RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* September 27, 2010
* NYSY 2709.10
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
September 29, 2009 - September 27, 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 27 AT 5:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#223 -Monday September 27, 2010
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of September
20 , 2010
Highlights:
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GREAT EGRET
LITTLE BLUE HERON
GLOSSY IBIS
SANDHILL CRANE
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
LONG-BILLED DOWITICHER
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
STILT SANDPIPER
PARASITIC JAEGER
GRAY KINGBIRD
PHILADELPHIA VIREO
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
LINCOLN’S SPARROW
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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9/20: The IBIS sp. was seen at May’s Point Pool
9/26: Six shorebird species including a group of 17 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS
were seen at May’s Point Pool. The immature LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen also A
very rare GRAY KINGBIRD was reported on the power lines at the corner of North
May’s Point Road and East Road. It was not relocated. AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER
and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER were seen in May’s Point Pool. Eight Warbler species
and a PHILADELPHIA VIREO were seen along Towpath Road. Six shorebird species
and
two SANDHILL CRANES were seen from East Road.
In all 12 species of shorebird were seen at Montezuma this week. They are
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BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, DUNLIN, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, LEAST
SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, and
SNIPE.
Onondaga County
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9/25: 9 species of Warbler and a LINCOLN’S SPARROW were seen at Three
rivers WMA. 2 other LINCOLN’S SPARROWS were seen near Dead Creek in the Town of
Van Buren west of Baldwinsville.
9/26: A LINCOLN’S SPARROW and 2 PHILADELPHIA VIREO’S were seen in Three
River’s WMA.
Madison County
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9/22: A GREAT EGRET was seen from the Thruway near Fyler Road. Presumably
the same bird was seen on the 24th.
Oswego County
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9/22: A GREAT EGRET was seen at Mallory Pond.
9/23: 8 species of Warbler including an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen
in
Hastings. A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen also.
9/25: 20 PARASITIC JAEGERS were seen from Derby Hill.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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