RBA * New York * Syracuse * July 15, 2013 * NYSY 07. 15. 13 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
July 08, 2013 - July 15, 2013 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 15 AT 5:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #363 -Monday July 15, 2013 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of Junly 08, 2013 Highlights: ----------- LEAST BITTERN NORTHERN GOSHAWK MERLIN SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER PECTORAL SANDPIPER STILT SANDPIPER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER WHIP-POOR-WILL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER PRAIRIE WARBLER YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 7/9: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was found on May’s Point Road just past the viewing corral and on the left in the dead trees. Eventually it was determined there was a pair and they have been seen regularly throughout the week. A SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER was found at the far end of the Main Pool along the Wildlife Drive. 7?11: LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, STILT SANDPIPER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER and LEAST SANDPIPER were all observed in the Main Pool. A LEAST BITTERN was seen near the Visitor’s Center. 7/14: At Knox-Marsellus Marsh 9 species of shorebirds were found including SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, STILT SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER and SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER. A LEAST BITTERN was seen also. Onondaga County ------------ 7/9: A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT found on 7/7 was relocated On 7/9 and 7/10. The location is the Camillus Unique Forest Area off of Thompson Road. 7/13: A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, possible the sane bird seen at the Camillus location, was seen from the shoulder of the Rt. 5 bypass less than a mile from the previous location. An adult and fledging NORTHERN GOSHAWK were seen in the area between Crooked Lake and Gatehouse Pond south of Tully. 7/14: 3 MERLINS, possibly a family group, were spotted on East Fayette Street near Seely Road in Syracuse. A PRAIRIE WARBLER wa found on Meeker Hill Road in Tully. Oswego County ------------ A LEAST BITTERN was seen at the Rt. 6 wetland area north of Rt. 3 in the Town of Volney. The TRUMPETER SWAN family continue there also. Oneida County ------------ 7/13: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were again found at Verona Beach State Park. Herkimer County ------------ 7/12: A WHIP-POOR-WILL was again found in the Town of Salisbury near the intersection of Rt.29 and the Military Road. -- end report 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/ --
