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* New York * Syracuse * July 18, 2022 * NYSY 07. 18. 22 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): July 11, 2022 to July 18, 2022 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 18 AT 11:00 a.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #802: Monday July 18, 2022 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 11 2022 Highlights: ----------- LEAST BITTERN BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON REDHEAD SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER STILT SANDPIPER COMMON TERN RED-HEADED WOODPECKER ACADIAN FLYCATCHER CERULEAN WARBLER VESPER SPARROW ORCHARD ORIOLE Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 7/13: 10 species of Shorebirds including 3 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen in the Main Pool. Also seen were 3 BONAPARTE’S GULLS. 7/14: A CERULEAN WRBLER was seen on VanDyne Spoor Road. A LEAST BITTERN was found at the Morgan Road Marsh. 7/17: 4 STILT SANDPIPERS continue at the beginning of the Wildlife Drive. Onondaga County ------------ 7/13: A REDHEAD continues in Skaneateles Creek in Skaneateles and appears to be injured. 7/15: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen along the Erie Canal in Fayettevikke. Oswego County ------------ 7/11: A VESPER SPARROW was seen in the Fairdale Rural Cemetery. 7/13: 6 Shorebirds along with a GREEN-WINGED TEAL and a NORTHERN PINTAL were found at the outlet of Sandy Pond on Lake Ontario. 7/16: COMMON TERNS were observed on a nest at Lock 2 on the Oswego River in Fulton. 7/17: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was found on Cowpath Road near Fulton. Madison County ------------ 7/14: A VESPER SPARROW was found near DeRuyter Reservoir. 7/16: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at the Great Swamp Conservancy north of Canastota. Oneida County ------------ 7/11: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues on Lakeshore Road at the north east end of Oneida Lake near North Bay. ---end report Region 5 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/ --
