RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* August 02, 2010
* NYSY 0208.10
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
July 26, 2009 - August 02, 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:August 02 AT 3:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#215 -Monday August 02, 2010
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 26 ,
2010
Highlights:
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BLUE-WINGED TEAL
WHITE-TAILED KITE (Extralimital)
SANDHILL CRANE
MERLIN
STILT SANDPIPER
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
BLACK TERN
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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7/26: Knox-Marsellus Marsh continues to host a wealth of shorebirds. Birds
seen this day and most of the week were STILT SANDPIPER, SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHER,
SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER,
SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, and PECTORAL SANDPIPER. Also seen on the 26th. were BLACK
TERN, GREAT EGRET, TRUMPETER SWAN and six species of duck including BLUE-WINGED
TEAL.
7/31: A WILSON’S PHALAROPE was added to the mix at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. A
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was again spotted in the trees near May’s Point Pool. 7
SANDHILL CRANES were seen near the intersection Rt.89 and Armitage Road.
Onondaga County
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7/27: KILDEER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, and LESSER YELLOWLEGS
were seen in the pond at Three Rivers WMA where the Eagles nest is.
Extralimital
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8/1: A WHITE-TAILED KITE was located at Stratford Point in Stratford
Connecticut on the Long Island Sound. The bird was relocated today and was
observed by many birders. Stratford is near Bridgeport. For further details go
to Connecticut Birds using Birdingonthe.net.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html
3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds
Please submit your observations to eBird:
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