RBA * New York * Syracuse * July 18, 2011 * NYSY 0718.11 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): July 11, 2010 - July 18, 2011 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 18 AT 8:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #263 -Monday July 18, 2011 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 11 , 2011 Highlights: -----------
SANDHILL CRANE BAIRD’S SANDPIPER STILT SANDPIPER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER WILSON’S PHALAROPE BLACK TERN PROTHONOTARY WARBLER Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 7/12: A good collection of Shorebirds continued this week at Knox-Marsellus and Puddler’s Marsh. Seen were KILLDEER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, LEAST SANDPIPER, BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER and WILSON’S PHALAROPE. Missing from last week were Dunlin, Sanderling and Black-bellied Plover. Also seen were BLACK TERNS. The Wilson’s Phalarope was relocated on the 13th. but has not been reported since. 7/16: One adult and one fledgling PROTHONOTARY WARBLER were seen on Armitage Road just sest of the canal bridge. Onondaga County ------------ 7/16: A female BUFFLEHEAD was seen on Skaneteles Lake. 7/18: Low water at Dead Creek by the Town of Van Buren Transportation Department has lured some Shorebirds. Seen today were KILLDEER, LEAST SANDPIPER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS and PECTORAL SANDPIPER. --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 http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
