RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* August 23, 2010
* NYSY 2308.10
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
August 16, 2009 - August 23, 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 23 AT 4:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#218 -Monday August 23, 2010
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of August 16
,
2010
Highlights:
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LEAST BITTERN
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK (Extralimital)
MISSISSIPPI KITE (Extralimital)
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
SANDHILL CRANE
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
UPLAND SANDPIPER
WHIMBREL
STILT SANDPIPER
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
WESTERN SANDPIPER
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
BLACK TERN
COMMON RAVEN
COMMON NIGHTHAWK
SWAINSON’S THRUSH
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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8/17: Seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh from East Road and Towpath Road.
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, GREATER and
LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, PECTORAL
SANDPIPER,
STILT SANDPIPER, and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER.
8/20: Seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. A WHIMBREL, 2 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES,
and 2 BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS. Black-bellied and Golden Plovers seemed to be gone.
8/22: Seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. The WHIMBREL was relocated as were the
2 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES. New shorebirds are BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPER and a rare WESTERN SANDPIPER. 2 SANDHILL CRANES were found also. A
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at Tschache Pool.
8/23: 2 HUDSONIAN GODDWITS just seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh
Madison County
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8/16: At the turf farn on Lakeport Road BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, AMERICAN
GOLDEN PLOVER, SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, LEAST SANDPIPER, and LESSER YELLOWLEGS
were
all found
8/23: At the turf farm 6 STILT SANDPIPERS and a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER were
found but no Plovers were found.
Oswego County
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8/18: At Sandy Pond SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, SANDERLING, SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, and BAIRD’S
SANDPIPER were all found. Also seen were 4 BLACK TERNS.
8/20: 5 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen in the vacinity of Co. Rt. 49 and
Island Road. At the wetland on Co. Rt. 6 a LEAST BITTERN and a TRUMPETER SWAN
were seen as well as good numbers of COMMON MOORHEN and GREEN HERON. Also 20
COMMON RAVENS were seen flying to roost. Shorebirds seen were LEAST SANDPIPER
and WILSON’S SNIPE.
Onondaga County
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8/19: An UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen at the upper parking lot at the State
Fair.
8/20: At the mouth of Nine Male Creek at Onondaga Lake a STILT SANDPIPER
was seen. Also found were GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHER,
SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, and LEAST SANDPIPER. Waterfowl seen
included GREEN-WING TEAL, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, and NORTHERN SHOVELER. At Three
Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville a NORTHERN GOSHAWK, and a SWAINSON;S THRUSH
were found.
Extralimital
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8/21: Successful breeding of the MISSISSIPPI KITES was confirmed at th
Town
of Root location in Montgomery County south of Canajoharie. The birds are best
viewed near the intersection of Mapleton and Donato Roads. It is urged that you
stay on the roads and do not trespass.
8/22: The BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK at the Tonawanda WMA is still
present. Directions to the last sighting are:
DIRECTIONS:
The BBWD was on NY 77, in a roadside marsh about 200 yards northwest of the
Cayuga Pool Overlook (Iroquois NWR). NY 77 is a north-south highway that
travels NW in the area of the refuge. Thus, the reason for the sometimes
confusing directions. In any case, if you are heading north on Rt 77,
Iroquois NWR and Cayuga Pool overlook are on your right and Tonawanda WMA is
on your left. Note that there is an exit for Rt 77 from the NYS Thruway.
The duck was on the Tonawanda WMA side of the road and likes to stay hidden
in the cattails.
Good birding and stay safe out there. The trucks and cars really move
through the area.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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