RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* September 06, 2010
* NYSY 0609.10
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
August 30, 2009 - September 06, 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:September 06 AT 5:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#220 -Monday September 06, 2010
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of August 30
,
2010
Highlights:
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LITTLE BLUE HERON
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
GLOSSY IBIS
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
SANDHILL CRANE
MISSISSIPPI KITE
MERLIN
PEREGRINE FALCON
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER
RUDDY TURNSTONE
RED KNOT
RUFF
STILT SANDPIPER
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
PARASITIC JAEGER
POMERINE JAEGER
LITTLE GULL
COMMON NIGHTHAWK
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
PHILIDELPHIA VIREO
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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9/1: The GLOSSY IBIS was refound at May’s Point Pool and has been seen
throughout the week.
9/4: A juvenile LITTLE BLUE HERON was see at the Visitor’s Center. It
later
flew and was not refound. At Knox-Marsellus Marsh the shorebirding remained
excellent with 17 species found.
9/6: A juvenile RUFF, an extremely rare find for New York, was found this
morning at Knox-Marsellus. Fortunately is stayed for the day and was still
being
observed at 4:00 this afternoon. Most of the weeks shorebirds were still
present
with RED KNOT being added to the mix. A PEREGRINE FALCON harassed the birds all
day and was seen taking a shorebird and later a songbird along Towpath Road.
Oswego County
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8/30: 9 species of shorebird including 2 RUDDY TURNSTONES were seen at
Sandy Pond.
9/03: A MISSISSIPPI KITE was seen at Derby Hill.
9/5: 1 POMERINE and 11 PARASITIC JAEGERS were seen flying from the bluff
at
Derby Hill. A LITTLE GULL was found also. An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was found
at
Deer Creek WMA. At McCloud Road on the north shore of Oneida Lake 7 COMMON
NIGHTHAWKS and a MERLIN were observed.
9/6: A large group of local and long distance migrants were found at
Noye’s
Sanctuary and the Sithe Energy Trails. 17 species of Warbler were found.
Highlights were PHILADELPHIA VIREO, SWAINSON’S THRUSH, CAPE MAY WARBLER,
TENNESSEE WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, and BLACKPOLL WARBLER
Madison County
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9/02: 3 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS were seen at the turf farm north of
Chittenango on Lakeport Road.
9/03: The region’s first BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was found at the turf
farm
along with 2 BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS and 8 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS.
9/06: A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was seen at the turf farm after being
absent since the 3rd.
Onondaga County
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9/02: 2 GREAT EGRETS and 1 RED-HEADED WOODPECKER were seen in the swamp on
fenner Road west of Baldwinsville.
9/05: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen at Three Rivers WMA north of
Baldwinsville. A juvenile BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen along the Seneca
River on River Road just north of Rt. 31. A BLUE-WINGED TEAL and a GREAT EGRET
were found at the south end of Jamesville Resevoir.
9/06: 6 species of shorebirds and a MERLIN were seen at the Nine Mile
Creek
inlet into Onondaga Lake near the State Fair.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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