* New York* Syracuse - July 04, 2016 * NYSY 07. 04. 16 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):June 27, 2016 - July 04, 2016to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortlandcompiled: July 04 AT 1:00 p.m. (EDT)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of June 27, 2015. Highlights-------------- RING-NECKED DUCKLONG-BILLED DOWITCHERWILSON’S PHALAROPEPEREGRINE FALCONWHIP-POOR-WILLRED-HEADED WOODPECKERORCHARD ORIOLE
Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)------------ Shorebirds are picking up this week with 10 species reported highlighted by WILSON’S PHALAROPE and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER. Both were seen at Knox-Marsellus Pool. 6/28: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen in the marsh on Carncross Road. 7/2: 7 species of shorebirds were seen at Knox-Marsellus Pool including a female WILSON’S PHALAROPE in alternate (breeding) plumage. A rare for summer male RING-NECKED DUCK was seen flying on the Wildlife Trail. 7/3: One of the RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS was seen on Mays Point Road. Three BLACK TERNS were seen at Knox-Marsellus Pool. 2 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were among 7 species of shorebirds seen at Knox-Marsellus Pool. Onondaga County------------ 7/1: 4 ORCHARD ORIOLES were seen at Cedar Bay Park in Fayetteville. Herkimer County------------ 7/4: A WHIP-POOR-WILL was seen on a dirt road in the Town of Salisbury. Oneida County------------ 7/3: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen from Genessee Street in Utica where they are recently breeding. --end report Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, NY 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/ --
