RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* July 19, 2010
* NYSY 1907.10
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
July 12, 2009 - July 19, 2010
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 19 AT 10:00 a.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#213 -Monday July 19, 2010
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 12 ,
2010
Highlights:
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LEAST BITTERN
TRUMPETER SWAN
TUNDRA SWAN
MISSISSIPPI KITE (Extralimital)
MERLIN
STILT SANDPIPER
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
BLACK TERN
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
ORCHARD ORIOLE
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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7/16: A lone adult TUNDRA SWAN continues at Tachache Pool. At May’s Point
Pool area a female PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was seen and photographed.
Knox-Marsellus Marsh was very active with shorebirds this day. Seen from East
Road and Towpath Road were:
KILLDEER - 40
LESSER YELLOWLEGS - 415
GREATER YELLOWLEGS - 28
LEAST SANDPIPER - 595
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER - 39
SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER - 55
STILT SANDPIPER - 6
PECTORAL SANDPIPER - 5
SPOTTED SANDPIPER - 22
SOLITARY SANDPIPER - 5
At the VanDyne Spoor Road area LEAST BITTERN, ORCHARD ORIOLE, and a female
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD were spotted. The YHB was seen flying into cattails and
could not be relocated.
7/18: A WILSON’S PHALAROPE and 2 SEMI-PALMATED PLOVERS were found in
Knox-Marsellus Marsh from East Road.
Oswego County
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7/13: Another late flight over Derby Hill produced 5 raptor species
including 10 BALD EAGLES.
7/18: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found on Silk Road near the Oswego County
Airfield.
Onondaga County
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7/14: At the south end of Jamesville Resevoir the following shorebirds
were
seen. KILLDEER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER,and
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER.
7/18: 2 adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen near a residence in
Marcellus. RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue on Fenner Road near Baldwinsville
with the report of a fledging this week.
Oneida County
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7/14: At the Verona Marsh west of Verona on Rt. 31 the following
shorebirds
were seen. KILLDEER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMI-PALMATED
SANDPIPER, and LEAST SANDPIPER. Also a MERLIN was seen flying by carrying prey.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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