RBA * New York * Syracuse * September 27, 2021 * NYSY 09. 27. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): September 20 to September 27, 2021 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. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #771: Monday September 27 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of September 20, 2021 Highlights: -----------
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD GLOSSY IBIS EURASIAN WIGEON CACKLING GOOSE BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER RUDDY TURNSTONE STILT SANDPIPER HUDSONIAN GODWIT WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER PARASITIC JAEGER LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL LAUGHING GULL YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER PHILADELPHIA VIREO GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH LINCOLN’S SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 9/20: A GLOSSY IBIS seen on the 20th. continues to today at Seneca Flats along the Wildlife trail. 9/21: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen along the wildlife Trail. A LEAST BITTERN was seen from Towpath Road in Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 11 species of Shorebirds including STILT SANDPIPER and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER were seen in Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 9/22: A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was seen in Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 9/23: 2 CACKLNG GEESE were seen at Kipp Island off of Rt. 90 south of Rt. 31. A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen in the forested area of Armitage Road. 9/26: A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. Cayuga County ------------ 9/21: A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen at Fair Haven State Park. 9/24: A PARASITIC JAEGER was seen from West Barrier Park i Fair Haven. 9/25: 7 Shorebird species including BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and RUDY TURNSTONE were seen at Fait Haven State Park. Onondaga County ------------ The LAUGHING GULL seen now mostly at the docks at the Ampitheater on Onondaga Lake was seen today. 9/21: A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen at Jamesville Beach Park. 9/22: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was see at the Marshy Spits south of the Honeywell Center on the west shore of Onondaga Lake. 9/24: AA WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER and a SANDERLING were all seen at Oneida Shores Par on the beach in Brewerton. A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was seen at the Marshy Spits on Onondaga Lake. 9/25: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was spotted at the Three Falls Nature Area east of Manlius. A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was see on the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. 9/26: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen at Radisson River Park (Private) on the Seneca River. 9/27: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen along the Erie Canal Park in Fayetteville. Oswego County ------------ 9/26: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen at a private residence in Hastings. 9/27: A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen at a private residence in Hastings. --- end report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville, New York 13027 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
