RBA
* New York * Syracuse * July 27, 2020 * NYSY 07. 27. 20 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): July 21 2020 to July 27, 2020 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 27 AT 5:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #713 Monday July 27, 2020 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 21, 2020 Highlights: ----------- LEAST BITTERN BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON GREAT EGRET RUDDY DUCK AMERICAN WIGEON MERLIN PEREGRINE FALCON PIPING PLOVER BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER STILT SANDPIPER UPLAND SANDPIPER SANDERLING BONAPARTE’S GULL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER SEDGE WREN CERULEAN WARBLER GRASSHOPPER SPARROW PINE SISKIN RED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 7/21: A CERULEAN WARBLER was found on Howland Island. 7/24: A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was found on the Wildlife Drive. 7/26: 2 female RUDDY DUCKS were seen along the Wildlife Drive. 3 SEMI-PALMATED PLOVERS were seen at Mays Point Pool.3 STILT SANDPIPERS and 4 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen from East road. 10 shorebird species inclucing 3 STILT SANDPIPERS were seen at Carncross Road. 7/26: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at the Visitor’s Center. 7 Shorebird species including a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER were found at Carncross Road. Onondaga County ------------ SEDGE WRENS, 3 or more, are still being heard and occasionally seen in the big fields area of 3 Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville on a regular basis. RED CROSSBILLS continue at Shakham Road and Morgan Hill Forest. Some were seen at the four corners parking area. 7/22: A SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER was seen at the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. It was seen again on the 26th. an AMERICAN WIGEON was also seen at this area. 7/24: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at Cedar Bay Park in Fayetteville. 7/25: A MERLIN was seen on Fawn Ridge Road in Manlius. Oswego County ------------ 1 fledgling PIPING PLOVER continues to be spotted at the Sandy Pond outlet on Lake Ontario. 7/23: A PINE SISKIN was seen at a feeder on Hinman Road north of Pulaski. 7/25: A SANDERLING was seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet on lake Ontario. Madison County ------------ 7/22: 2 adults and 1 fledgling MERLINS were seen on Elizabeth Street in Oneida. Oneida County ------------ 7/21: A BONAPARTE’S GULL was seen at Delta Lake in Rome. 7/22: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Verona Beach State Park on Oneida Lake. They were seen again on the 27th. 7/23: An UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen on North Gage Road south of Poland. Herkimer County ------------ 7/22: A GREAT EGRET was spotted near the Frankfort Marina on the Mohawk River. 7/24: A PEREGRINE FALCON continues in Little Falls. ---- End Report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville NY Region 5 -- 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/ --
