RBA * New York * Syracuse * August 18, 2014 * NYSY 08. 18. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
July 28, 2013 - August 18, 2014 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 11 AT 7:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #406 Monday August 18, 2014 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 28, 2014 Highlights: ----------- BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON LEAST BITTERN BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER RUDDY TURNSTONE STILT SANDPIPER LAUGHING GULL BLACK TERN SNOWY OWL COMMON NIGHTHAWK RED-HEADED WOODPECKER SEDGE WREN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 8/14: At Knox-Marsellus from East Road 8 BLACL-BELLIED PLOVERS, 12 SEMI-PALMATED PLOVERS, 24 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 30 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 58 STILT SANDPIPERS, 20 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 1 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and 10 SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPERS were counted. Along the Wildlife Drive a SEDGE WREN was seen and heard. 8/17: At Knox-Marsellus AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER and PECTORAL SANDPIPER were added to the shorebird list. The Sedge Wren was not relocated on the Wildlife Trail. Onondaga County ------------ 8/11: The SNOWY OWL is still being seen the Rt.31 shopping plaza near Rt.481. It was located again on 8/18. 8/12: an adult BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was located on Marble Island on the Seneca River in Baldwinsville. It was seen again on the 13th. and the 15th. 8/15: An adult and a juvenile BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON were seen along the creekwalk just south of Spencer Street in Syracuse in Onondaga Creek. 8/17: The seasons first COMMON NIGHTHAWK was spotted near the Bald Eagle nest at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. Oswego County ------------ 8/13: A LAUGHING GULL was seen going past the overlook at Derby Hill. Cayuga County ------------ 8/11: An adult and a juvenile RED-HEADED WOODPECKER were seen at West Barrier Beach at Fair Haven. On the 15th. 2 adults and 2 juveniles were spotted. Madison County ------------ 8/14: A BLACK TERN was seen at Woodman Pond. -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
