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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BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
GREAT EGRET
WHITE-TAILED KITE (Extralimital)
SANDHILL CRANE
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
SANDERLING
STILT SANDPIPER
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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8/2: The following shorebirds were found at Knox-Marsellus Marsh.
KILLDEER,
SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY SANDPIPER,
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, SEMI-PALMATED
SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, WILSON’S SNIPE, and WILSON’S PHALAROPE. Also
spotted
were BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, GREAT EGRET, SANDHILL CRANE, and 8 species of
waterfowl. Most species continued throughout the week beu by wednesday the
WILSON’S PHALAROPE was not being reported.
8/4: 5 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at the intersection of Rt. 89 and
Armitage
Road.
8/6: BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER joined the mix of
Shorebirds at Knox-Marsellus Marsh.
8/7: More newcomers to Knox-Marsellus. WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, BAIRD’S
SANDPIPER, and SANDERLING.
Madison County
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8/5: A GREAT EGRET was seen in West Eaton near Rt. 26.
8/6: 10 LEAST SANDPIPERS were seen at the turf farm north of Chittenango.
On the 8th. they were joined by SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS.
Onondaga County
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8/7: KILLDEER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, LEAST
SANDPIPER,
and PECTORAL SANDPIPER were all found at the south end of Jamesville Reservoir.
Herkimer County
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8/8 At Weaver Lake near Richfield Springs the following species were
recorded. VIRGINIA RAIL, SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, LEAST
SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, KILLDEER, and SPOTTED SANDPIPER.
Extralimital
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8/9: As of today the WHITE-TAILED KITE found last week at Stratford Point
in Connecticut was still being observed.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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