RBA * New York * Syracuse * July 02, 2012 * NYSY 07.02.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
June 25, 2012 - July 02, 2012 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 02 AT 6:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #310 -Monday July 02, 2012 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of June 25 , 2012 Highlights: ----------- GREAT EGRET RED-HEADED WOODPECKER CERULEAN WARBLER DICKCISSEL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ The RUFF seen on 6/23 and 6/24 was not relocated on 6/25 and appears to be gone. Extralimital ------------ 7/1: 2 DICKCISSELS were seen and heard at Seneca Meadows on Black Brook Road east of Rt.414 in Seneca Falls. There had been no report today as of yet. Onondaga County ------------ 6/26: A female DICKCISSEL was found at the Camillus Unique Forest Area off of Thompson Road. The bird was found at the intersection of Trail 1 and Trail 5. It was relocated on 6/27 but there have been no further reports. 6/29: A GREAT EGRET and a COMMON TERN were seen below the dam in Baldwinsville on the Seneca River. 6/29: A CERULEAN WARBLER was heard at Oneida Shores State Park. Oswego County ------------ 6/28: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen in Constantia from Rt.49. 7/1: 1 adult and 4 young PIED-BILLED GREBES were seen at the Rt.6 wetland north of Rt.3 in Volnay. -- 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/ --