RBA * New York * Syracuse * July 29, 2013 * NYSY 07. 29. 13 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
July 22, 2013 - July 29, 2013 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 29 AT 5:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #365 -Monday July 29, 2013 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of Junly 22, 2013 Highlights: ----------- AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN LITTLE BLUE HERON BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON EURASIAN WIGEON RUDDY TURNSTONE WILSON’S PHALAROPE STILT SAMDPIPER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER RED-HEADED WOODPECKER ACADIAN FLYCATCHER Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 7/23: The AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN remains at Knox-Marsellus Marsh and was see as recently as today. An EURASIAN WIGEON was also seen at Knox-Marsellus. The 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen again on Mays Point Road. At VanDyne Spoor Road the LITTLE BLUE HERON was again seen comong to roost with at least 45 GREAT EGRETS. Unfortunately this was the last day it was reported. 7/25: At Knox-Marsellus Marsh STILT SANDPIPERWHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and LEAST BITTERN were found along with the now resident AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN. 7/27: SANDERLING, RUDY TURNSTONE and a possible LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER were found at Knox-Marsellus. Onondaga County ------------ 7/24: An adult BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON was seen on the creekwalk near Carousel Center in Syracuse. 7/26: The adult BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was joined by three juvenile birds on the creekwalk. An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER continues in Whiskey Hollow near Baldwinsville. Oneida County ------------ 7/28: 3 SEMI-PALMATD PLOVERS, 1 LEAST SANDPIPER and 29 SANDERLING were found at Sylvan Beach. Madison County ------------ 7/29: A RUDDY TURNSTONE, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER and SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER were all found in a flooded field on Rt. 20just east of the village of Madison. -- 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/ --
