/9: A PEREGRINE FALCON and an ORCHARD ORIOLE were seen on Ditchbank Road north of Chittenango. Herkimer County------------ 7/4: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Puskarenko Road in the Town of Stark. Extralimital------------ 7/8: A DICKSISSAL was seen again on Kingdom Road south of Rt. 117 between Seneca Falls and Waterloo in Seneca County. ---end transcript ---Joseph BrinRegion 5 Baldwinsville, NY 13027 USA -- 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/ --
