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* New York * Syracuse * August 23, 2022 * NYSY 08. 23. 22 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): August 15, 2022 to August 15, 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: August 23 AT 3:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #806: Monday August 23, 2022 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of August 15, 2022 Highlights: ----------- LEAST BITTERN GLOSSY IBIS BLACK VULTURE WHIMBREL WILLET BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER BAIRD’S SANDPIPER STILT SANDPIPER RED KNOT SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER LITTLE GULL FORSTER’S TERN COMMON NIGHTHAWK RED-HEADED WOODPECKER PEREGRINE FALCON OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER SWAINSON’S THRUSH CAPE MAY WARBLER BAY-BREASTED WARBLER ORCHARD ORIOLE Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 8/16: A LEAST BITTERN was seen along the Wildlife Drive. 8/17: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was spotted on VanDyne Road. 8/18: A GLOSSY IBIS was seen in the Main Pool. A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen on VanDyne Spoor Road. 8/19: An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was found on Towpath Road. 8/20: 13 Shorebird species including BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER were seen at Knox-Marcellus and Puddlers Marshes. 8/21: 7 Shorebird Species including WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER were seen at the Visitor’s Center. Cayuga County ------------ 8/21: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and 2 SANDERLINGS were seen at Fair Haven State Park. Onondaga County ------------ 8/17: A CAPE MAY WARBLER was seen at Oneida Shored Park. 8/18: A SWAINSON’S THRUSH was heard in flight over Willamue Drive in Syracuse. 8/19: A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen from Devonshire Road in syracuse. 8/21: 2 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen on Onondaga Creek from Spencer Streen in Syracuse. A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was seen at the Marshy Spits in the west side of Onondaga Lake near the State Fair. Oswego County ------------ 8/16: A BAY-BREASTED WARBLER was seen on Baum Road in Hastings. 8/18: A BAY-BREASTED WARBLER was seen in Constantia. 8/19: 12 Shorebird species including BLACK-BELLIED and AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, WILLET, and STILT SANDPIPER were seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet on Lake Ontario. A SWAINSON’S TRUSSH was seen in Constantia.. 8/20: 13 Shorebird species including WHIMBREL, STILT SANDPIPER, BAIRD’S SANDPIPER and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER were seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet. 8/21: A FORSTER’S TERN was seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet. 8/23: WILLET, WHIMBREL. RED KNOT and LITTLE GULL were all found at the Sandy Pond Outlet. Madison County ------------ 8/21: A BLACK VULTURE was seen at the Madison County Impoundment north of Hamilton. Herkimer County ------------ 8/16: A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen in Salisbury north of Dolgeville. 8/19: A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen in Old Forge. 8/22: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen on the Adironcack Bank in Little Falls. ---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/ --
