RBA * New York * Syracuse * July 14, 2014 * NYSY 07. 14. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
July 07, 2013 - July 14, 2014 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 14 AT 5:30 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #401 Monday July 14, 2014 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 07, 2014 Highlights: ----------- LEAST BITTERN NORTHERN GOSHAWK PEREGRINE FALCON GOLDEN EAGLE STILT SANDPIPER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER BLACK TERN RED-HEADED WOODPECKER ACADIAN FLYCATCHER GRASSHOPPER SPARROW CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 7/10: At least 4 LEAST BITTERNS were again seen in the cattails near the far end of LaRue’s Lagoon along the Wildlife Trail. 6 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 2 STILT SANDPIPERS, 20 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 210 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 270 LEAST SANDPIPERS and 3 KILLDEER were seen in Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 7/12: 2 newly fledged RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen in the presence of the two adults at Mays Point Pool Road. Madison County ------------ 7/10: An adult GOLDEN EAGLE was seen feeding on a deer carcass on East Road south of Cazenovia. 2 NORTHERN GOSHAWKS were seen hunting near Hunt Hill near Sheds. Onondaga County ------------ 7/8: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was again seen on Fenner Road near the Jacksonville Cemetary in Lysander. 7/9: Another ACADIAN FLYCATCHER nest was located in Whiskey Hollow. At least one of more birds were seen on recent visits this week. 7/11: A Fledgling PEREGRINE FALCON, the first in some years, was seen at the nest box in downtown Syracuse. 7/12: A LEAST BITTERN was seen flying in the big marsh near the Bald Eagle nest in Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. Oswego County ------------ 7/8: A LAWRENCE’S WARBLER was seen on Baum Road in Hastings. 7/11: A BLACK TERN was seen with the Common Tern Colony on Oneida Lake from Constantia. Oneida County ------------ 7/9: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was again seen at Spring Farm Nature Center south of Clinton. Cayuga County ------------ 7/14: A pair of adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen coming to a nest hole on West Barrier Beach at Fair Haven State Park. -- 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/ --
