* New York* Syracuse - October 24, 2016 * NYSY 10.24.16 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):October 17, 2016 - October 24, 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: October 24 AT 3:00 p.m. (EDT)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of October 17, 2015. Highlights-------------- RED-THROATED LOONAMERICAN BITTERNCACKLING GOOSEBRANTROSS’S GOOSEGREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSEWHITE-WINGED SCOTERLONG-BILLED DOWITCHERRED PHALAROPEPARASITIC JAEGERBLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKESWAINSON’S THRUSHLAPLAND LONGSPURLINCOLN’S SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)------------ Shorebird species were down to eight this week. I guess all good things must come to an end. The bulk again came from the Visitor’s Center and Wildlife Drive but also from Tschache Pool, VanDyne Spoor Road and the Loop Road Unit north of Rt. 31. 10/22: 10 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen in the marsh on VanDyne Spoor Road. 4 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 5 SANDHILL CRANES and an early LAPLAND LONGSPUR were noted from the Loop Road Unit north of Rt. 31. 10/23: 11 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were reported from Morgan Road.
Cayuga county------------ 10/19: All three SCOTER species were seen at Fair Haven State Park. Onondaga County------------ 10/24: A late LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen at the South Meadow Nature Area in Tully. 2 SURF SCOTERS and a BLACK SCOTER were seen at Beaver Lake west of Baldwinsville. Oswego County------------ 10?22: A RED PHALAROPE and a PARASITIC JAEGER were seen from the bluff at Derby Hill. 10/23: 6 PARASITIC JAEGERS, 3 BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKES, 3 RED-THROATED LOONS and all three SCOTERS were seen from the bluff at Derby Hill. Good numbers of BRANT were seen also. Madison County------------ 10/18: A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was still being seen at Woodman Pond. 10/19: A ROSS’S GOOS was seen and photographed at woodman Pond It was reported up to the 23rd. A negative report came in this afternoon. Oneida County------------ 10/19: A late SWAINSON’S THRUSH was seen at Spring Farms Nature Center south of Clinton. Herkimer County------------ 10/20: A late AMERICAN BITTERN was seen at the Castle Road Pond north of Fairfield. --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/ --
