RBA * New York * Syracuse * September 24, 2012 * NYSY 09.24.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): September 17, 2012 - September 24, 2012 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 24 AT 6:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #321 -Monday September 24, 2012 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of September 17 , 2012 Highlights: -----------
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER AMERICAN AVOCET HUDSONIAN GODWIT SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER (Extralimital) WESTERN SANDPIPER RED-NECKED PHALAROPE LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL BLACK-HEADED GULL (Extralimital) FORSTER’S TERN PEREGRINE FALCON RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 9/17: An AMERICAN AVOCET and 4 HUDSONIAN GODWITS continue at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 9/19: A WESTERN SANDPIPER was reported at La Rue’s Lagoon. 9/20: The AMERICAN AVOCET and 4 HUDSONIAN GODWITS were again seen at Knox Marcellus Marsh. In all 15 species of shorebirds were seen. 9/21: The AMERICAN AVOCET was again at Knox-Marsellus Marsh but the 4 HUDSONIAN GODWITS had moved to the Visitor’s Center. 9/22: A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER were seen at La Rue’s Lagoon along the Wildlife Drive. Onondaga County ------------ 9/17: A male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was seen coming to a feeder at a private residence in Phoenix. The last positive report was from 9/22. 9/22: A PEREGRIN FALCON was seen below the dam in Baldwinsville. Oswego County ------------ 9/21: AMERICAN BITTERN, VIRGINIA RAIL and COMMON GALLINULE are still being seen at the Rt. wetland north of Rt. 3. 9/22: A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was seen flying around the breakwall in Oswego Harbor. 9/23: 11 species of Warblers were seen along a trail on the north shore of Lake Neatahwanta. A FORSTER’S TERN and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were seen at Derby Hill. Extralimital ------------ 9/23: A SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER and a BLACK-HEADED GULL were spotted at the south end of Irondequoit Bay in Monroe County. The BLACK-HEADED GULL was relocated today but the SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER was not. This area is on Rt. 404 west of Webster. -- end report Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
