RBA * New York * Syracuse * September 27, 2010 * NYSY 2709.10 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): September 29, 2009 - September 27, 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:September 27 AT 5:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #223 -Monday September 27, 2010 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of September 20 , 2010 Highlights: -----------
GREAT EGRET LITTLE BLUE HERON GLOSSY IBIS SANDHILL CRANE SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER LONG-BILLED DOWITICHER AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER STILT SANDPIPER PARASITIC JAEGER GRAY KINGBIRD PHILADELPHIA VIREO ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER LINCOLN’S SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 9/20: The IBIS sp. was seen at May’s Point Pool 9/26: Six shorebird species including a group of 17 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen at May’s Point Pool. The immature LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen also A very rare GRAY KINGBIRD was reported on the power lines at the corner of North May’s Point Road and East Road. It was not relocated. AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER were seen in May’s Point Pool. Eight Warbler species and a PHILADELPHIA VIREO were seen along Towpath Road. Six shorebird species and two SANDHILL CRANES were seen from East Road. In all 12 species of shorebird were seen at Montezuma this week. They are - BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, DUNLIN, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, and SNIPE. Onondaga County ------------ 9/25: 9 species of Warbler and a LINCOLN’S SPARROW were seen at Three rivers WMA. 2 other LINCOLN’S SPARROWS were seen near Dead Creek in the Town of Van Buren west of Baldwinsville. 9/26: A LINCOLN’S SPARROW and 2 PHILADELPHIA VIREO’S were seen in Three River’s WMA. Madison County ------------ 9/22: A GREAT EGRET was seen from the Thruway near Fyler Road. Presumably the same bird was seen on the 24th. Oswego County ------------ 9/22: A GREAT EGRET was seen at Mallory Pond. 9/23: 8 species of Warbler including an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen in Hastings. A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen also. 9/25: 20 PARASITIC JAEGERS were seen from Derby Hill. --end transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES 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: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --