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* New York * Syracuse * July 11, 2022 * NYSY 07. 11. 22 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): July 04, 2022 to July 11, 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: July 11 AT 3:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #801: Monday July 11, 2022 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 04 2022 Highlights: ----------- SNOW GOOSE BRANT BUFFLEHEAD WHITE-WINGED SCOTER BLACK VULTURE SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER GREATER YELLOWLEGS LESSER YELLOWLEGS PIPING PLOVER BLACK TERN BONIPARTE’S GULL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER SWAINSON’S THRUSH ACADIAN FLYCATCHER SWAINSON’S THRUSH ORCHARD ORIOLE RED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 7/4: An early BUFFLEHEAD was seen along the Wildlife Drivve. 7/5: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen at the Visitor’s Center. It was seen again on the 10th. 7/7: 7 Shorebird species including GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS were seen from Carncross Road. 7/9: 5 Shorebird species including 6 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen at the Visitor’s Center. Cayuga County ------------ 7/7: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was found on Dogwood Rood north of Sterling. Onondaga County ------------ 7/6: A BLACK VULTURE was seen from Jamesville Ave. in Syracuse. 7/8A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at Cedar Bay in Fayetteville. 7/9: A REDHEAD was again seen at the north end of Skaneateles Lake from the village. Oswego County ------------ 7/5; 6 PIPING PLOVERS and a BONAPARTE’S GULL were seen at the outlet to Sandy Pond on Lake Ontario.7/9: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was found on Cowpath Road north of Plainville. A BRANT was again seen from Breitbeck Park on Lake Ontario in Oswego. A REDHEADED WOODPECKER was seen in Constantion near Oneida Lake. Madison County ------------ 7/4: A SNOW GOOSE was seen on Woodman Pond north of Hamilton. 7/6: A RED CROSSBILL was heard at the Earlville State Forest. It was heard again on the 7th. Herkimer County ------------ 7/7: 2 BLACK VULTURES were seen in flight from Salisbury north of Dolgeville.A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found on Bellinger Road south of Little Falls. 7/8: A PEREGRINE FALCON continues in Little Falls, usually seen from the McDonald’s Parking Lot. 7/9: 3 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS and 3 SWAINSON’S THRUSHES were found near Higby Road at Big Moose Lake north of Inlet. ---end report Region 5 Joseph Brin Baldwinsville, NY 13027 -- 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/ --
