RBA * New York * Syracuse * October 18, 2021 * NYSY 10. 18. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): October 12 to October 18, 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: October 18 AT 11:30 a.m. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #774: Monday October 18 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of October 4, 2021 Highlights: -----------
GLOSSY IBIS GREAT EGRET BRANT BLACK SCOTER SURF SCOTER WHITE-WINGED SCOTER NORTHERN GOSHAWK BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER LONB-BILLED DOWITCHER WILSON’S PHALAROPE PARASITIC JAEGER LITTLE GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL LAUGHING GULL FRANKLIN’S GULL GLAUCOUS GULL PARASITIC JAEGER YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO CHIMNEY SWIFT SHORT-EARED OWL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 10/13: A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and 9 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen at the Visitor’s Center. 10/16: A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 10/10: A CATTLE EGRET and a WILSON’S PHALAROPE were seen in the fields on Armitage Road. The long staying GLOSSY IBIS was still being seen on the Wildlife Trail. Onondaga County ------------ 10/12: A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO which appeared to be injured was seen on DeMong Hill in Syracuse. 10/14: 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen in flight at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. Also found there was a GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH giving night calls. 10/15: The LAUGHING GULL being seen regularly on Onondaga Lake near the Ampitheater was still being seen this day. A possible YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was reported from Labrador Hollow. Oswego County ------------ 10/12: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Rt. 10 south of Rt. 12 in Pennelville. 10/13: A GLAUCOUS GULL and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were seen at the Outlet of Sandy Pond on Lake Ontario. 10/15: 10 species of Shorebirds including an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER were seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet. 10/16: A PARASITIC JAEGER and 5 BLACK SCOTERS were seen from the bluff at Derby Hill on Lake Ontario. 10/17: 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS were seen from St. Pauls Cemetery over Lake Ontario in Oswego. 2 LITTLE GULLS, a FRANKLIN’S GULL, all 3 SCOTER species and 200 BRANT were seen from the bluff at Derby Hill on Lake Ontario. Also seen there was a late CHIMNEY SWIFT. Oneida County ------------ 10/14: 9 GREAT EGRETS were seen at Utica Marsh. Herkimer County -------------- 10/13: A GREAT EGREET was seen near the Mohawk River in Little Falls. 10/15: A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen on Black Creek Road north of Newport. ---end report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville, NY 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/ --
