RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* October 04, 2010
* NYSY 0410.10
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
September 27, 2009 - October 04, 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:October 04 AT 5:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#224 -Monday October 04, 2010
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of September
27 , 2010
Highlights:
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LITTLE BLUE HERON
BLACK-CTOWNED NIGHT-HERON
SANDHILL CRANE
ROUHG-LEGGED HAWK
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
LONG-BILLED DOWITICHER
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
LINCOLN’S SPARROW
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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9/29: The LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen at May’s Point Pool. It was not
reported this weekend and neither was the Ibis
10/03: 8 shorebird species including 21 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and 3
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen at the visitor’s center. 2 SANDHILL CRANES and
4 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen in Knox-Marsellus Marsh.
10/04: A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was spotted in Knox-Marsellus Marsh.
Onondaga County
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10/02: An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and a LINCOLN’S SPARROW were seen in Three
Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville.
Oswego County
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10/03: The first of the season ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, a dark phase, was seen
from Bishop Hill Road north of Pulaski.
Compiler’s note:
Warbler species continue to dwindle but be on the lookout for the elusive
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER since now is the season. Also PIPPITS are now present in
large numbers.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
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